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What's the best advice I could offer any new artist - a new habit! Start a new sketch book!
Get into the habit drawing daily! A sketchbook is the perfect place to doodle, draw a little more detailed, ponder paint colours, perhaps even help you process ideas & emotions. I started 2 for 2026, one is for my favourite 'Bible words' I scribble in with a pencil or pen and put aside to paint when I'm ready. The second simply has tiny paws running across the cover - it's all things dogs, all dogs. Easy to sketch and tons of inspiration - there's no "I don't know what to paint" excuse, ever. I'll show you again, when finished...to prove my daily habit.
The trick to be successful with this new habit - I leave my books on my coffeetabe with a small pencil case, aways available to be sketched in, easy access. I sketch when reading, watching T.V., or just relaxing. I doodle when I get an idea. When I'm not sure what to paint, I'll start with these tiny treasures. Usually by the time I pick them up to paint, I've forgotten what's inside so it's often a pleasant surprise. By the time I've warmed up with these, I'm usually ready to move on to something more serious & time consuming. I have often been inspired by older, long forgotten sketches of my own to create new paintings.
Some draw daily, instead of journaling. Artists have an amazing collections of their life & work in sketchbooks dating back decades. Either way - it's a great habit to start & will absolutely help improve you as an artist! It also helps emotionally to have a tiny book you can scribble all ideas, I've painted angry & felt better -once out on my mind and on paper. The quality of the one above is for sketching -not so much painting but it still holds well, 80 pages (from DeSerres) I keep my paint watered down and make sure I let it dry well between paintingings.
Take control of your health & happiness and start a new habit that helps you become a better artist- guaranteed.
Start today, so you have a very cool little book to look over at the END of the year, to see all you have accomplished.
You were created to create! Search me oh God and know my heart!
The Holy Bible - Some of the loviest poetry on the planet.
Read it.. seek & you will find.
Get into the habit drawing daily! A sketchbook is the perfect place to doodle, draw a little more detailed, ponder paint colours, perhaps even help you process ideas & emotions. I started 2 for 2026, one is for my favourite 'Bible words' I scribble in with a pencil or pen and put aside to paint when I'm ready. The second simply has tiny paws running across the cover - it's all things dogs, all dogs. Easy to sketch and tons of inspiration - there's no "I don't know what to paint" excuse, ever. I'll show you again, when finished...to prove my daily habit.
The trick to be successful with this new habit - I leave my books on my coffeetabe with a small pencil case, aways available to be sketched in, easy access. I sketch when reading, watching T.V., or just relaxing. I doodle when I get an idea. When I'm not sure what to paint, I'll start with these tiny treasures. Usually by the time I pick them up to paint, I've forgotten what's inside so it's often a pleasant surprise. By the time I've warmed up with these, I'm usually ready to move on to something more serious & time consuming. I have often been inspired by older, long forgotten sketches of my own to create new paintings.
Some draw daily, instead of journaling. Artists have an amazing collections of their life & work in sketchbooks dating back decades. Either way - it's a great habit to start & will absolutely help improve you as an artist! It also helps emotionally to have a tiny book you can scribble all ideas, I've painted angry & felt better -once out on my mind and on paper. The quality of the one above is for sketching -not so much painting but it still holds well, 80 pages (from DeSerres) I keep my paint watered down and make sure I let it dry well between paintingings.
Take control of your health & happiness and start a new habit that helps you become a better artist- guaranteed.
Start today, so you have a very cool little book to look over at the END of the year, to see all you have accomplished.
You were created to create! Search me oh God and know my heart!
The Holy Bible - Some of the loviest poetry on the planet.
Read it.. seek & you will find.
