In the book, How to Be an Artist, this chapter is all about drawing in different perspectives by using the styles of previous generations. I […]
HTBAA – Make Your Mark
All art is a form of decoration. Jerry Saltz, How to be an artist I tried coming up with several ideas of art to make […]
HTBAA – Start Working When You Wake Up
Or as soon as possible thereafter. If you can get into it within the first two hours of the day, that should be early enough […]
HTBAA – Step Two: How to actually begin
This section is subtitled An Instruction Manual for the Studio. I don’t have need of a studio, but I certainly need a workspace. Over the […]
I want… to focus on putting together the raw materials I need to make new shit.
This year has not gone as I had hoped it would when I woke up on the morning of 01 January 2022. I wasn’t considering […]
I believe in moderation in everything, including moderation.
I used to be an “all or nothing” kind of person. I wouldn’t just have a crush, I would fall madly in love. I wouldn’t […]
I want… to worry less about what I’m making.
For the purposes of this post, making = creating. This post is creating. I walk into each and every day with the greatest of intentions […]
HTBAA – Start Now
You can start anytime. Jerry Saltz, How to be an artist I’m big on dates of significance. Up until the pandemic, I started my year […]
WpW – Do people have a right to be happy or should they have to earn it?
Of course, people have the right to be happy in whatever way they choose to make their own happiness and they aren’t harming anyone else […]
HTBAA – Work, Work, Work
Just work. And keep working. Jerry Saltz, How to be an artist Drag my unremarkable ass to the gym. Sit my ass down and read […]