Newsletter For Artists

 

#38 - Rembrandt Did Not Have A PlayStation - Modern Day Artists Have To Create In A Very Different Environment

So do not beat yourself up over it.

Rembrandt did not have a PlayStation. Think about what that meant for his productivity!

#37 - The BEST Introduction To Perspective Ever--And It Is Available For FREE Online!

There are amazing free online learning resources online.

I was constantly struggling to with coming up with illustrations that go with a text. But then I thought, why? The illustrations are there to break the block of text and to give your eye a place to linger. All it has to be is an illustration, any illustration.

#36 - Marshall Vandruff Created This Free Figure Drawing Bootcamp Which You MUST Check out!

There are some amazing free educational resources out there.

Check out Marshall Vandruff’s YouTube channel!

#35 - Expand The Definition Of What You Do Creatively And Do Not Limit The Creative Space You Explore

You do not have to stick to one thing.

#34 - The Anatomy Of Habits - Why Is It So Hard To Start Drawing Every Day?

How habits work.

So why is it so hard to draw every day? They are both habits, or they can be.

#33 - This Is A Cool Way For Artists To Measure How Much They Do Not Know Yet And How Much They Have To Learn Still

A cool way to measure how fast you are growing.

We were developing a new geographical mapping dataset, and we hired a young student who had an affinity with maps to look over them to find out if there were mistakes in them.

#32 - How Far Are YOU Willing To Go To Create Optimal Conditions For Creating Art?

Are your surroundings conducive to making art?

He made these still-life paintings of fruit, giving each a different texture to brag about his skills.

#31 - This Holds For Artists, Engineers, And Scientists - The Only Way To Get At The Truth Is To Question Your Assumptions

Find the truth by questioning everything.

Manga is not for me.

#30 - How To Use The Concept OF Balance, Yin And Yang, In Your Art Compositions And Creative Processes

How to choose between two opposing things.

Artists would then draw the clothes with loose lines that suggested the texture of the fabric. The contrast makes the illustration much more interesting.

#29 - Breaks Can Make You Much More Productive As An Artist, So Take Breaks

Seriously. Rest is a part of the creative process.

My uncle would pay me a fixed price for delivery. “Great!” I thought. I’d just put in long hours, and then I would be finished much sooner and have some time off.

#28 - Are You Too Old To Become An Artist, And Are There Benefits To Starting Creating Art Later In Life?

And what is too old?

First of all, making art is fun! How can you be too old to have fun! Making marks is something a ninety-year-old can enjoy as much as a two-year-old!

#27 - Should You Draw Every Day, Or Is It Okay To Take Breaks?

Spoiler: no, you should not.

For the longest time, I got nervous when I hadn’t drawn for a day because I thought I had to draw every day.

#26 - Should Artists Create Art With Social Media In Mind?

Spoiler: no, you should not.

The topic for today: you shouldn’t make art just for social media. Social media, if you let it, will just gobble up all of your time.

#25 - The Various Stages Of Art Mastery, How To Recognize Them And What To Do At Each Stage As An Artist

What skill level are you?

I find that there are five skill levels, and for any single skill, you are somewhere on that scale.

#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.

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