Creativity and Clutter The Ongoing Debate The debate about whether or not creativity and clutter are beneficial to each other lives on. Most creative people I know (myself included), live with clutter to varying degrees. Some chalk up the clutter to being creative. In other words, creatives will be more cluttered by nature, whereas the […]
Charitable Giving Giving Back by Putting Your Gifts to Use Charitable giving can be one of the most rewarding parts of people’s lives. Those on the receiving end are grateful in ways most people can’t imagine. The real depths of the ways in which they benefit will probably never really be known by anyone […]
Color Theory Blue and Yellow Don’t Make Green Color theory has long been the bane of my existence. …Okay, maybe I’m being a little dramatic here. But working with color has never been something I have been 100% comfortable with. I started with pencils, as in your average school fare Ticonderoga #2. I’ve graduated since […]
Black and White vs Color My Preference Black and white vs color? That is the question. If you’ve followed this blog or my artwork for any period of time, you know that my preference is black and white. For some reason, it always has been. And I do believe it always will be. Why, though? […]
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 […]
What To Do When You’ve Lost Motivation Some Jobs Are Just Like That There’s an art job on your table. Great! Problem is…you’ve lost the motivation to do it. Not so great. Hey, you know, some jobs are just like that. You’ll have the ones that you can’t wait to sink your teeth into and […]
Art Therapy Can It Really Help? Art therapy? Just what is it? Is it a real, acknowledged form of psychiatry or more fluff science? Back in May of this year, I covered the topic of art and its ties to brain health. Not only is art beneficial to the average person’s brain health, it is […]
Do You Draw From Life? If Not, You’re Doing Yourself a Disservice Do you draw from life? If you do, bravo! If not…why not? I understand the convenience of Google these days. You can look up reference images for whatever you want. And there’s nothing wrong (in my opinion) with working with reference photos. I […]
Who Say it Has to Be Perfect? The Beauty in Doing Something Just for Pleasure At what point in our lives do we as human beings become so controlled by our egos that we think that whatever we do has to be perfect? And for the vast majority, if we doubt our ability, or think […]
Proof That Nobody Is Born an Expert Not Even Me Nobody is born an expert. I’ll never understand why humans are reluctant to try things because they might mess up. Of course you will. That’s a given. You’re human. There’s a learning curve, experience, and trial and error to go through. Tiger Woods wasn’t a […]
Our pets become part of the family. “Keo-boy”, my siamese, was just a month shy of 20 yrs old. It was very difficult when I had to put him down. It was so hard that I even had him cremated. Myra surprised me with a picture of him, which sits in my bedroom til this day. “Babe” followed “Keo” & if you know a bit about Maine Coons you know they have long beautiful hair with striking patterns. She surprised me one Xmas with a portrait of the big boy. I can’t believe it is done with only pencil. She captured every detail perfectly. I have known Myra all her life, as I am her auntie. She has always had a knack for drawing. At 4, she even placed her artwork on my white leather chair! I have seen her develop into a fantastic artist. I will treasure my works of art forever.
- E. Naito
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