10 Free Life-Lessons on Being a Professional Artist


	10 Free Life-Lessons on Being a Professional Artist

DarrenTooCool

5-7-2007 12:33 PM

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art, drawing, sketching, sketch

DarrenTooCool says:

Margaret has composed a nice list of motivators for artists who seem to be stuck in a rut. Well, I have no urge to be a professional artist, but I do want to get better at the little art I do. And I can admit, my butt was kicked by Lesson #2.

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