Author: Tommy Arnold

Sunday Skills: weekly, informal articles on trying to get better by examining all the little stuff...

Welcome to Sunday Skills! This is going to be a weekly series of short, informal articles, each...

Humans are basically face-reading machines; it’s something we’re all uncannily good at and that we...

The mind of a developing painter is always alternating between being smooth and being rough. When...

It’s a hobby of mine to read books about other realms of human development and insert [Art] in...

What is a Mental Model? This is going to be the first in a series of articles breaking down small...

A single work of art is at its best when it bends all towards the expression of a single idea. In...

Last time I discussed the idea that for a painting to be great, it’s primary effect must be...

As painters we see paintings very differently than other people; we respond not just to the...

Here’s a link to the first 5 commandments; let’s get right back to it: 6. Embrace Training It...