What the market wants is lower cost, more efficient production, higher output and easily reproducible steps. If that becomes one’s criteria for running an art practice, it’s not an art practice anymore, it’s a business.
September 30, 2025
Other observations
I feel like drawing flowers
When you feel like drawing flowers, but someone will pay you to draw monkeys, what comes first?
Other people are infectious
You can catch the flu from another human, but can you also catch their mood?
If I can’t draw a circle
If I can’t draw a circle how can I draw the sun?
No shortcuts
You may be able to find a tool or technique to make a process or drawing more efficient. A digital camera show the photographer the result of their work quicker than a film camera, but it doesn’t make the photo better or the photographer more competent. One still needs to understand tone, colour and composition… Continue reading No shortcuts
Caring when no one else does
If no one else gives a hoot about your art, why should you?