You’ll drop your sketchbook in the creek (true story) or your pen will spring a leak while sketching in the Botanic Garden (again, true story.) Your mushroom will look like a cinnamon bun and your flower like a dinner plate. Sometimes (oftentimes!) paint just won’t flow the right direction. It will end up costing you far more in the long run than you'll ever spend on a replacement. If something isn't working for you, don't waste another minute on it. Buy brushes and papers that are a joy to use. So stick with paints that you really love and put the rest of those tubes on eBay. I'm not going to force myself to eat foods that I dislike, so why would I force myself to use an art tool that I don't like? I've learned that if I don't enjoy using a particular product or brand, trudging through it to "use it up" or "get my money's worth" does nothing more than dampen my enthusiasm and creativity. Unfortunately, investing a lot of money into a sketchbook or a certain brand of watercolors doesn't guarantee its success in your hand. I'm all for being frugal and using what you've got, but there are times that the best place for a sketchbook is in the recycling bin. A lot! Lousy tools will constantly hamper your efforts and ability to improve. Please excuse my crass language, but I can't think of a better way to put it. In art supplies, quality counts.
SKETCH TRIAL ENDED FREE
* In our house, we detest the word 'stupid' so our KISS rule stands for "Keep It Simple, Silly." Feel free to use it for yourself, because muddling the creative process with too much information or stuff really is just plain silly.ģ. Making slow and steady decisions, building your skills and art supply stash slowly, will help you to be a much better artist in the end. it's not to sort through 5000 paints but to actually paint.ĭetermine to keep K.I.S.S. It’s hard (impossible?) to judge whether or not something will work for you when you’re trying out five other new things at the same time.Īlso, it's easy to get caught up in shiny new toys and workshop opportunities and forget why you are doing this to begin with. Trying too many new things at once, whether it’s colors or papers or various watercolor techniques or sketching kits, is bound to muddy the process. However, I’m learning to tamper my enthusiasm with common sense.
As a lover of the creative process and its intended tools, I find it all too easy to get caught up in trying new techniques and supplies. I’m listing this as number uno because I make this mistake more than any of the others.
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