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8×6 oil on canvas panel I woke up in the middle of the night, and was thinking about what I’d like to paint today. It crossed my mind that I recently became a grandfather. That reminded me of the fact that I have saved the building blocks that my dad made for me when I was a kid, which my son also played with. Funny how many hours of fun these old blocks have brought to a child’s imagination. Now, he’s a father, and I’ll pass them on to him (after I’ve played with them once more, for a bit). Anyway, it occurred to me that they may be fun to paint. They were. However, they were surprisingly difficult! They turned out to be a wonderful study in hue, value, chroma relationships. I also wanted to try painting with thick, juicy paint, which although it is a lot of fun, introduces different problems in controlling things. I think I learn best when things are just a little out of control. Isn’t that sort of what fun is about?

The desire to have fun during the painting process opens up the mind to producing interesting brushwork. (David Lussier)

If painting weren’t so difficult, it wouldn’t be fun. (Edgar Degas)

Do what you can, where you are, with what you’ve got. Break the rules, be different, be dynamic, but above all, be yourself! And have fun doing it! (Paul Dixon)