-Subject: how to look at your work.
In your art is not you, we’ve talked about your art has nothing to do with your identity, however it does hold a lot of valuable information if you can look at at calmly. I use the analogy of looking at your own poop because it does feel like that to me, but if you can handle the feeling there’s much to learn there.
-Subject: Learn how to use our asset.
What is the most valuable asset of an artist? Is it the eye or the drawing hand? although both are definitely very important. The best asset is gonna be Time. But there’s a catch, Your brain needs to learn to spend that time on your important task.Because even you think art is very important your brain might have other priorities.
- Subject: getting good at art.
You have a ok job, you eat ok food, and ok sleep, You want to get good at art, but you don't have much time on it and do some yoyo drawings but they look ok right? Ok is not good enough. ok is the killer of greatness. The first step to change is telling yourself is not ok. As always I won’t throw problems out without answers let’s see how do we fix this.
Subject: The 10,000 hour rule.
I started drawing from a young age around 5, And I’ve spent most of my time in school drawing, All my workbook and worksheets from school are full of drawings, My teacher will take my drawings and throw them away which is fine since I am the ‘I hate my work’ type. I notice training what I want is way more important then anything school is teaching. Luckily I got into an art focused college but even you are art focused in Hong Kong it only means four extra art class per week not like Math you have lessons everyday. If I take the lunch hour away and say 4 hours of drawing at school everyday plus weekends 10 years of primary plus college gives me around 14,600 hours on drawing.
-Subject: Learning from the masters.
Frank frazetta is the best master level artist close to our times. In fact he just left us at 2010. Ten years has passed but his art is looking better then ever, His art style is masculine and aggressive, the beauty of violence and sex can been seen in many of his work. Today I’d dissect his art and analyse how he gives that aggressive taste to his works.
