Art Practice


The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Art and Fear
How to Draw: Drawing and Sketching Objects and Environments from Your Imagination
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth
The War of Art
Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life: Over 1,000 Illustrations
Ways of Seeing
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice
Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice
The Natural Way to Draw
The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Weiwei Ai
At different times I've worked in different mediums. For me, the variation is not an artistic judgment, but a necessary choice. It's just as normal to eat with chopsticks, as it is to eat with forks or hands. Different circumstances call for different tools. I try to express ideas with the most appropriate available materials and forms. Very often the medium comes first, and then my reasons for it. Sometimes, I work with a medium I don't like out of curiosity. It is an experiment to challenge my ...more
Ai Weiwei