by netGALAXY Studios | Oct 4, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View
A Secret Plot, Using the Arts to Bring Test Scores Up. As artist in residence in North Charleston I taught kids and their teachers how to draw. It was a simple mission. People who believed that they were not talented achieved success and there were a lot of...
by netGALAXY Studios | Oct 4, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
50 Reasons Why YOU Should (and still can) Learn to Draw and Paint My big message in school presentations (and wherever someone is listening) has always been: visual literacy is possible and available to everyone, no talent or golden ticket required. And yet,...
by netGALAXY Studios | Oct 3, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” — Thomas Edison Embracing Your “Limitations” Some of the best artists I know live in a world of chaos called ADHD. They love to play in the mud of ambiguity. I’m not sure if...
by netGALAXY Studios | Sep 25, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View
Awakening Marsh – Demonstration Sometimes a demo is just what the students (and teacher) needs to get the juices flowing. Awakening Marsh was a demo for students from a photo I’ve been eying for a while. I don’t often take on sun rises but...
by netGALAXY Studios | Sep 17, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View
Brush with Wine As an experiment to find out what’s up with all those Wine and paint party venues popping up all over the place I asked myself, what if we tweaked this party-paint-along concept to make it more meaningful and not just a drunken brew-ha-ha? I...
by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 31, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View
“Mary when she grows up” I want to be like our President Mary wants to be a hero when she grows up; she wants to be like the President, and do everything she can to stop the bad guys from hurting innocent children, like President Obama wants to do in...