Accelerated Erfahrung | FineArtViews Blog by Canvoo

Today marks the 52nd issue of FineArtviews.

We sent our first issue on April 17, 2007.

Why are these facts significant?

We've been thinking about an idea that we've christened "accelerated Erfahrung." Producing our 52nd issue means that if FineArtViews was a weekly publication, we would have just reached our 1-year point. However, since FineArtViews is a near-daily publication, in span of less than three months we've produced the same number of issues that a weekly publication would have taken a year to reach. The way we look at it, we�ve accelerated a year�s worth of knowledge into three months.

We�ve learned about email bounce rates. We�ve learned about response rates. We�ve learned what it takes to publish an e-mail newsletter. We know what most of the big ISPs are doing regarding spam. We know how to keep our list properly maintained. Not to mention the experience and discipline of writing a daily newsletter. In short, we've gained a plethora of first-hand, experience-based knowledge.

Remember that there are two kinds of knowledge "wizzen" - the kind of knowledge you can get from books, and "erfahrung" - experienced based knowledge. In our book, erfahrung is what counts.

So how does this apply to you, dear artist? Our idea is simple, as most of our ideas are: if that if you want to be a painter then paint a lot. If you want to be a photographer than take a lot of photos. If you want to be a sculptor then . . . you get the idea. Whatever it is you want to be then do it a lot. You want to accelerate the pace at which you gain experience. In our words, you want accelerated erfahrung.

In painting, for example, experience can be looked upon as a function of the number of paintings an artist has created. In effect, the more paintings you�ve done, the more experienced you are.

Kevin Macpherson recommends working small as a way to gain experience rapidly. He writes in his book, Fill You Oil Paintings with Light and Color, �When you step up to a small canvas to try something new every day rather than working and reworking a large painting for weeks, you see progress. You learn to master techniques such as brushwork and texture, which boosts your confidence. Painting on a small scale also forces you to ignore inconsequential details and look for larger shapes, broader color relationships and overall composition. It gives you the ability to look at a scene as a whole.� He further recommends committing to paint 100 small paintings as a means to rapid growth.

Fill You Oil Paintings with Light and Color by Kevin Macpherson:
http://fineartviews.com/offers/macpherson1.asp

So, dear artist, you see...while we'd rather be on the beach, sipping pina coladas and lazily composing our letters once-a-week, we instead keep our nose to the grindstone daily....all for you. But the work has it's benefits, we now have a year's worth of material and experience in less than three months....and you can do the same thing with your art!

Sincerely,

Clint Watson
Software Craftsman and Art Fanatic