Glenn Vilppu, my life drawing teacher, had a student once who struggled with drawing so much that he doubted that he would ever be an artist. His drawings were stiff and uncertain. Glenn told him simply this: “You have to wear the beret. You don’t believe that you’re an artist, so you aren’t. You have to believe it.” The key to the student’s drawing wasn’t in his hand or pencil, it was in his mind. You have to start thinking like an artist—believing you’re an artist. Commit your mind, and your drawings will follow.
