1. It’s easier to criticize than it is to create.
2. Don’t judge your work while you’re creating it.
3. Unnecessary creation is a good thing.
4. Be willing to suck.
5. Learn really see, not just look.
6. Gradual improvement is all that matters.
7. Embrace your imperfections.
8. Practice every single day
9. Steal Like an Artist
10. Break rules and color outside the lines
11. Be vulnerable
12. Have a sense of humor
13. There no grades or mistakes
14. Experiment and be curious
15. Make note of things you want draw
16. Look at how far you’ve come, not how far you have to go.
17. Share your art. You might get some encouragement.
18. Draw, design, take pictures.
19. Let other ideas spark.
20. Be like a little kid.
21. Give yourself permission to suck.
22. Have fun.
23. Develop your own style.
24. Trust your intuition.
25. Doodle: Some people have made careers and written books from this.
26. You can always erase.
27. You already know how to draw. You just forgot.
28. Start with a blank page.
29. This is not work. It’s play.
30. Learn things just for their intrinsic value.
– Srinivas Rao
I am thinking about thirty lessons drawn from thirty days of anything.
Of running. Walking. Driving. Watching. Listening.
But there’s the creative act of drawing which activates our better selves.
So I’m told.