“Catch” .
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Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁 Here’s a 6-step tutorial for how to draw a roast turkey. Enjoy! 😊
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Playing in the creative sandbox. 😊
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Here in the creative sandbox it’s not about impressing anyone, or making money, or winning awards, or getting “likes.” It’s about exploring and playing. It’s about letting my inner 4-year-old inhabit the tip of my pen and giving her free rein to do whatever the &$@# she wants! It doesn’t even matter if I LIKE it! All that matters is that I’m having fun! 🖍
I used to look at these weird things that would come out of my own and think, “What the #*^>$??? That’s so *ugly*!” Sometimes I still think that. But even on those days I remind myself of my visits to MoMA, when I’ve looked at artworks I’ve found hideous! 😂 Some curator found them beautiful/worthy enough to pay 💰 💰 💰!!! 🖍
It’s all in the eye of the beholder. Someone else might look at my work, which I think is ugly/crap, and find it beautiful (and indeed, that’s happened many times!) This has helped me to see my work through more neutral lenses. 😊
Now I enjoy my weird marks! I find such delight in them! I cheer my inner 4-year-old on! We have a lot more fun together, which is how it should be.
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Do you cheer your inner 4-year-old on when she does her thing?
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“Tall” .
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It’s been awhile since I’ve done an abstract doodle. It felt SO GOOD to play in the #creativesandbox this morning! 😊 Happy weekend!
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Super-simple stick-figure deer! 😊 🦌
Sometimes it’s fun to challenge yourself to copy something in real life as naturalistically as possible. And sometimes it’s fun to challenge yourself to draw something as *simply* as possible. How few lines can you use to communicate the idea of “deer”? If you were trying to communicate with someone who spoke a different language, and you only had 20 seconds, how would you get your point across with a paper and pen? 🖍
That’s the kind of drawing I’m practicing most these days: #visualcommunication It’s a different way of thinking about drawing. Super-fun and creative, but way less fraught with the kinds of perfectionist traps I used to find myself caught in as a “fine artist.” 🖍
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“Treasure”
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How to draw “sling” in 3 steps. 😊
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Raccoon
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How to draw a tree. Of course, this is just ONE way to draw a tree. There are a zillion ways to draw trees! 😊
Happy Sunday!
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What do you think of this for “legend”? I’m working on getting the proportions of that right page right! It’s proving to be crazy-hard! 😂
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Practice, practice, practice! .
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#fridayfun Here’s a secret for everyone who thinks “I can’t draw”: Visual communication is much more about METAPHOR than about #drawing skills.
In the drawing tutorial image here, I’ve used the metaphor of a broken chain to communicate the idea “weak,” as in “weak link.” All with VERY simple shapes!
Even the shading in the final example is unnecessary to communicate the idea (but it’s fun and easy to learn! 😊) And notice none of my chains are identical. IT DOESN’T MATTER!
#visualcommunication is not about making amazing art; it’s about communicating IDEAS. Period.

If you can hold a pen, you can draw to communicate. —

Now I want to hear from you: Back in kindergarten everybody drew. Did you prefer crayons or markers?
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