How did a change in surface or tool—or an outside influence—change your art or process in a meaningful way?

Laurin McCracken

For many years, I used very small brushes—Nos. 00, 0 and 1—to paint details. Then, Ricard Escoda showed me that if you use good kolinsky brushes, the points on the larger brushes—Nos. 2, 4 and 6—can