Though I usually paint landscapes, I like the opportunity to paint from the figure. This is a 16x12 oil on panel done earlier this week.
The poet John Keats wrote in a letter dated October 9, 1818: "That which is creative must create itself." What I think he meant is that one can only learn by doing. To get better at painting, one has to paint a lot. Ken Howard quotes the painter Carel Weight: "Painting is rather like playing the piano, you've got to practice every day."
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