Every artist either has experienced an art-related injury or has known an artist who has been injured. It’s easy to forget that making art is […]
Category: Art Habits
Back to Basics Portraiture: Week 1 (Limited Color Palette)
After reviewing my task list from my previous post, I did some thinking, and I identified that my biggest insecurity is color theory (aka mixing […]
Art Goal for 2023: Draw People!
Drawing people is hard! Although I immensely enjoyed my portrait classes when I was an art student, once I fell out of practice, I could […]
Beware of Suspicious Product Reviews
My personal view is that you need at minimum 3 full completed projects with new art materials before you should give a review. So when […]
Art Supplies I Used in a Year (aka my art “empties”)
This April marks one year since I first started saving my “art trash.” Some artists might find this strange, but I was genuinely interested in […]
Understanding Instagram in 2021
Out of curiosity, I decided to deep dive into my Instagram post performance. The data points I’ll be sharing were taken from my own Instagram […]
My 2021 (realistic) Goals
Before January is over, I wanted to make a resolution list. 2020 for many was a difficult and stressful year. The resolutions I wanted to […]
Start the new year with 5 easy ways to tidy your art space
January is always a great time to spend a few extra hours organizing – especially when it comes to the creative spaces where we make […]
Livestreaming During Shelter-in-Place (the pros, cons, and things in between)
If you live in the United States, we’re at varying stages of shelter-in-place. In my state of California, we recently passed 100 days since the […]
5 Reasons Why It’s Great to be an Artist on a Budget
Have you ever envied the artists on Instagram and YouTube who have huge pencil and pastel collections? I have. Many, many times. I’ve sulked, complained, […]