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.

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.

Ask yourself, 'What is obstructing my vision?' What is the difference between seeing and looking?

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.

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

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