Bri and Watson discuss the importance of balance and not burning yourself out as an artist, including some amusing examples of how they've battled the burnout.
We've talked about how to get started. Now, how do you keep going with your drawing practice?
Bri and Watson talk about different things to consider when you start building your drawing skills.
Watson and Bri discuss the basic materials you need to get started drawing, and some simple exercises to practice pencil pressure.
Bri and Watson continue beyond the first week of drawing into what it looks like in the long term to build your drawing skills.
Watson walks Bri through the first week and beyond of developing a drawing habit and honing her craft.
Bri and Watson discuss linework and the use of color, and how practice makes an artist.
Bri and Watson discuss some of the experts they referenced earlier, and get just a little distracted by zombies.
Bri and Watson debunk a few more myths before diving into what we can learn from the modern masters.
Watson and Bri start off a new topic by debunking the myths that keep people from drawing, pulling from their personal experiences.
We wrap up our conversation on Caravaggio and look at how we can take his techniques to change how we look at the world around us.
Bri and Watson continue exploring the various avenues of community growth inspired by the works inspired by Caravaggio and his challenging of conventions.
Watson and Bri discuss the work of the street artist, JR, and the movement he started in a series strongly inspired by the work of Caravaggio. Treating ordinary people with reverence usually reserved for those who society consider to be special.
Watson and Bri switch their focus to how Caravaggio focuses on certain details to tell a story, and where we can see games using similar attention to faces and the angle of the picture.
Watson and Bri talk about some of the games that use directional lighting to enhance the storytelling.
Watson continues introducing Bri to the variety of stories Caravaggio tells with his artwork and how shocking it would have been in that time period.
Bri and Watson discuss one of the more well known pieces done by Caravaggio, as well as the artist's troubled past.
Brianna and Watson continue to admire modern street art that draws inspiration from woodblock printing.
Watson shares some of his favorite video games with Brianna, and they both look at how the art styles were influenced by ukiyo-e.
Brianna and Watson take a look at how the art of ukiyo-e has influenced modern art methods.