The Painters Tongue

The Art Of Life: My Acrylic Choices

Carole Guthrie — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:56:22 +0000

After being nurtured in the womb, upon re-entry into this life, my freedom to choose begins, the long path of years lays before me. I am an empty canvas, white and pure as cumulous clouds. What strokes I take are as pre-determined as my choice of mothers. I crawl to canvas and hesitate, I seize a wide brush, and splash cerulean blue for serenity [...]

Painting: The Work’s The Thing

MT McClanahan — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:47:19 +0000

The real struggle begins when I put brushes down until that moment when I can force myself to pick them up again. Paradoxical I guess that the thing that gives me the most fulfillment can be the most difficult to begin[...]

Poll: How Do You Find Inspiration?

MT McClanahan — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 16:27:27 +0000

How do you keep creating day after day? When dry spells come, or motivation is absent, what do you do? Do you do nothing, just waiting for lightning to strike? Drink a lot of caffeine? Listen to music? [...]

Reinspire Yourself: The Art Of Being An Artist

MT McClanahan — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:08:55 +0000

Adaptation: Evolution Of A Creation

MT McClanahan — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:52:44 +0000

My recent painting, Crescent Path, is a case-in-point, that in the process of painting, one must be able to adjust and change to the ever developing image. The excitement for this piece began with the dynamic shape of a crescent, formed by the swooping path, evident from my angle-of-view to the scene. Close to completion I discovered an area that needed to be painted out and revised, i.e., I adapted to the composition [...]