Triskele Studios

I often have the question : "Can you teach me to paint?" To which I honestly reply no, and in a sense, yes. I can give you skills as a student of painting. I can give you encouragement. I can show you the ropes of composition, color theory, brushwork, how to stretch your own canvas. We can explore light and contrast, and the long road toward "style". We can discuss aesthetics. And more. But... once you have absorbed some of the history, the chemistry, the technical elements... only you can teach yourself how to employ the tools in your bag.  It begins with lust for paint. And imagery or its abstraction. And brushes. and powerful urges to externalize the internal, however that is for you. It begins with a willingness to get out of your own way, to put aside pre-existing anxieties, bench the inner critic and be willing to experiment and just paint. Don't need fancy stuff... the toys will not make you an artist. Study, observe, observe more, draw every day, make paint sketches, make some more. Don't throw any away. Date them, file them.  One day you will be glad you archived them.  Now let's go paint...