The Problems with Learning
2026 08 18
Learning complex skills on your own is supposed to be easier than ever with so much information at our disposal, but it certainly doesn't feel that way. What's gone wrong with our systems of education, both formal and informal, to make it this way?
On Landscape Painting
2026 08 06
Landscape painting is arguably a more complex skill than all of the other kinds, combining as it does the fundamentals of many other forms of painting. Here I describe what I wish I'd known when I started out, in the hopes that it will help others to learn this skill with more confidence.