How do your art look so much like oil paintings ?

Lots of layers of watercolors. It's pretty time-consuming, but I think the results are worth it.

And I luv it very much !

Inspiration is a difficult thing to nail down. The work of other artists can often times do it, but I have such an eclectic range of influences that it's really hard to pin down just one or two things from a specific genre of art that I can say has a bigger influence on me than any other at a given time.

Right now, if I had to give a definitive answer, I would say the changing of the seasons. The cooler weather means a different cycle of sunrise and sunset, and the changing temperatures means that my morning commute has me driving through a portion of foggy woods. I've always liked fog - it makes the imagination go crazy. What's hiding in the fog? What's causing the fog? What's on the other side of the fog? Fog immediately creates a mood, and that mood creates a wealth of creative possibilities.

Are there any habits you'd suggest picking up to improve as an artist?

Study. Learn to observe the world around you. Look at how other artists approach visual problems. Draw from life. Find work that speaks to you and discover how they make their images. Other artists tend to be really approachable if you want to ask them questions about tools and techniques. And do ask questions - even if they might seem silly at first.

Hope you been doing alright bud! :D

I've been alright, thanks.

But that's not a question. ಠ_ಠ

How are you doing? !_!

I'm doing alright.

I'm just busting your chops, heh.

How are you doing?

Just schooling and hanging. You be back this way anytime soon, maybe we can hang out or so?

Maybe the middle of next year. We'll see.

What is your favorite war movie?

Have you ever been to Florida?

Favorite book that you read in High School American literature?

Does Star Wars Rogue One count? If not, then I'd say Braveheart.

Yes (Orlando - Disney World when I was younger.)

I never took American Lit in High School (9th grade English was World Lit, 10th grade was classics, and my electives in 11th and 12th were Shakespeare and Creative Writing).

Yes, Rogue One counts. That movie was great.

I won't ask for your favorite color, but what color or color scheme is the most dominant in your artwork?

Earth tones. Mostly browns, greens, and muted reds and yellows.

Do you use premixed browns like sienna and umber, or do you mix your own browns to make and achieve those tones?

The browns I use are:

Raw Umber (PBr7) - A nice, cool, neutral brown good for environments and backgrounds.
"Translucent Brown" (PBr41) or "Permanent Brown" (PBr25) - A warmer, heavily staining brown that covers the paper really well. It mixes an almost perfect black when paired with Indathrene Blue (PB60).
Brown Ochre (PY43) - Essentially a replacement for Yellow Ochre.
Magnesium Brown (PY117) or "Lunar Earth" (PBr11) - Granulates heavily. Great for forming textures on the paper.

Sometimes I'll mix browns for things like skin tones, when I don't want the chalky heaviness of a true earth pigment.

Hope that helps.

Cool. Thanks.

Currently, I'm using student grade paints, and I only have limited premixed browns; Prang has only one brown, Reeves has yellow ochre, burnt sienna, and burnt umber, and my Faber-Castell watercolor pencils have Yellow Ochre, Burnt Ochre, a Nougat Brown, a Raw Umber, and Van Dyke Brown And I seem to have a preference towards warmer browns and chocolatey browns.

Does burnt sienna, burnt umber, and Van dyke brown work too?

Sorry I took so long to get back to your question!

Yeah, those work, even though all three of those are rather warm. I'd suggest something like a yellow ochre or a raw sienna to balance that out when you want to mix a cooler earth tone without making it darker by adding blue or green.

No prob. Thanks.

Would the Wyatt meme maker be up ever again?

I never technically took that down.

I dunno if I'd ever want to put it up again, since those memes went out of fashion about 8 years ago.

Also good on you for remembering that I had one of those once upon a time.

I remember that you took down the maker... just before you stopped doing those memes in Tumblr. That meant that no one could make those memes now.

I just found the turn of events odd.

I don't remember, honestly. That was like a decade ago.

I suppose I could put up another.

When it comes to your art style, what has been the biggest influence?

That's a tough one. I have a lot of influences, really, but a big one of mine has been Peter de Seve. Maurice Sendak, Honore Daumier, John Bauer, Charles Vess, Justin Gerard, and Paul Bonner are a few others.