Sketchbook diary Number 2. I did this while I was at the airport, I hope you enjoy it. More videos to come on this site. I will be putting all new Artcasts in video form on this page from now on, so please feel free to subscribe and you will be notified when one goes up.
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Sketchbook Diary # 2
August 17th, 2009Make your dreams a reality
July 18th, 2009THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS!
July 13th, 2009Yesterday morning I found myself thourally entertained as I was watching an infomercial. I couldn’t break myself away from it and thought to myself, who watches these things, me, who believes these things, defiantly not me. The one I was watching was called Jeff Paul’s Shortcut to Internet Millions. It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. The guy must have spent a fortune putting this hoax together. What I have come to learn throughout my career and what I have learned from reading about other people and watching their biographies is, THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS.
In order to be successful at anything, drawing, painting, sports, cooking, acting, you name it, it simply takes time, effort and determination. I have had many young artists come to me and ask, “how do I get better?” I tell them to draw a lot, explore and practice. I often get blank stares and the next question, “well, what’s the secret to drawing better?” The answer is the same, draw a lot, explore and practice, there are no short cuts. In life, if you enjoy what it is you are doing, you will excel. Your passion is what will drive you to succeed in whatever it is you wish to do and simply remember…….
My new book, “Passion for Life,” is now available and shipping. I will also be exhibiting at the San Diego Comic-Con, booth H-06 at the end of isle 1000. Please stop by and say hello if you are attending. Also, as a reminder, if you or anyone you know wishes to learn all about Self-Publishing, I am conducting a three hour seminar with an industry printer on August 12th, more info here: http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.bit.ly/83mh5
Thanks for taking the time to read this and be sure to make it a great week.
Silver
Make every day count
July 6th, 2009
Last week I was at Boy Scout camp with my 7-year-old son and one afternoon they had an animal show. Every time they brought out an animal, they told us of their life expectancy from only 3 years for a Possum to 300 years for an alligator. Animals are completely unaware of how long they have to live naturally. During their life, they have to find food to eat, find shelter and find a mate to have children with. They live a simple life, it is a lot less complicated than ours. It made me think, as humans, we are fully aware of our time here, so I researched how many days the average person lives. I found out that in the United States and mainly throughout all western civilized countries, our natural life expectancy is about 80 years. Broken down into days from the time you are born is only 29,200 days. To put this into perspective, if you were to tell someone living in the U.S today that throughout their life time they were only going to earn $29,200, they may think to themselves how little money that is. So my point to all this really is to say, we have little time on earth, try to MAKE EVERYDAY COUNT, MAKE YOUR GOALS AND DREAMS COME TRUE, KEEP IT SIMPLE, BE GRATEFUL, LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE, SMILE AND HAVE FUN.
Life
June 29th, 2009Ed
Chavah Pelleg, all lost there lives this past week. Who is Chavah Pelleg? She was a dear family friend that also past away this week. She was no different than any of the others. They all woke up everyday, had dreams, visions and aspirations in life, but their lives were cut short. Weather someone is famous or not, everyone has something to share and give. When hearing about someone’s death it reminds me of how short our time on earth is. While we are alive, we can do our best to enjoy every minute of every day. Appreciate life. Be thankful, be grateful. Don’t sweat the small stuff. Do the things you want to do, travel, explore, create. And most importantly, have fun!
Make this a great week.
Voice in your head
June 28th, 2009
I wanted to mention the importance of reminding yourself daily to stay focused and present with what it is you are actually doing at that moment. I feel if you don’t do this, you will not be able to train your mind, and the same issues will keep resurfacing. Lat week, My mind was starting to wonder, I was starting to get anxious and frustrated with all the work I had to do. I then walked over to a pad of paper, wrote down my list for that day and week and said to myself I am just working on this specific task right now, I happen to be packing books to send off, so I just focused on that, I also started to sing, that helps to be present so that your not thinking of all the future stuff that you will get to shortly. Stay focused on your present action, you will also do it more efficiently. All these actions made my mind at ease again and really happy. So do what ever you need to do to remind yourself of the present moment on a daily basis, it will make your day go by with ease. Have a great week. Silver
Don’t get discouraged…
June 28th, 2009
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
~Lucille Ball
When I read this quote, I thought to myself, I learned this very lesson, too. There was a point in my life when I was drawing caricatures in theme parks and put myself down a lot. I wanted to be better at drawing and didn’t really know what direction I wanted to take in life. One day, I made the decision to get busy and start learning how to draw.
The first thing I did was take a life drawing class as well as studied some of the great artists. When I started to believe in myself, I realized that I could accomplish anything I set my mind to do. It has been a way of life for me ever since.
So keep busy, keep practicing, stay positive and enjoy every moment.
Change Your Mind Set.
June 25th, 2009
“If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you like to win, but you think you can’t,
It is almost certain you won’t.
“If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost
For out of the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow’s will-
It’s all in the state of mind.
“If you think you are outclassed, you are,
You’ve got to think high to rise,
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
“Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!”
Observe the words which have been emphasized, and you will catch the deep meaning which the poet had in mind.
Welcome to Passion for Life
June 3rd, 2009
I have met many artists in my life, many of whom just seem to be unfulfilled in their journey as an artist. And I feel it is the same for any profession. I personally believe that when we start our journey, we have a great passion, a burning desire to draw that establishes our goals in which we want to achieve. These goals may consist of getting that job in the studio, the project we wanted to do and then we may find that once that happens we can become dormant and stop setting those goals, it then turns into complaints, frustration and then the constant questioning of “what is it that I really want to do”. I would like this group to be about reminding ourselves of the importance of setting new goals, creating that passion, the vision, the courage and the perseverance to excite your artistic dreams again. Feel free to give tid bits on what motivates and inspires you. And if you don’t write it here, write it down somewhere for yourself, so that you are reminded every day of what it is you truly desire.
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