Master water first and then paint.

Nurture doubt as a creative strategy.

Dismiss thoughts of 'good, bad, right, wrong, success, failure' - be spontaneous.

Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students need to unlearn what one has acquired.

Allow the brush to 'wander' above the realm of conventional judgement and practice.

Representational painters: place your works in a larger context. Give your work not only breadth but breath. Do not 'copy' what you see outwardly but give it 'spirit.

Reconcile the loss of the painting - no matter how many times it may happen - with the joy of beginning again.