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Tuesday sketchbook
Originally published in August 2016 in Blog
Canoe series
Originally published in June 2016 in Blog
In Conversation with Anita Kunz
Originally published in May 2016 in Blog
hen Anita Kunz was a five-year old growing up in Kitchener, Ontario in the early 1960s, she practiced drawing the usual kid stuff: horses, flowers, fluffy clouds. But making Crayola masterpieces for the fridge wasn’t enough. Anita drew with a stronger sense of purpose learned from her uncle, the artist and environmentalist Robert Kunz. His editorial illustrations […]
Productivity is not creativity
Originally published in May 2016 in Blog
It’s easy to confuse productivity with creativity. In my latest animated video, I “asked” Maria Popova and Pearl Buck to explain the difference. Sources Maria Popova, “Creatively Juiced,” The New York Times Book Review (April 10, 2016). Pearl Buck, 1938 Nobel Prize Speech. Music: “Layback” by Alan Jones (purchased on Shutterstock.com) Built on the awesome […]
Skillshare vs. Netflix
Originally published in April 2016 in Blog
My favorite kind of homework. Hardest letters: S, Y. #brushpenlettering #brushguide (h/t to our teacher, Miami-based art director, Andrea Campos) It’s no contest. Given the choice between, say, Scarface and a tutorial on brush pen lettering (above) or a primer on watercolour techniques, I’m going with the loaded brush. I think Skillshare is one of the biggest gifts […]
