The Practice Drawing This Newsletter Archive, Dive Into The Vast Treasure Trove Of Ideas And Drawing Exercises For Artists

#108 - Make a Photo Of Your Art To See Your Art In A Different Way and Notice New Things About It That You Want To Fix

Improve a piece of art by critically examining if it is ready for public view.

I’d go back into the drawing and fix things, take a new photo and post it.

#107 - STARING At Your Favorite Artist As A Way To Become A Better Artist

Become better by observing other artists in action.

Eventually, I realized that made them much better at drawing! They could see the art on the others’ boards and be challenged to do as good or better.

#106 - Book Review - The Talent Code And What Artists Can Learn From Top Performers In Other Fields

What artists can learn from people who became good at sports and playing music.

Reading the book was a life-changing experience for me.

#105 - The Effect A Deadlines Have On How You Experience The Creative Process While Making Art

Wouldn’t life without deadlines be bliss?

Creating without deadlines, just tinkering is fun! But you often don’t end up with finished pieces. You might drop something to work on something else, for example. But it’s more fun.

#104 - Draw With A Thick Pencil First To Get The Big Shapes Down Before You Go Into Detail

Don’t fret the details.

This helps me solve and fix problems early: get proportions and expressiveness right.

#103 - Making It Easy To Start Drawing Every Day Is A Good Way To Make A Drawing Habit Stick

Hemingway did this, and visual artists can, too.

If you have some pending tasks that are easy to do when drawing, consider leaving them for tomorrow because this makes it easier for you to start drawing again tomorrow.

#102 - As A Drawing Exercise, Fix Mistakes Other Artists Made - But Keep It To Yourself!

But do keep it to yourself!

We all make different mistakes. This is true for drawing, too. You can spot mistakes in someone else’s drawing, and the other can spot them in yours.

#101 - Draw The Same Thing Over And Over Again And You Become Better At Drawing That Thing

You can become better at something through repetition.

Try this: select an image you love for reference, and draw it repeatedly, looking at what is wrong and fixing it in the next iteration until you get it right.

#100 - Things That Are Easy Or Hard To Draw -Trees And Female Faces

Things that are easy to draw versus hard to draw.

The face of a woman, a child, hands, the expression of a mouth are relatively hard to draw because we know what they are supposed to look like because we see them so often.

#99 - This Common Wisdom Is Not True! It Is Not About Doing Something For Ten Thousand Hours

Even though it sounds reasonable, it is not.

You often hear about the ten thousand hour rule: you have to do something for ten thousand hours to become good at it.

#98 - What Happens In Your Sketchbook When You Tell Yourself You Will Not Show The Sketchbook Pages To Other People

This is how you should look at them.

I find sketchbook pages gorgeous. I love pouring over sketchbook pages by other artists.

#97 - Artists, Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone, but Not Too Much! Stay NEAR Your Comfort Zone

But do come out of your comfort zone if you do not want to become bored.

Find your “happy place,” your comfort zone, first. Find out what you can draw well, and go from there.

#96 - Drawing Portraits Using Online Sources For Reference

Another idea for using online reference for artists.

There are great resources online to look for; faces that are tremendous to practice drawing from.

#95 - Collaborate With Your Child - Use This Novel Method To Introduce Fun Into The Art Creation Process

This is a fun thing to do!

One thing you can do is create art together with your child. It’s special to do something together. Let them finish your drawings; you’ll love how it comes out.

#94 - Drawing Is Not Writing And This Has Consequences For How You Should Hold Your Pen Or Pencil While Drawing

There are different ways you can hold pens and pencils!

When we learn to write, we learn to hold our pen near the tip as it gives us precise control.

#93 - A Website With All-Ages Appropriate Pose Reference For Artists To Use To Practice Drawing The Human Form

Another great online resource for artists.

Jookpubstock is a website with all-ages-appropriate pose reference images you can practice drawing from.

#92 - The Advantage You Have Over Rembrandt - What Woulld Rembrandt Have Done With All The Art Resources We Have At Our Disposal Today?

Advantage modern technology provide that we artists do not make enough use of.

When Rembrandt apprenticed, he learned to draw by copying illustrations his master had in his possession.

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