One of the primary skills that every artist uses is sketching. Most art classes begin by teaching beginners how to sketch. One of my first life drawing teachers emphasized the importance of sketching every day without any goal and without critiquing our work. One of the things I do to refine and enhance my sketching skill is what I call 'the two minute sketch'.
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From the time I could hold a pencil I began drawing. I drew chalk turtles and butterflies on the sidewalk. I adorned the margins of school papers with flowers, horses and elaborate patterns. There has never been a moment when I wasn't an artist. Many times in my life, for years at a time, I've forgotten that essential fact. After years of forgetting, which is easy to do when working in Corporate America, I'm remembering what it means to make art and be an artist.
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