Every morning I write for ten minutes before getting out of bed. It’s a ritual. It’s a routine. It’s a creative habit. It starts the creative juices flowing, it documents my mind’s daily wandering, and it allows me to move on to the day ahead feeling that I’ve accomplished something. it is one of my[…]

Sketching is an immediate response to what you observe. We sketch to learn. We sketch to record. We sketch to study and we sketch to play. There are as many approaches as there are people. There’s continuous line sketch. And sketch with wash. When I look back at my sketchbooks – London, Siena, Florence, Big[…]

Ten minutes. Every day. For 30 days. We write and post and share feedback and develop the habit. The writing habit. It’s not rocket science. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Carving out a piece of your day – even ten minutes – for your writing life can seem almost impossible sometimes. Its hard to[…]

“Why Paint? Why live?” Gregory Kondos Allied Arts Cambria presents The Art of Now, a painting demo, Slideshow & Talk, with award winning artists Erin Gafill and Tom Birmingham this coming Sunday November 4 m, 2pm-3:30 pm. Erin will kick the event off with a 20 minute painting demo, followed by a slideshow of inspirational[…]

I love Kelly Medford! I love her paintings.  I love what she writes about painting them. I love that every painting has a story, and every story usually has a painting too. I first met Kelly through Facebook.  I saw her work, saw that she posted daily paintings and wrote about her process. I admired[…]

Join Erin Gafill for a day of painting in Big Sur! Free for Carmel Art Association members! There is a $10 fee to park in the lot. If you prefer park on the highway level where safety permits and walk down to the kiosk at the parking lot entrance. We’ll meet up at the main[…]

Day One. Venice, Italy. Tom says let’s stop and paint. I say OK. We sit and face in different directions. As usual I choose the easier composition. Evening sky, reflected on water, bracketed by old palazzos punctuated by shuttered windows. Essentially vertical rectangles with a few decorative details, small terraces dotted with potted plants, bracketed[…]