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

Nurture doubt as a creative strategy.

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

Identify in your work opposites of color, form, compositional arrangements, space, etc.

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.

Abstract painters: redefine your perspectives. Think in terms of the whole, not simply its parts.

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.