New Sketchbook Anxiety 6 Easy Tips to Get Past It New sketchbook anxiety is very similar to the terror of the blank canvas, which I posted about this past July. We’ve all experienced it at one time or another. Or, if you’re like me, you experience it frequently. But there are some ways in which […]
Stepping Back From the Canvas Seeing Your Work Clearly Through Other Perspectives Stepping back from the canvas. What does that even mean and why would anyone do it? A strange thing happens when artists work so closely with a piece. Over time we can get a type of what I call tunnel vision. Somehow certain […]
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 […]
Open Call Questions, Requests, Topics of Interest To my recollection, I don’t think I’ve ever done an open call with this blog. In all this time I’ve been chatting about topics that pique my interest or things that I’m wrapped up in with a variety of projects. I’m really not sure, but I don’t think […]
Mother’s Day always provides a challenge to find the perfect gift for mom. When I discovered Myra’s portfolio I knew instantly she had the artistic talent to execute my vision. After a brief review of my requirements and a week of time I was rewarded with an amazing portrait of my mom’s prized Siamese cat. The piece is so lifelike you want to touch it. Thank you for delivering more than I even imagined!
- Brandon R
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