Free Friday Newsletter About Drawing
#24 - Testing Your Art? The Only Way To Get At The Truth Is To Question Everything, And Then Test
Seeing your art as a consumer product. He found out the anatomy books were wrong! #23 - Should Artists Really Know The Rules Before They Can Break Them?
There are no rules when it comes to making art. It’s not that he couldn’t paint symmetric fruit bowls; he had proper training at an art academy. He was perfectly capable of painting a perfectly symmetric fruit bowl.
#22 - The Media You Consume And The Things Your Senses Experience All End Up In Your Art - Curate Your Input To Control Your Output
Pay attention to what you pay attention to!I soon figured out that it wasn’t for me. To be an editorial cartoonist, you have to make yourself angry every day, and I am just not like that.
#21 - For Artists, This Is Much Better Than A New Year Resolutions - Do This Instead Of New Year Resolutions
A better way to plan your future creative endeavours.Then, one year, I decided to choose a “motto for the year,” which was “Do Not Overthink It.” And it helped immensely. Each time I had a new idea, as soon as I started to pile on new parts, I saw the motto at the top of my to-do list, and I managed to stop myself from doing so.
#20 - To Try New Things, Artists Should Create Experiment Campaigns With A Clear Begin, And End Evaluation
This is better than just struggling on. The duration can be flexible. You can try something for an hour, a day, a week, a month, a year. I tend to do a campaign until I get what I want from it, which usually means I learned something that to me suggests the next campaign, the next thing to try.
#19 - Making Art Creation Fun Can Be A Great Way To Make It Easier To Draw A Lot - Gamify Your Art Creation Process
We find play irresistable. And it is great fun to fill sketchbooks. But! What you miss if you don’t create finished pieces is that rush of endorphins when you finish and publish something.
#18 - Consider The Sounds That Surround You While You Create Art And Notice How What You Listen To Affects Your Art Creation Process
Notice how your surrounding soundscape affects your artistic process. Those words are from that know-it-all part of your brain that is constantly talking loud. If you shut that down and create perfect silence in your head, your silent, creative part of your brain starts to tell you things.
#17 - What Pen Is Best For Drawing, And Does It Really Not Matter What Pen You Use?
The eternal quest for that pen that will make your drawings magically look nice. I still take it as a compliment when someone asks me which pen I used. I mean, it
is an insult; it implies that yes, my drawing is nice, but surely that’s because of the pen!
#16 - Artists, Do NOT Follow-For-Follow, Or Even Look At Follows And Likes On Social Media
Social media tempts us to do stupid things. And now they would like me to reciprocate and follow back their channel and to also watch and like their videos.
#15 - Do Not Listen To Military Men When They Talk About The Creative Process - Art is NOT War!
Do not listen to a Marine when it comes to making art. For me, it’s from the book “The War of Art.” I literally could not finish the book, so disgusted was I with the premise.
#14 - Should You Go To Art School Or Can You Become A Good Artist By Being Self-Taught?
The answer is, it depends. It is a great art academy. They taught me a lot of the fundamentals.
#13 - How Online Art Teachers Help You To Draw While You Think You Are Procrastinating
Learning new skills is a skill too. When learning to play the piano, it is helpful to practice playing music composed by others. When learning to cook, it is useful to follow recipes. Eventually, you can write your music or create your own meals.
#12 - Should A Modern Artist Be A Jack Of All Trades And Master Of None?
With online publishing in blogs, newsletters, and on YouTube and such, people could suddenly market themselves. They could put their work out there and present it to their audience without going through a middle man.
#11 - My One Rule For Watching My Tutorial Videos
You have to do them!This arm is based on a study
@yuassamakoto shared on Twitter and Pinterest, likely inspired by George Bridgman’s studies of interlocking volumes.
#10 - Things To Consider When You Are Looking For The Perfect Sketchbook
And how to find yours.Each sketchbook has different properties. Which ones to choose?
#9 - Why You Should NOT Do Drawing Challenges, Or Daily Drawing Prompts Like Inktober
On why you should NOT do them.I’m afraid to use the name because the person who came up with it trademarked it, but you probably know which one I mean. Social media lights up with this one every October.
#8 - What I Learned From Re-Inking Joseph Clement Coll
Get into the heads of your favorite artists!One story I tried it on was The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle—the story on which Jurassic part was later based. It is pretty interesting to read the story after seeing the movie. The filmmakers did lift a lot of ideas from the original story. But I digress.
#7 - Fiction Or Non-Fiction, Which Of The Two Can Be More Timeless? The Answer Will Surprise You
On the timeless nature of good art.We’re all afraid of death, and all want to leave something behind in this world. We all want to become immortal.
#6 - Would Hand-Written and Drawn Emails and Blog Posts Work?
Would it not be cool if we sent each other hand-written letters again?I am experimenting with hand-written emails and blog posts. I haven’t seen anyone else try this even though email is so suitable for this!
#5 - I Tried Making Romance Novel Illustrations, And This Is What I Learned
My short venture into story illustration.I posted on Twitter, asking the writing community if anyone would be interested in trying it out. I’d do it for free.
#4 - Ideas That Help Keep A Drawing Habit While On Vacation
Drawing while on holiday!I find that holidays are more relaxing if I don’t force yourself to draw the surroundings. You need to sit for long periods, and that’s just not something you can do if you are with other people.
#3 - What Artists Can Learn From Making YouTube Videos
On what you can learn from other art forms.One cool thing about it is that, when it comes to audience retention, the things you can do to make your video a success actually translate well to other things you make!
#2 - Is It Bad For Artists To Copy Other Artists, Or Are There Good Sides To It?
On why you should consider copying art. It is bad if you then show or even sell the work, especially if you pretend you made it.
#1 - Why I Am Now On YouTube, Some Thoughts On The Relative Merits Of Different Platforms For Artists
A deep dive into the pros and cons of open and closed social media platforms, and the importance of having goals as an artist. This is because actually reaching a goal isn’t that much fun. I mean, it feels great for a short while, but then you feel empty inside and you’re rudderless, without direction. What to do now?
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