Beginner Artist – Top 5 Mistakes How To Avoid Them So you’re a beginner artist and you want to draw. You pick up a new sketchbook and some pencils and you’re ready to go. You’re excited and enthusiastic. You sit down and start drawing and things don’t exactly turn out how you expected. You try […]
Never Apologize for Your Art (Part 2) Here’s Why… Never apologize for your art. In Part 1, I spoke about artists creating works that might be controversial, thus bringing the artist under criticism, ridicule, etc. Under the umbrella of freedom of speech, artists should be able to create what they want in the same way […]
Terror of the Blank Canvas Even After All These Years… The terror of the blank canvas. Oh, it’s real. It’s very real. Even after all these years that I’ve been drawing and perfecting my craft, why do I still get nervous when starting a new project? It’s a strange experience, really. There’s nothing quite like […]
Words Matter Don’t Cripple Yourself or Others! Sometimes I think we are all guilty of forgetting how much words matter, both the words we use with others as well as those we use for ourselves. Think about it. How many times have you said something to someone without thinking. Perhaps you stuck your foot in […]
How to Silence the Inner Art Critic And How to Turn It to Your Advantage One of the toughest things to do is silence the inner art critic. Ultimately, that’s your ego talking. And ego is always anxious to point out our short-comings. The opposite side of the ego’s spectrum is the distorted view that […]
Straight-up, hands-down, flat-out: Myra Naito does breathtaking work. Highly recommended; way highly. Eleven out of ten stars. This girl is a channeler-artist. Her works goes deep to express the wordless wonder of being-ness itself.
- T. Tajiri
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