When I don't feel I have a specific idea in mind, I just start smearing paint around non-objectively. Just getting myself moving is 90% of the battle 110% of the time. That and I remind myself of the famous Chuck Close quote: "Inspiration is for amateurs - the rest of us just show up and get to work."

I love finding other black artists who use oils I’m definitely subscribed ✨

Loved The Creative Act!!

Peace. Nice

thanks for making a point on the whole trending business.. its been on my mind lately and you expressed it better than i have been able to so far. thanks

One of the things I do for idea is to keep a notebook, not a sketchbook, with me when I am painting. I always seem to get ideas for other paintings when I am in the middle of a painting. So I put those ideas in the notebook, often with a little thumbnail sketch for composition. Then when I am looking for ideas to paint, I go to the notebook. Oh, the notebook has a title on the cover......The Well

Good video, good advice. I’ll get the book. Im totally interested to how you finished the painting. Where did you go? Really cool idea

Thank you for this thoughtful video. It was what I needed to hear today.

This book sounds interesting. I definitely have that struggle of forcing an idea to happen 😅. Will definitely have to check it out

for the algorithm .. much love :)

I’m always trying to get better…so I change my subject matter frequently. It makes it hard to know what I’m good at.