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#70 - Art Students Gravitate Toward 3D Form Studies As A Way To Become Better Artists, But There Are Even Better Ways To Study

We’re all on a journey to becoming a better artist and I share here what I learn along the way.

#69 - A FUN variation On Drawing From Memory, A Wonderful Way To Use Your Imagination While Drawing

You do not have to draw the entire thing from memory. Do this if you forgot parts of a reference image.

You can vary many parameters, like the interval between memorizing and drawing—minutes, hours, or days? Or which materials to use—erasable pencil or pen? What to memorize, et cetera.

#68 - What And How Much Artists Should Share Online About Themselves And Their Art

And the relative merits of keeping things private in your sketchbooks.

This is how every artist should be dealing with social media.

#67 - How Artists Can Make The Most Of A Museum Visit

There is just so much to see, plan to spend time with just a few masterpieces.

This has implications for how we artist can make the best use of a museum visit.

#66 - Become A Better Artist By Reading Non-Art Related Non-Fiction Books?

I will give an example of something I learned from a non-fiction book, something that made me a better artist.

#65 - 3D Cube Models For Perspective Drawing Practice: Simplified Torso

This week, I wanted to share this parametric 3D model that is essentially two boxes randomly oriented so that they represent a hip and a chest posed in dynamic orientations.

#64 - 3D Cube Models For Perspective Drawing Practice: Stacked Boxes

I added some new cool free artist’s resources to the Practice Drawing This website: parametric 3D models designed for drawing practice!

#63 - When It Comes To Sketchbooking, There Are No Rules, Use Your Sketchbook To Experiment

I firmly believe in listening to your Muse: draw what you want. If you force yourself into doing certain drawing practice exercises, the fun of drawing will eventually go away if you push yourself too hard.

#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.

There is a drawing by a child in chapter five of the book “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain”.

#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.

You have probably heard of many rules of art, and I want to focus on one specific one because I think it is instructive.

#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?

When my daughter was around two, I remember that she was drawing, and I decided to draw along with her. 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.

Long ago, I worked at a software company where they had aggressive, ambitious product plannings.

#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.

Surely, “Practice Drawing This” has gone crazy? 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!

A while back, something incredible happened; The Inktober account on Instagram suddenly shared two of my posts. My account started growing like crazy after that, which was awesome! (By the way, I think that might still be one of the significant ways you become more visible, anywhere, is when a well-known name shares your work, but I digress.)

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

On making practice fun.

Recently, I was reading “Creating Comedy Narratives For Stage And Screen” by Chris Head—it’s surprising how much you can learn when reading non-fiction books about subjects adjacent to creating art—and one great insight from it, for me, is that comedy writers will create little games that help them generate comedy ideas.

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