I have several times spoken about the influence that artist Tim Gagnon had on me in regards to starting my art journey. I thought, on this last day of 2015, I would just remind everyone of his contribution and how his online lessons helped restore my confidence and enabled me to pick up a paint brush after nearly 30 years.
It was back in 2010 and I had just taken a drawing 101 course at the local community college with my youngest son. I wanted to keep that momentum going by taking a painting course. I stumbled upon Tim's 12-week online painting lesson while searching for alternative options to taking a painting class at the college. My interest has always been with landscape painting and I figured that in a traditional college setting I might not be able to learn techniques needed to paint in the style I was interested in. Not to mention the travel and time involved with attending classes. Tim's online landscape lessons were perfect and I have been a fan of his work ever since.
Today, I saw that he was declaring 2016 The Art Year and was starting a new blog just for that purpose. He was saying exactly what I have been thinking in my own pursuit of art. I have been doing a lot of questioning about where I want to be and how am I going to get there. I've been doing a great of thinking about co-op galleries, art licensing and self-promotion. What is been effective in advancing my art and what are actually distracting me from pushing myself towards my goals?
I believe that I too am going to take up Tim's challenge to make this year MY ART YEAR and spend more time pursuing creativity and personal change in my life. This blog that I have been contributing to since early 2011 will also be getting a complete makeover. I encourage you comment about what 2016 is going to bring for you and to follow this blog. Be sure to check out Tim's new blog at Tim Gagnon.
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