I can’t count the times I’ve been asked if I “…always start with the eye?” The short answer is no, but here’s the long answer. There are a lot of artists who teach the line an value block in as the only ‘right’ way to paint. From my experience, that painting approach only makes sense to some artists, and though I can paint that way, it isn’t as fun for me as three other ways I like to paint. I switch from method to method, all depending on how I’m feeling, the complexity of the work that I’m planning, the time I [...]
