A quick video on how to improve your observational drawing skills by drawing blind.
Using sketches to explore story
What if you took your sketches into more exploratory realm?
Month: June 2019
Creative distractions
What to do when creative inspiration and ideas become a distraction?
Getting better at drawing
Books are never written overnight. A series of paintings are never finished overnight. A career-changing portfolio is never made overnight. Everything takes a commitment of a little time everyday. Whether …
Sharks and getting illustration clients
Instead of competing with other illustrators for the same type of work, what if you were carving your own path by creating unique offerings – while profiting from lucrative new markets?
When should you make a pivot in your art business?
Understanding when to make a pivot in your art business comes from experience of spending time making mistakes, listening to your audience, and putting yourself out there.
Natural ways to sell your art online
Here are the 4 underlying concepts you should keep in mind as you’re running your art business.
How to launch your art
Launching your art is nothing more than sharing your creative behind-the-scenes in a natural, storytelling way.
How to grow your art mailing list
Even if someone comes to your art website and loves you work – the chances of them coming back on their own is slim. Learn how to get interested people to sign up for your art mailing list.
How to get people to visit your art website
Learn how to get people to visit your art website.
Selling art nonessentials
It’s extremely easy to get overwhelmed when you try to sell your art online. These are the nonessentials you don’t have to worry about in your art business.
Embracing Drawing Mistakes
When kids draw they could care a less about making mistakes. They just go for it and make hundreds of drawings.
But as we get older, we get more critical with our drawings. It’s why most people stop drawing all together – this mindset that things have to be perfect.
In this video I talk about why it’s okay to embrace drawing mistakes and how to handle them as you draw. Diving a little bit into the topic of using restatement lines to openly “correct” a drawing as you make it.
This way you feel more free to draw and explore when you sit down with your sketchbook.
Minimal Drawing Tools
The minimum drawing essential tools you need to start drawing.
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