Newsletter For Artists

 

#62 - An Example Drawing Reference Deep Dive - Sit With A Reference Image For a Longer Time And Let It Slowly Reveal Its Secrets

This is a fruitful way to practice from reference. It helps me draw it from my imagination later.

#61 - You Can Learn A Lot As An Artist From Watching How Other Artists Create

You CAN become better at drawing by watching online videos.

We live in a fantastic time when we can watch our favorite artists draw in online videos. This is an amazing resource for learning.

#60 - HAVING Knowledge Is Not The Same As APPLYING That Knowledge

If you see others doing something wrong, there is a chance you are doing it wrong also.

My Practice Drawing This project is about tips—for myself and for you—on how to make the most of your free time and be creative as much as possible.

#59 - The Unique Thing Each Artist Can Do Is Give Their Perspective, Say Something About A Subject In Their Art

Children do this naturally. Their drawings always make a statement about something.

In it, his parents were standing in the center. He stood on one side of them, and on the other side stood his bigger sister. From his sister emanated a huge claw-like hand on a monstrously long and big arm that bent around the back of the parents and towards him while she also shows her sharp teeth.

#58 - These Are The Steps You As An Artist Should Take If You Want To Take On An Assignment For A Commission

This is how you prevent yourself from wasting time on a customer.

In this article, I will dive deeper into the steps you need to take to make an illustration assignment for a client you take on a success.

#57 - The Rules For Making Art Are Actually More Like Ingredients For A Meal - You Get To Choose Which Ones You Want To Add Or Leave Out Of Your Creative Process

One way of looking at the rules of art making.

The rule I want to take a closer look at is the rule that you should avoid tangents.

#56 - We Artists Need To Learn To Create Like A Child Again And To Just Have Fun With It

This art thing was supposed to be fun, wasn’t it?

I took a color pencil, and I started to make lines on the same paper.

#55 - The Reason Missing Deadlines Is Often A Good Idea

Why it can often be better to just miss deadlines.

They would end-of-life a version of a product and then ramp up production of the new version. The company made a lot of money every day. The thing about that was that you couldn’t miss even a day. Each day you miss revenue, you will never get that back. So if I was one day late at delivering the software, the company lost a lot of money.

#54 - The Case Against Calling Yourself An Artist

Because being an artist comes with external expectations.

People act surprised when I tell them that I don’t see myself as an artist.

#53 - A Weekly Reset Helps Artists Not Get Stuck In A Routine That Is Not Working

Do this every weekend.

What went right, what went wrong, and what do you want to change for the coming week?

#52 - A Great Way To Improve Your Art Is To Find A Way To See Your Work As New Audiences Would See It

Look at your work with a fresh pair of eyes, like others would see it.

Artists, eating dog food? Stay with me, though.

#51 - Become A Better Artist By Becoming A Teacher And Explaining Things You Learned To Others

Artist, Compete With Me! And do it for your own benefit!

The thing is, he wasn’t necessarily sharing it because he thought my work was good. I mean, of course, it was good! But if you read the caption, what he was saying was, “Guys, look at this person sharing what they are learning along the way. You can do that, too!”

#50 - Games And Systems Can Be A Great Way For Creatives And Artists To Come Up With New Ideas

On making practice fun.

An example is the famous Monty Python sketch where a customer tries to return a parrot to a pet shop. The customer claims the parrot is dead, but the shop owner doesn’t want to take the parrot back and refuses to agree. And so the game became for the customer to come up with as many ways as possible to say the parrot had died, gone to meet its maker, pushing up daisies, has ceased to be, et cetera.

#49 - As An Artist, Do Anything You Like, Follow Your Muse, Do Not Get Stuck Doing Things That Bore You

The benefits of doing many different things.

The book “REFUSE to CHOOSE!” by Barbara Sher was a feast of recognition for me and probably for everyone who finds themselves constantly starting new projects and never finishing them.

#48 - As An Artist, You Need To Think About That One Thing You Want To Be Known For - Stick To Doing Only One Thing!

But should you stick to just one thing? I stubbornly make the case here.

You know link trees: Instagram, and many other platforms, allow you to have one link in your bio. But you do so much! You have a YouTube channel. An Etsy shop! A website! And more!!!

#47 - What Are The Benefits Of Going To Art Academy, And Should You Go To One If You Want To Become A Better Artist?

Is it worth your time and money?

Here are my thoughts on that.

#46 - Make Many Drawings Instead Of Trying To Make A Few Good Ones

The other half was instructed just to make as much as they could.

#45 - Heinrich Kley - Leut und Viecher, published 1912 - high-resolution scans

I mentioned before that I joined Marshall Vandruff’s course “Drawing Lessons From Heinrich Kley”, which was, again, a life-changing experience.

#44 - The Case For Just Making Things That Please You As An Artist

You choose which of the two is more applicable to you.

#43 - The Case For Making Art With An Audience In Mind - But You Get To Choose The Audience!

The case for catering to an audience.

If you want to make money with your art, or if you are just out for admiration from an audience (and it is a good idea, to be honest about that, to know what drives you), you need to make something they need.

#42 - As An Artist, Should You Make Things That Are Popular, Or Should You Make Things That Make YOU Happy?

What would you choose?

All I can do that could be of value to you is lay out the advantages and disadvantages of each.

#41 - The Relative Benefits Of The Top-Down Versus The Bottom-Up Approach When Learning To Draw

Two ways you can learn art.

That sounds like a sensible approach, right?

#40 - The Benefits For Artists Of Working LESS efficiently!

Or rather, slow down!

Seinfeld has this trick: he’ll sit behind his desk. He doesn’t HAVE to write, but he is not allowed to do anything else.

#39 - The Benefits For Artists Of Working MORE Efficiently

Or should you?

The teachers would constantly contradict each other at the art academy, and I loved it! They would explain why, and each had their point, and they were each right in their way, leaving it to the student to decide which approach was best for them.

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