When trying to decide for yourself whether to use an IPad or traditional paper – pen – marker – pencil drawings as your main media for your art, there are many things to consider! One of the biggest advantages the iPad has over traditional methods is the variety of colors and brushes and paper sizes … Read more
From Stickers to Portraits – The Journey of a Fishing Artist In this exciting world of art, where new ideas and creativity are always changing the scene, there’s an artist who has found a special way to mix her love for fishing with her art skills. This artist, I’ll call her “Marina Blue,” because she … Read more
One of the best things you can do for your art career is to learn the tools you have available to you on Procreate device. There are more than 200 brushes available on the app, but there are millions of settings combinations you can use for each brush. It’s ludicrous, I know, but if you … Read more
My daughter, Mali Lovic, is often found working on one of the digital art creation tools on her iPad Pro. I asked her yesterday if she had anything to share and she sent me this one. I was a bit surprised because it doesn’t have near the level of detail that she typically adds to … Read more
Introduction Many of us are stuck. We don’t product interesting art. Maybe we did in the past, maybe we never have. Maybe we are uninspired. Maybe we’re burnt out. Maybe we just don’t see a way out of our lack of creativity. Here’s are 10 exercises that will help you break out of your rut … Read more
Why Is Pricing Your Art Correctly So Important? One problem nearly every artist has is learning to price their art correctly so it sells in the market you’re targeting. Price your artwork correctly and you can make sales right away. Choose the wrong price over and over and it can be months or years before … Read more
I really been thinking a lot about what kind of art styles will not be taken away by artificial intelligence like chat GPT, Gemini and Dolly. I’m thinking about art styles humans do better than AI because my daughter is really interested in becoming an artist and she is only 14 years old. Should we … Read more
We have a 16 year old. She has really taken to painting, drawing on paper with pencil, pen, or markers, and using the iPad drawing programs. She’s quite good and wants to choose art as her career that she does for the rest of her life. Note – the image above, she made years ago! … Read more