I quit art in 1994 because my art professor told me I would never be a good artist. Her name was Ms. Grimes. She sucked as a teacher 😆 and has become the motivation for me to teach. I don’t want anyone giving out the shit she gave me. She believed there was only ONE traditional way to become a “real artist.” 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟And I was: 🫟Too structured. 🫟Too analytical. 🫟Too methodical. 🫟Too organized. 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 So I believed her. I went corporate instead. I worked at Texas Instruments designing systems and organizing art files in 27 languages. I worked at printing companies. And for YEARS I told myself: “I’m not creative.” So I kept trying creative hobbies: cross stitch knitting doodling …but always following someone else’s pattern because every time I tried creating my OWN thing… It was dumpster worthy. Then I finally got the balls to take an oil painting class. It was great but still a TON of missing pieces. So I built SYSTEMS. And suddenly… painting became possible. 💎💎💎💎 💎 💎 The thing I thought disqualified me from creativity 💎 became the thing that made me successful at it. 💎 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎 What’s YOUR superpower? What are you unusually good at? And how did you become good at it?

I think I see that there are VERY specific beginner personalities when people start painting. Which one do you align most with TODAY? I’ve been EVERY SINGLE ONE of these at some point 😂

“To bring something into existence.” That’s it. Does that surprise you? It kind of does me. So it got me thinking… How many people are already deeply creative but don’t realize it because they only associate “creativity” with traditional art? Or do you think that being “a creative” a term defined by society rather than Webster? 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 You create 🫟 systems 🫟 businesses 🫟 gardens 🫟 spreadsheets 🫟 solutions 🫟 meals 🫟 communities 🫟 safe homes 🫟 opportunities 🫟 and art sometimes. 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 I think a lot of intelligent people were told for years that they are: Logical Organized Practical …so they don’t believe they are creative at all. That’s why I teach the way I do. 📍 A system to get an accurate sketch 📍 A system to mix accurate color 📍 A system to measure and improve accuracy 📍 A system to evaluate and tweak a painting before showing it to the world Not random guessing. Not magical talent. Not chaos 😂 A repeatable process that helps analytical minds create with confidence. I would love your thoughts on this. Give it to me. 👇🏻