Abstract Painter.Art Educator.
David M. Kessler Fine Art
When painting I believe it vitally important to use both right and left hemispheres of my brain as part of the painting process. Each hemisphere has a role to play and I try to keep their activities separate in a process I call "Paint First, Then Think."
Read MoreI get lots of questions about what type of hanging system I use in my studio for my paintings - usually from people that watch my painting videos on YouTube. I use a very versatile, easy to install system that keeps me from having to punch holes in the wall everytime I want to hang a painting.
Read MoreI get this question all the time at show openings and exhibitions. Or folks will say, "I just don't get abstract painting." My typical response is that abstract painting is just like any other type of painting, it just has the subject matter removed.
Read MoreI have been told by many people that they really enjoy watching me paint in these videos. I remember the first time I ever saw an artist do a full painting demonstration I was mesmerized.
Read MoreI get lots of requests from my fans to make more painting videos, so here is the latest video from the studio: "The Painting of Jewel Tones 2". This painting is an exercise in using the three primary colors of red, blue and yellow.
Read MoreThis video answers the question I get asked often: Why do I Teach Painting Workshops?
Read MoreIn my workshops students often ask about the texture on my painting surface and how I achieve it. It's quite simple actually. I use gesso. When you buy a canvas at an art supply store it comes primed with gesso which covers and protects the surface of the canvas itself. The gesso allows the artist time to move the paint around on the surface without it soaking into the canvas. I take it a step further and use very rich, thick, creamy gesso to build up a textured surface on my canvases and the watercolor paper that i paint on.
Read MoreI teach painting workshops all across the country. I find that when I begin a discussion about utilizing the color wheel to develop color harmonies in paintings I receive lots of blank looks on student's faces. I have come to realize that nearly all amateur painters paint from photographs, trying to exactly match local colors without any thought given to creating harmonious color combinations. I guess they think that everything in a photograph provides color harmony. It doesn't.
Read MoreConsistency may be the most important word to describe the activity of a successful professional artist. Consistency in the type of work created; consistency in the presentation of what is produced; consistency in the marketing message; consistency in the brand; consistency in posting to social media; consistency in studio practices; consistency in producing work; and consistency in keeping up with customers are just a few that come to mind.
Read MoreThere are so many resources available to artists in these days of data and information consumption. Ads can be seen everywhere promising that we can be better painters or sell more paintings or be masters of color just by signing up for this or that seminar, or newsletter, or whatever the ad du jour happens to be.
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