ART ADVICE

Lately I’ve been getting art advice questions from people I know and I gave the practice makes perfect advice. It’s solid advice and arguably one of the most important things someone can do to improve. However, there’s one more thing I tell people because it works for me. If you want to improve, a great way to do so is not only practice, but to change the language you use to talk to yourself. What I mean is, often I hear people say “I’ll do that later maybe” or “I can never do this”. Instead, use definitive and absolute language. Tell yourself you will do something and that you can do it. I know this sounds cliche but when you stop using weasel words and start using definitive language you start changing the way you think. When you start changing the way you think in a positive way you also gain more confidence and that confidence leads to the other important thing: TAKING RISKS. Risk taking is important because even if you “fail” you still learn something from that experience. The difference between a master and anyone else is that the master has taken more risks and allowed themselves to “fail”. 

As children learning to walk we keep busting our asses and yet continue to do it until we mastered that skill. Somewhere along the line, humans get conditioned by society to stop having that attitude but if we just adopted it more in our lives we can sharpen the skills we want to master. You pick a goal and commit to it all the way! 

So please, do yourselves a favor and practice not only your drawing skills, but also talking to yourself in a positive and definitive way. 

Talk to yourself how you would your idol. BECOME YOUR OWN BIGGEST FAN!