Fading seahorses​

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is: fading seahorses​. My daughter ( who is interested in conservation) tells me that if men keep fishing them at current rates they will all be gone in 20 years, she is 8, so if we give her 10 years to grow up she will have 10 years to save them, I hope they get some help before then.

Art tip: Care. It hurts but it's worth it. About your art, about your message. Indifference is not self defense, it's self anaesthetic.

If you go back to the derivations aesthetic and anaesthetic are opposites.

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Flowers

I'm creating a drawing a day, for two years, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is flowers.
Today's tip: Ideas beget ideas, don't save your best ideas up for some unknown future when you will have run out or can charge more or whatever, work on your best ideas today and you will have more, better than your previous best.

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Rent and taxes

I'm creating a drawing a day for two years, just for the art of it and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is called Rent and taxes.
Today's tip is: Try not to give up, you don't have to be the most talented if you are the last one still standing.

Stag in water soluble pencil and tip from Gill.

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it and sharing an art tip too. Lately I've been asking the artists I admire to contribute a tip.
Today's drawing is a stag in water soluble pencil, which I'm still experimenting with and trying to get the most out of it.

Today's tip is from painter Gill Bustamante.
 https://www.gillbustamante.com

Gill Bustamante My art tip would be a) figure out what effect you want to create with your art on other people and b) find a medium/language to do it with c) get on with it and don't let people who love to 'advise' you put you off!

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Girl in water soluble pencil and tip from Felix

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too. I've hit on the idea of getting some of the artists I admire to give me tips. The first of these is from photographer Felix Kunze.
 http://felixkunze.com

Felix Kunze "In the beginning of anyone's career (which is where I am), it is easy to get the idea that one must give up one's values and integrity to get ahead. To suck up to people you don't like just because they are in a position of power, or do projects because of promised 'exposure'. I started off far too stubborn and chose my projects with my heart first, brain second. I'm apparently unique in the world of photography because I do hardly any unpaid work for other people. The only unpaid work I do is my personal projects. 

Stick to your guns. Don't be an ass about it, be kind, be thoughtful. But don't confuse kindness and naivety. 

Build a career based on your value set, not that of others."

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Scotland, mountains and sea, stories and secrets.

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is Scotland, mountains and sea.
Today's art tip: Examine all conventions for your self. In art, as in life, some conventions are there because they work well, for example: windows looking dark in the distance, or top lip darker than bottom lip, others are perhaps obsolete, or false to begin with, example: brown tree trunks (they are usually silver, grey, green or black). Use your own looking skills, they are the true gift an artist brings the world.
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Fans

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is fans.
Today's art tip is stolen from my dad: "Get it right in the next one." This is a great tip, it stops me obsessing about some mistake and puts the future in view.