John Loyd Rushing Blogs

How to Become a World Famous Artist…In Your Spare Time I have been blessed to live in Laguna for most my childhood and all of my adult life. This has afforded me the great opportunity to meet and know great artists from Laguna and around the world... 

On Artistic Mastery Mastery is not a necessary goal for a true artist. Mastery is a natural by product or result of an intense passionate love for creating - love for creating and fulfilling your unique vision. Mastery in art is nice to perceive,... 

On Critics and the True Artist From an Artist point of view Be careful about opinions on your art. For the worst and quite possible the best conveyances may be at hand. Take opinions as they are but don’t let them take you away from your own vis... 

Lessons in Art Everyone is a great artist. Everyone! Like your fingerprint, you have your own unique expression in art. People time and time again say to me “oooh, I’m not an artist.” I always say do you do art regularly? They always so no, then I... 

If You Are not an Artist, then what are you? All beings are artists, creation and creating is at the core of our identities. Without this expression of self, the self becomes destructive, bored, stagnant, apathetic, all from lack of expression. T... 

How to Look at and Appreciate Art A piece of art should only be appreciation not criticized. All art should be appreciated for the feeling it conveys, either good or bad. A work of art by an artist is complete unto itself, It needs nothing if th...