I am a visual artist and this is my blog where I share my thoughts, ideas and work in the hope that it will inspire others to pursue their own creative endeavors.

My paintings and drawings focus on line drawing, composition, pattern, shape and color. I also share other fun art projects that I’m making including paper sculptures, kinetic art, drawing exercises and more.

I hope you will find something here to inspire you to create your own art.

I’m always interested in hearing your comments, questions and ideas. Feel free to contact me through the blog or at:

Hi, my name is Grayson and I am the creator of this blog. I have been drawing for as long as I can remember. My passion for art started with doodling on the edges of paper during class. As time has progressed, my interest in art has grown and for me, drawing has become an outlet as well as a stress reliever.

Tutorials are a great way to learn new skills from a professional source. This blog is dedicated to providing tutorials that cover different techniques and styles of drawing, including step by step video demonstrations and written instructions on how to complete each project.

The main goal of this blog is to provide readers with a fun, entertaining place filled with useful information about drawing and other art related topics. I hope you enjoy it!

I started Grayson’s Art Club to help teach adults how to draw. I’ve noticed that many adults avoid drawing because they don’t think they’re any good at it. Sometimes they’ve had bad art teachers in the past, but even if they have had good art teachers, there seems to be a perception among adults that drawing is something you either have a born talent for or not.

I believe that adults can learn to draw and anyone who is motivated enough can eventually draw well. Drawing skills are just like any other skills; practice makes perfect. I also believe that anyone, no matter what their artistic background, can learn to draw well with the right instruction, guidance and encouragement.

Hello and welcome to my blog about drawing and other art-related stuff. I’m Grayson Haver Currin, an artist and writer living in Washington, DC. I’ve been working on this blog since 2009, and it began as a way to post all the sketches I was making while trying to figure out how to draw comics. Since then, it’s grown into something of a repository for the techniques and approaches that have helped me make drawings, paintings, comics, and other art projects.

Tone: lighthearted

The purpose of this blog is to give you a place to share your work, get feedback and ask questions. The point of it all? To improve your drawing skills and have fun in the process.

I will try and answer questions you have about drawing and post any interesting ideas or experiments I run across. Hopefully there will be a lot of great comments too!

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Feel free to link to your art from this site if you want people to see it. Or contact me directly with any questions or comments.

I have been drawing for a long time and am still just about as bad as I was when I started. In fact, by most measures I’m worse. I’m slower, I’m less consistent, and my drawings are often just awful. But that’s not so bad, because I’m really enjoying it.

I’m not getting better at drawing because I’ve improved or because I have some brilliant insight into how to draw well. Mostly I just keep making the same mistakes over and over again until they’re so ingrained in my brain that they no longer count as mistakes. Then one day I can look back on them and say “that was a mistake,” which is nice, but doesn’t make me any better at drawing than before.

I keep telling myself that this is how things work and that everyone else must be going through the same thing, but then I read interviews with professional comic book artists who say things like “I remember the first time someone made me aware of values and how important they were!” And then my brain starts to hurt, because if it took someone explaining that to you then How Do You Even Draw a Straight Line?

Good art is hard to achieve. A lot of people are trying to become professional artists but very few succeed. It is a career that is not as easy as it looks to be. By taking the word “professional” seriously, you can learn more about what it takes to become a successful artist.

An artist must first and foremost be professional in their appearance. This includes personal hygiene, uniform appearance, and behavior on the job. An artist must always look the part of a professional from head to toe; this includes hair style, clothing, shoes, accessories and any other physical signs of professionalism. An artist’s appearance also includes cleanliness. There are no excuses for being unkempt or dirty as an artist; it makes you look like an amateur who doesn’t care about their work or even themselves. For instance, if you have long hair, make sure that it is always combed and styled with at least product in it so it looks neat and tidy at all times. If your hair is short, make sure that you keep it well-groomed so that it appears neat and clean at all times. This may seem like a minor detail but first impressions are important when meeting someone new or trying to become noticed by gallery owners or potential clients; therefore,