”Art is the stored honey of the human soul." – Theodore Dreiser Before proceeding to the first lesson, take a moment to refresh your memory. Revisit > Basic Design Descriptions and Shapes. Our First Marks: Line, Plane, Tone In the first building skill post, we introduced the method of building skills through small work explorations. We are going Continue Reading
Art & Illustration Learning Exercises
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." — Scott Adams This post introduces a series of exercises that accompany the Graphic Design Basic Element Series to help develop skill and artistic design competency through the repetitive practice of each basic art element. Exercises to Deepen Skill Through this Continue Reading
Learning: The Superpower That Never Sleeps
“Learning is the only power that grows stronger the more it’s shared.” In a world obsessed with speed, strength, and certainty, it’s easy to forget the quiet magic that built every great civilization — the ability to learn. Not the classroom kind, but the kind that hums beneath everything alive. Learning is the original superpower — invisible, Continue Reading
64 Composition Arrangements for Artists and Graphic Designers
“To do it is not to learn it. To do it again and again is the learning process." — Fred Griffin, PNW artist, instructor at Burnley School of Art, and Cornish Fine Art, Seattle, WA and creator of the Fred Griffin Design Code The previous lesson described Perspective and all variations. This 11th and final tutorial, 64 Compositional Arrangements in Design Continue Reading