Essays About The Creative Process
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The Sketchbook Problem
Sketchbooks are supposed to be a place for creative freedom. But rarely feel like that. A very long post with lots of pictures!
Once Through, Cleanly
Some solid advice from designer Frank Chimero on how to make the most progress in the early stages of a project.
Ink And Gifts
Your hand-painted postcards are on their way! Here’s a step-by-step process of how I made them.
A Kind of Aliveness I Live For
A crucial distinction for all artists - you don’t think in order to draw, you draw in order to think.
Negative Capability
On the inevitable uncertainty of making art and how filling sketchbook pages is helping me to tolerate it.
Rock, Chalk and Ink
You share your advice on keeping a daily sketchbook practice and I try to do some simple drawing exercises.
Fill Sketchbooks!
My plan for 2020 is to fill as many sketchbooks as I can, starting with filling pages of collage. Plus some advice on keeping a sketchbook.
Banksy And The King
A story about the time Banksy squared off against London’s greatest graffiti artist - and lost.
A Story About The Universe
I believe that when you move towards your dreams, the universe will move with you. I see evidence of this everywhere.
Residency
Artists residencies are a great way to find focus - but you don’t have to wait to be invited to one!
Goals vs Systems
A radical rethink of how to achieve your goals, thanks to James Clear’s new book Atomic Habits
As The Electromagnetic Pulse Ripped Through The City, He Saw It Was All For Nothing
When I’m not scared of losing my life’s work, I think about destroying it.
