Line by Line: Phantom Skill

1. He calls drawing a phantom skill because it's something that we remember having in elementary school where they enjoyed it and drew with great abandon.
2. Seeing the structural logic of the object or figure you are drawing helps improve your drawing skills.
3. Strengthening the link between your eyes and hand helps you make the intended drawing marks. You can do this by practicing your hand-eye coordination

Art & Fear

Introduction

1. Some of my personal fears is that my artwork won't be like-able to the audience or it will never be good enough for anything. When I try new mediums, I feel scared to use them because it might mess up my drawing.

Part I

Chapter I

1. The face of uncertainty means that we'd be making our artwork with the lies of our feelings. Our artwork would not hold things true, but with only what the viewers would like to see.
2. It makes me feel like my artwork would feel unworthy for the people's eyes, but it would represent me much better than trying to impress them.
3. Art is made by ordinary people: Every single day, art is being created by the normal people of the world. They may not know it or their art may not seem like art, but it is still art. I'm not really special in anything. If art is made by ordinary people, like me, then I feel like art made by me is really special because I'd be putting 100% more effort in it than the other people.
4. Labeling myself as an artist makes me feel like I am my own person. However, when labeling myself, I also feel like I am just an artist that has yet to soar.
5. I think labeling myself makes people think I'm special in that field. They might think I'm very skilled as an artist.
6. "My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all." "Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." "An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision." "An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it." "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."