THIS BOOK, y’all. Read immediately if: You have ever been in your feelings about your art. You ever questioned whether what you are making is art. You have struggled with finding your artistic voice. You believe that you should be the next Mozart (spoiler alert: You won’t be but you can still make dope work!) YourContinue reading “Must Read: Art and Fear”
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Keys To Drawing Project: Eyes
This is the second post in my journey through Bert Dodson’s Keys to Drawing. Find the first project here. This week I undertook Dodson’s Project 1-D–Eyes: drawing my own eyes using a mirror. The lead up to this exercise was a riff on the necessity to draw exactly what we see, not what weContinue reading “Keys To Drawing Project: Eyes”
Courting Creativity
How does one sustain creative work? I’ve hit that point in the development of this blog (and I knew I would hit it because I do in every project I’ve ever undertaken) where the shine has worn a bit and I’ve begun to stutter and then to stop creating. This week was filled with failures.Continue reading “Courting Creativity”
The Artist’s Way
My mom was obsessed with The Artist’s Way when I was a kid. I remember this book having such an effect on her that it always lingered in the back of my mind as something that I should read. Now that Jessie and I have created this space to nurture our own creativity, the timeContinue reading “The Artist’s Way”
Watercolor Exercises: Flex Those Brushes
I’ve been playing around with watercolor for a few months now, but I’ve never taken the time to try to understand how this medium really works. While it seems simple on the surface, let me assure you, watercolor is not easy. Yes, there are only four main components: paint, water, brushes, and paper. But theContinue reading “Watercolor Exercises: Flex Those Brushes”
Blind Drawing: You Try Not Looking
It’s so difficult for me not to continuously look at the page while drawing. It’s like my eyes don’t believe I have hands I can draw with unless they’re looking right at them while drawing. If you recall from my last post, I’m trying to develop this new habit of actually looking at the subjectContinue reading “Blind Drawing: You Try Not Looking”
Keys To Drawing Project: Ugly Feet (and Other Sketches)
In the hopes of improving my sketchy drawing skills, I’ve placed myself in the hands of Bert Dodson and his highly recommended book Keys to Drawing. I’ll be going through each of the 48 exercises in the book and sharing some of the results and learning here. To begin with, I thought I’d show someContinue reading “Keys To Drawing Project: Ugly Feet (and Other Sketches)”
Adventures in Photography Volume III
I did Lab 30 in the magical book, Creative Photography Lab: 52 Fun Exercises for Developing Self-Expression with Your Camera. Well, I kind of did it. The point of this lab was to “create a personal photo journal of your work or daily environment.” I chose this lab because I knew I would be goingContinue reading “Adventures in Photography Volume III”
Adventures in Photography Volume II
So, I got this book called Creative Photography Lab: 52 Fun Exercises for Developing Self-Expression with Your Camera. As the title suggests, this book contains a series of photography labs designed to develop both technical and creative skills in photography. The first lab in the book is to take thirty shots in thirty minutes onContinue reading “Adventures in Photography Volume II”
Compulsive Creation 