Sketchbook

TRACE. Allow me to explain, please. Every time I go on a social media platform and look at the art pages/subs/groups, inevitably someone asks about projectors and people lose their freaking minds. It’s absurd. They never answer the question. All they do is gang up on the poor soul who […]

To Trace Or Not To Trace?

10 Dec, 2018 in Art Life by Elisha

I know it’s cold and you just want 5 more minutes, but I believe in you. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. — Helen Keller Monday Joke: To whoever stole my copy of Microsoft Office, I will find you. […]

Don’t Let Monday Suck!

10 Dec, 2018 in Monday Motivation by Elisha

I can’t believe it’s the end of the year already. That makes sense considering I slept through the first 8 months. To date, besides a few measly paintings for 30 in 30 back in January, I have not completed one painting this year. It’s so easy to beat myself up […]

2018, I hardly knew you!

5 Dec, 2018 in Behind The Curtain by Elisha

I finally decided to commit to this book several months ago. I started by just doing the morning pages (3 pages hand-written every morning, conscious thought) for a month or two, then I decided to dive in to the rest. Tomorrow is the start of week 12 and it is […]

The Artist’s Way

20 Jul, 2018 in Art Life by Elisha

I have long held a belief about how to learn art. I feel like it’s an obvious belief and I know many of my artist friends feel the same so it’s not revolutionary, yet, many art schools seem to miss it entirely. Technical skill is super freaking important. Concept is […]

Vindication

20 Apr, 2018 in Behind The Curtain tagged Art / art school / art students / concept by Elisha

That’s what I’ve been up to. There have been some major changes, most of which would be boring to anyone but me. There are some fun things I’ve been working on though. One, I have a new set up for speed painting videos and since I’m currently doing a 30 […]

A Little Bit of Everything

16 Jan, 2018 in 30 Paintings In 30 Days / Art / Speed Painting / Water Color Painting tagged figure / Painting / speed painting / video / Watercolor by Elisha

I’m putting in effort to do more art related activity. So far, it’s working out. Mostly because I usually have company. A few weeks in a row I went to the St. Louis art museum to listen to lectures. I had never thought to do this, but in an art business […]

Artventures

28 Jun, 2017 in Artventure tagged Art / art activities / artventure by Elisha

It seems every artist has read this book. It’s been on my shelf since college. 9-11 years. I haven’t read it. Well, I’m trying to get into the habit of the Miracle Morning routine. I love it. But I also love laying in bed and looking at Facebook until Gunnar […]

The Art Spirit

27 Jun, 2017 in Art Life tagged Art / artists / the art spirit by Elisha

If you google how to have a successful blog or online presence, the one piece of advice you will find more than others, at least in my experience, is “be an expert.” You can find “how to be an expert fast” help if you’re not sure how. There are experts […]

Getting Ahead Online

26 Jun, 2017 in Art Life tagged be an expert / Blog / success / successful blog by Elisha

Yesterday, Every Breath You Take by the Police, came on the radio. It reminded me of a comment section I had just read online about that very song. How people used it for wedding songs even though it is clearly a song about a stalker. Someone mentioned an anecdote about […]

In This Corner, We Have The Artist…

23 Jun, 2017 in Art Life tagged Art / artist / audience / georgia o'keeffe / Watercolor by Elisha