Art Lesson #49: Be the artist in residence of WATER!

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Hello supporters of this newsletter,

I’m writing this from my kitchen table, which is the only place in the house remotely cool enough to work on a day when temps are likely to reach 100. In a couple hours, I’m going to head to one of the many lovely swim docks on the Willamette River and jump in the water.

This is the fourth installment in a series on painting water (you can get the rest in our archives right here)—and the beginning of something new.

Let’s have some fun with the idea of a self-appointed artist residency!

Today in the free version of this newsletter, I talked about the idea of an unofficial artist residency. Just appoint yourself the artist in residence of something! I started with my local park, but you can make yourself the artist in residence of anything, anywhere.

Are you going to Paris? Why not appoint yourself the artist-in-residence of PARIS for the week?

Is fall your favorite season? Make yourself the artist-in-residence of fall. (We’re actually going to do this one…