No more boring drawings!
28. January 2026 3105 views
Many drawing tutorials show us how to draw things. Why are these drawings so boring?
28. January 2026 3105 views
Many drawing tutorials show us how to draw things. Why are these drawings so boring?
13. July 2024 4126 views
To “animate” means to breathe life into things. In these 5 exercises we make stones come alive.
1. December 2023 11473 views
How do I even begin my drawing? The secret to jumpstart our creativity is fun. But how does that work?
1. October 2023 4832 views
Last summer, I found myself at a farmers market of a small town in Southern France. The air was alive with chatter and the joy of yet another sunny day ahead. I made my way through tourists, neighbourhood regulars and other early birds. To escape the buzz, I stepped into the nearby cathedral.
13. June 2023 9873 views
The emotional rollercoaster I experience in art supply stores can be summarised in one word: greed.
1. December 2022 57231 views
Great ideas are hard to find. Drawing makes it a lot easier. And fun. How?
1. November 2022 16903 views
This secret to creativity will help you come up with many ideas.
21. August 2022 9632 views
This article gives a phenomenological definition of what a picture is.
18. April 2022 8993 views
What is Design?
Designers share a problem with politicians and business consultants: nobody knows what they are actually doing. I can shed some light on what designers do: They shape our daily environment.
22. September 2018 5672 views
This article is about creative ideas and illustrations.
2. May 2018 22171 views
on the difference between seeing and knowing The following exercises are a bit more advanced than the ones in the “Quick beginner’s guide to drawing”, and I hope you find them equally fun!
13. February 2018 11562 views
An ancient feud rages at the very core of your creative endeavour: The rational logical you and its fuzzy intuitive rival are in constant dispute.
22. August 2017 78881 views
6 drawing exercises to get you started right now! The basic craft of drawing is about two things: you learn to control your hand and to see.
28. June 2017 7497 views
Some drawings look fresh and alive while others … don’t. What is their secret? Let’s look at cameras first.
6. June 2017 2841 views
Many creatives know this phenomenon: They start a new project on a promising topic with excitement, but when they can’t come up with an original idea instantly — they lose interest. They come to the conclusion that they picked the wrong topic. So they restart with a new topic, only to find out that the […]
6. March 2017 54 views
There is this forbidden question which many people would love to ask when confronted with a piece of art. And it goes something like this: “What does the artist want to say with this piece of art?”
6. July 2016 2101 views
Ask: “Does it need to be done?” Almost any creative person I know has to deal with heavy doubts in their process. And to a certain extent this might be an unavoidable part of our artistic lives. But I might at least pull one painful thorn out of your side: The question of whether your […]
1. June 2016 5480 views
We are obsessive problem solvers. When we see something imperfect, our perception wants to figure out what is going on — we get curious. On the other hand, when something is too irregular or “crappy” we ignore it as irrelevant noise.
25. May 2016 3400 views
Pick a small topic for your creative project! One of the biggest mistakes you can make in your creative project is to pick a topic which is too big. As an artist and designer I keep making one mistake time and again. So if this article sounds like me giving advice to other creatives… it […]