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What Is Your Art Limit?

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What Is Your Art Limit?

316 - What Is Your Art Limit?

This week John is discussing how art limits are just limiting beliefs that happen in our minds.

Until the 4-minute mile was achieved no one thought it was possible. But after that record was broken, it nearly became a standard for running athletes.

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Making Mistakes In Your Artwork

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Making Mistakes In Your Artwork

315 - Making Mistakes In Your Artwork

This week John and Barb are talking about making mistakes in your artwork. Sometimes it’s easy to think advanced artists never make mistakes. But nothing could be further from the truth. There are some key principles in working through mistakes and in viewing them as just temporary obstacles to overcome. As you develop and grow you’ll build up the skills necessary to move forward with corrections and to make fewer mistakes in the future.

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Making Art Authentic To You

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Show Notes:

310 - Making Art Authentic To Art


This week John and Barb are discussing strategies for creating artwork that is authentic to you. While it may be tempting to just create work similar to what you’ve seen other colored pencil artists create. Those drawings may leave you feeling like a “copyist”. Over time, with purpose and intention, you will be able to create work that tells the story you want to communicate.

Listen in for practical advice on how to apply these ideas to your work.

References or links mentioned

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Two Different Drawing Processes

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Show Notes:

297 - Two Different Drawing Processes 

This week John and Barb are discussing their individual approaches to the creation of artwork.


References or links mentioned

Artist Cecile Baird - Listen to her podcast interview here.

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262 - Interview with Sema Martin

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262 - Interview with Sema Martin

Sema left an engineering job to pursue her passion for colored pencil art. She was able to figure out how to thrive as a commission artist, drawing animal portraits for clients from all over the world.

She wrote the book, Art Is My Career, to help you start your own art commission-based business. This book is a friendly, practical guide that shows you how to make your dream a reality. Sema shares expert advice on everything from writing a business plan to pricing your work and raising your profile as an artist. Learn how to start taking commissions and ensure your long-term success.

References From This Episode

Sema Martin’s website: https://www.semamartin.com/studioshop

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261 - Parkinson's law

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261 - Parkinson's law

We all know that colored pencil is one of the slowest mediums to work in if not the absolute slowest.

But if our expectation is that working in this medium is slow are we creating a barrier that doesn’t exist?

What if you didn't think about the medium is being slow but instead, you thought more about Improvement in your execution skills. 

John discusses this on the show around the idea that is often termed as Parkinson’s Law.  “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”

 

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260 - Colored Pencil Skills That Cannot Be Taught

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260 - Colored Pencil Skills That Cannot Be Taught

Show Notes:

260 - Colored Pencil Skills That Cannot Be Taught

There are some skills in colored pencil that just can't be taught. In this show, John discusses some of these items. 

To a new color pencil artist, it can seem like stumbling upon the right trick is just around the corner if only someone would reveal the secret! But in reality, there is no secret. Instead, there are some things that you just have to figure out on your own.

Listen to the show to find out what these specific items are.

 

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160 Tips For Improving Your Drawing Skills

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Show Notes

Sharpened Artist: Colored Pencil Podcast

Release Date: June 11, 2018

 

Topic: Tips to Improve Your Drawing Skills

 

Points of Interest:

Drawing skills are the foundation for all art, so it’s important to master them before moving on! John and Lisa talk about the best ways to improve your drawing skills. Refer back to this handy list of suggestions to remind you of their tips!

1.    Draw from life

2.    Draw in your sketchbook

3.    Draw only shapes to represent the object you’re drawing first

4.    Try timed drawing

5.    Draw things that make you uncomfortable

6.    Draw studies of smaller sections

7.    Draw from different head construction methods

8.    Trace

9.    Measure your work against itself

 

Links Referenced

Derwent graphite pencils

Prismacolor Col-Erase Pencil (brown)

 

 

 

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"You possess the ability to create exceptional art inside of you already. I'm just here to help you get there faster!" ~John Middick