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Name:
Michael
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Style:
Art
Age:
52
Joined:
Nov 23, 2008
Latest Activity:
1 week ago
Subscribers:
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Website:
Cartoons: The Caustic Family, and Educational Films: Learn How To Paint In Acrylic on Canvas.
About Me:
I am a color-blind artist and I have dyslexia. I am painfully shy when it comes to promoting myself.
Perception of a
Color-Blind Dyslexic Artist
What is it like to be a color-blind artist?
Totally or partially unable to distinguish between certain colors.
'As a color-blind artist I have taught myself how to decipher optical illusions. Some people ask me; How do you know which color is which? Well, thats simple, I just read the tubes of paint to see what color it is, then I keep it separated on my pallet. Heaven forbid that I get them mixed up, because then, I wouldn't know which color was which.'
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Painting of a German Shepherd
On a motor home wheel cover.
One time, Michael was commissioned to do a portrait of a German Shepherd on a motor home wheel cover. He usually uses ultramarine blue and burnt umber to create black and when he ran out of ultramarine blue he used another blue with a different hue. When it was finished he showed it to a friend and to their amazement asked, 'why did you paint it green?' Oops! Michael went to the art supply store and bought a tube of black paint and redid it. It turned out perfectly, the customer picked it up and thought it was the greatest painting they ever saw. It was never mentioned that it was green.
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What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a subtle physical deficiency in which the brain has difficulty storing and retrieving linguistic information.
' Its like living in the twilight zone. I feel like I'm in a constant altered mental state, like living in a fog, an air head so to speak.'
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Michael taught art classes at the Umpqua Valley Arts Association in Roseburg, Oregon. He devised his own teaching method, THE BASIC THREE TECHNIQUES. Michael created this system many years ago to decipher the optical illusions of dyslexia that trick the mind. On Monday, March 16th 1992 the News Review had written a half page article about Michael's unique teaching methods. Michael J Lessner took the photo and Reporter Linda Schnell wrote the story
Hometown:
Eugene, Oregon
Country:
United States
Interests:
Creating "learn how to paint in acrylic" videos, paintings and cartoons.
I love your pet paintings. I've been painting now for about 7 months and pets are my favorite to paint. I would like to know if you have videos of your classes for sale. I would like to purchase one. I love your style and appreciate your generosity. You don't see free on line demos like these very often. Too bad I'm in chicago I would love to take a class from you!
Best regards,
diva