If I knew anything for certain when I was a child, it was that I was not the artist of the family—my older sister Katie was. Looking at her work, I knew I’d never be as good as her. I wouldn’t even be in the same universe as her. Anyway, I had my own ‘talents’: …
The Big Picture vs. the Details
Off and on, I’ve been trying to draw from nature. Leaves. Fruit. Weird seed pods. Also, trees. Can I just say that drawing a tree is one of the most frustrating things ever? How do you draw the whole thing? The branches, the leaves, the canopy? When you look at a tree, you see a …