Rising Trends: All My Paintings Look the Same -- What Do I Do?

Adding Variety in Art -- Shapes, Sizes, Colors and More

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Flurries by Rudolf Stussi, watercolor

All My Paintings Look the Same -- What Do I Do?

Any artist can get into a slump. When all the things you do seem to result in the same thing, over and over. The cure is remembering how to achieve variety in art, and taking the steps toward that variety with conscious attention as you pick up your brush, pencil or stick of color.

Create strong and visually interesting paintings and drawings.

This resource features before and after examples so you can see first-hand how strong compositions make a difference to the final product. You'll then follow along with Ian Roberts through eight step-by-step demonstrations that display compositionally successful paintings.

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