For the many years I have sought to understand the strategies..the secret formula that would make me some perfect artist. I mean i have studied the best, I’ve bought books, went to galleries and read so many online artist interviews and yet I haven’t found anything that rings more true than what I will share with you today.
Now this is just an observational, but consider your favorite artist..What do you love about them? What feature or special touch or colors make their work recognizable?
Now that you’ve figured all that out, chunk all of that info out of sight and out of mind because its not the answer…
The way you become a better artist..a better anything is repetition. Yes, good old-fashioned repetition and consistency. The one thing you love about your favorite artist is that they are consistent.. They always have new better work. They always have something you have not seen, and the difference between you and them is repetition. They do, everyday!
They may not produce large great amounts of work daily but they can persistently produce new works of art on a consistent basis…
Now you are probably thinking, this can’t be it..there has got to be some deeper, greater explanation as to why they totally rock and your own work is just “okay.” Thats the explanation. They have belief in their work and effort so much so that they just straight up do it more, they practice more.. they sweat more..when you eat, they work… when your sleep, they are up, doing just a small task that you didn’t do.
1. There will be days that you want nothing to do with anything that feels like work. Do it.
2. There will be moments that you feel as if your not progressing and its worthless, do it anyway.
3. There will be moments when you start liking your stuff too much and you think thats a reason to slack of, keep going friend!
So guys, just keep practicing and being encouraged and don’t try to be someone else, don’t sabotage your own effort being being jealous of the work of others.
Everything requires faithfulness. From school, to a child learning to walk, it requires you to show up daily and put forth, if even a small effort, some effort to propel you to the goal.
So for my fellow creatives, you want to draw and repeat everyday! If you do graphics, branding, whatever, you want to make sure you have a schedule. Even if you don’t to it everyday, at least once a week on the same day if possible. This will set a routine in you and soon you will subconsciously stick to it.
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