Art Blog - Mike Barr

The title of this blog may raise a few incredulous eyebrows, but seriously, there is no better way to improve your painting skills than spending more time with the brush. For those of us who are happy with where we are in our painting skills this is not for you, but for those who would like to improve and do so in a measurable way - read on. So, what does more brush-hours really mean? What it doesn't mean, is spending inordinate amounts of time on 'one' painting. I recently met a painting aquaintance who told me that he had already spent 100 hours on a commissioned painting for a freind. I confess to being quietly horrified by such tales and think what could be achieved in that time… Continue reading… 7 comments