You can do it. I will take some magic white, and a little bit of Vandyke brown and a little touch of yellow. Just take out whatever you don’t want. It’ll change your entire perspective. And maybe, maybe, maybe… Only think about one thing at a time. Don’t get greedy.
Every time you practice, you learn more. Put light against light – you have nothing. Put dark against dark – you have nothing. It’s the contrast of light and dark that each give the other one meaning. If these lines aren’t straight, your water’s going to run right out of your painting and get your floor wet. A happy cloud. How do you make a round circle with a square knife? That’s your challenge for the day. The little tiny Tim easels will let you down.
Maybe he has a little friend that lives right over here. It’s amazing what you can do with a little love in your heart. Isn’t that fantastic? You can just push a little tree out of your brush like that. Just make little strokes like that. Get away from those little Christmas tree things we used to make in school. You don’t have to be crazy to do this but it does help.