A Reader Sees the World with a New Perspective

I recently received an email from a reader who lives in Germany, which I am happy to share here. 

Message:

Dear Dr. Edwards,

At the end of 2016 when my baby son was one year old I started to draw. Luckily, I found your book and leaned according to your instructions and philosophy. It really helped me to see and to draw.

With full respect and high appreciation I wrote about you and your book in my Blog: Hui Portrait. I will also translate it into German and I really hope that everyone finds out about you and your books. You didn’t only teach me to draw but also gave me the chance to see the world with a totally new perspective!

Thank you! I really hope to meet you in person one day. In the meantime, I hope I can at least spread your philosophy!

Your Student, Hui W-S

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The Resilience of Art and Artists

This is an inspiring story from the Los Angeles Times, of an artist who lost most of his life’s work in the recent California fires:  Artist John Wullbrandt, Carpinteria.  Here is a link to his own website: http://www.wullbrandt.com/

The artist at work in 2010.

After so much loss, he told the reporter: "Gone, all of this gone," he says, sweeping his hand across the landscape depicted in the painting.

But with loss comes new life.

"It really will be like the Phoenix rising out of the ashes, the rebirth," Wullbrandt says. "It will be so much more beautiful once it starts to rejuvenate. We're gonna see wildflowers we haven't seen in 100 years."  Then Wullbrandt gazes up at a mountain ridge in the distance, now a thin, ash-gray paint stroke on the horizon.

"The spring — just wait. As an artist, I can't wait to paint it."

We wish him all the best as he starts anew to paint what he sees.