"Creativity takes courage." – Henri Matisse
So... you got a new set of colored pencils. Maybe you bought the set of 150. (Every color you'll ever need for the rest of your life.) Or maybe you've decided you only need 24. Or maybe you were given some colored pencils as a gift. Whatever the case is, you'll have a new box …
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Hey guys! I just realized it's been about two months since I've posted anything. Well, things have been kind of crazy over here.... Crazier than normal. My family has the chicken pox. Whoop whoop! So, this post is going to be a little bit shorter than usual. Anyway, let's jump in. Here's a drawing I …
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Hey guys! Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. I've had a lot of things going on, I'm working on several projects, and yes, I did have a deadline project. I was brainstorming what to write about in this blog post, and in the middle of working on my deadline project I thought, "Why …
We've all heard it about a million times. Practice, practice, practice. Every artist—regardless of what kind of art they're creating—seems to hear this bit of golden advice so often that we tend to brush it off saying, “Yeah yeah yeah, whatever.” Which is a shame, because it's good advice. Overrated, maybe, but still good. And …
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