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A tool for the eye. A book for the mind.
$59
Painting requires two kinds of clarity.
You need to see the subject clearly enough to make strong design decisions. You also need the steadiness to trust those decisions long enough to paint them.
The Finder & Steady Hand Set works on both sides of that problem.
The Fairview Finder steadies your eye.
Hold it up and the scene stops being everything at once. You begin to see the design, the large value shapes, the focal area, and the edges of the story before the first mark goes down.
Use it to test crops, compare painting proportions, simplify a complicated subject, and decide what matters while the painting is still full of possibility.
It helps you see the work before you begin doing the work.
Steady Hand, Quiet Mind steadies the rest of you.
Drawing from the durable wisdom of Marcus Aurelius, the book brings practical steadiness to the easel.
It addresses focus when the mind wanders, releasing what you cannot control, finding the courage to simplify, enduring the dry season, and tending the work without trying to force it.
The book works on the part of painting that happens between your ears, which is often the hardest part.
One clears the view.
The other clears the head.
Together, they address two places where painters often get stuck: not seeing the design clearly and not trusting themselves long enough to paint it.
The Finder helps you choose what belongs.
The book helps you release what doesn’t.
The Finder goes in your bag.
The book stays near the easel.
Both are there when the next decision matters.
Your $59 set includes The Fairview Finder 3.0 composition system and one copy of Steady Hand, Quiet Mind.
A tool for the eye. A book for the mind.
$59
Painting requires two kinds of clarity.
You need to see the subject clearly enough to make strong design decisions. You also need the steadiness to trust those decisions long enough to paint them.
The Finder & Steady Hand Set works on both sides of that problem.
The Fairview Finder steadies your eye.
Hold it up and the scene stops being everything at once. You begin to see the design, the large value shapes, the focal area, and the edges of the story before the first mark goes down.
Use it to test crops, compare painting proportions, simplify a complicated subject, and decide what matters while the painting is still full of possibility.
It helps you see the work before you begin doing the work.
Steady Hand, Quiet Mind steadies the rest of you.
Drawing from the durable wisdom of Marcus Aurelius, the book brings practical steadiness to the easel.
It addresses focus when the mind wanders, releasing what you cannot control, finding the courage to simplify, enduring the dry season, and tending the work without trying to force it.
The book works on the part of painting that happens between your ears, which is often the hardest part.
One clears the view.
The other clears the head.
Together, they address two places where painters often get stuck: not seeing the design clearly and not trusting themselves long enough to paint it.
The Finder helps you choose what belongs.
The book helps you release what doesn’t.
The Finder goes in your bag.
The book stays near the easel.
Both are there when the next decision matters.
Your $59 set includes The Fairview Finder 3.0 composition system and one copy of Steady Hand, Quiet Mind.