Mistakes Are Your Best Friends

You Fear Mistakes, But You Shouldn't
Nothing comes for free, except for the gift of mistakes.

Mistakes are your best friends as an artist. Embrace them. Seek them out. Draw with the purpose of making mistakes. 

 

When I was young, in one of those progressive European art schools, all the teachers did was set you up to make mistakes. Because with mistakes comes discovery. At one point you develop a system that is based on making mistakes. It's called experimenting.

You produce 100 mistakes and you get an A. You have now truly advanced because you have progressed with awareness! On a smaller scale, there is a shitty line in your drawing. Great! Pay more attention to it in your next drawing, or schedule in some sketching practice.

Ignore perfection, you want mistakes! Mistakes are what you should go for. Mistakes are your best friends. They don't lie to you and they tell you what you need to know. Cherish them. Look at them for what they are. They are you. And you need them. 

 

Every time you make a mistake and you see it, you should be happy. Start looking for mistakes. Make them on purpose. Train yourself. Practice making mistakes until you are comfortable with them. Nothing comes for free, except for the gift of mistakes.

 

~  Inspired by and adapted from Anonymous

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SUMMER SKETCHING 2020 Continues ....

Although I have been very busy with my Poppy Zoom Course, I have been drawing

consistently now for 48 days.  It has been 30 days since I last posted here, however,

so I'm playing catch up today. Here are my daily creations from June 19th - July 18th.

If you are interested, visit our Facebook Drawing/Sketching EveryDay Group here.

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June 2020

6-19-20 • Alcohol Ink on Yupo

6-22-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

6-21-20 • Alcohol Ink on Yupo

6-22-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

6-23-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

6-24-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

6-52-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

6-26-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

6-27-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

6-27-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

6-28-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

6-29-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

6-30-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

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 JULY 2020

7-1-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

7-2-20 • Watercolor on Yupo

7-3-20 • Watercolor on Yupo

7-4-20 • Markers on Yupo

7-5-20 • Markers on Marker Paper & Yupo

7-6-20 • Markers on Marker Paper & Yupo

7-7-20 • Markers on Marker Paper & Yupo

7-8-20 • Markers on Marker Paper & Yupo

7-9-10-11-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

7-12-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

7-13-14-15-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

7-16-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

7-17-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

 

7-18-20 • Watercolor on Cotton Rag

Learn • Love • Create
with

Experience the FUN of the
Principles • Techniques • Spirit
OF ART

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Seven Steps To Success

7 Tips for a Productive Life

1. Make a to-do list and give yourself small rewards for completing big tasks.

2. Find ways to break up your workday (or night).

3. Avoid addictive time-wasting activities.

 

4. Get as much done as early in the day as you can.

5. Tackle that really tough to-do first.

6. Showcase your success.

7. Tell someone about your goals.

~ by Emma Chapman

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I believe that if you really want to fit something,

(like drawing every day) into your life, you can accomplish it

if you really and truly want to do it. The bottom line is;

we make time for what is really important to us.

You have to prioritize, organize, and use your time wisely.
The little list above, always helps me when

I feel overwhelmed or disorganized.

It seems that with each passing year, time gets more scarce,

more divided, and precious. I am now teaching

Online Zoom Classes  and producing

more drawings and videos than ever before.

So how do I do it?  Three Simple Steps:

1. I make a list daily, first thing in the morning,

if not the night before.

2. I start early in the day and start crossing little things off my list,

which gives me a sense of accomplishment.

3. I limit my time online and try not to get distracted by

videos or articles that will not be of immediate benefit.

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Certain things have to take precedence over others and

I make sure I tackle them early in the day. Today,

my priority is getting this Drawing Everyday Blog updated.

I have been sketching every day now for 18 days,

but haven't put a single post up here yet.
So I am determined to cross that off my list this morning.

Mission Accomplished! 

June 1, 2020

June 2, 2020

June 3, 2020

June 4, 2020

June 5, 2020

June 6, 2020

June 7, 2020

June 8, 2020

June 9, 2020

June 10, 2020

June 11, 2020

June 12, 2020

June 13, 2020

June 14, 2020

June 15, 2020

June 16, 2020

June 17, 2020

June 18, 2020

"I am not a teacher, but an awakener."

~ Robert Frost

Learn • Love • Create
with

Experience the FUN of the
Principles • Techniques • Spirit
OF ART
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"Stale water is a poor drink. Stale skill is worse. And the person
who walks in her own footsteps only ends where she began."
~ L. Alexander

Thanks to everyone who is already joining us on this creative journey!

Happy Creating and Thanks for Your Friendship!

Always Willing To Learn More

"The clear-sighted person is one who has

successfully fulfilled many accomplishments,

and is yet willing to learn more."

~ Ed Parker

*You can also see September 2019,
 another full month of creating every day,
on my SandySandyArt.com blog

Here

The-Key-to-Motivation

Here

Challenge-Process-Progress

and Here
Overnight-Success

"The supreme accomplishment is to

blur the line between work and play."

~ Arnold J. Toynbee

#DrawingEveryday - 8-27-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Cotton Rag

"Be focused to become accomplished."
~ David Allio

#DrawingEveryday - 8-28-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Cotton Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-30-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Cotton Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-31-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Cotton Rag

"A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road,

just the starting point for the next leap forward."

~ Harvey Mackay

See All Ninety-Two 2019 Sketches Here on facebook

(only if you want to ....)
Summer of 2019 ~ Sketching Everyday

 

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P.S. I am not done sketching and creating every day though!

I have signed up for another challenge for the next 30 days.

It's called the 30 Day Creative Gathering.

You can find out more about it on facebook here.

Maybe you'd even like to join us!