Part 14 of 22: Once I started teaching private lessons, I geeked out on how to teach students who had never drawn before. Seriously, my study of how to teach drawing has lead me to read pubmed research in neuroscience! Because how we see, how we learn - it all involves how our brain is processing complex systems: seeing & perception, embodied movements, & how to get the two coordinated. The best thing I've ever done in my career was teach students who likely weren't going to go to art school - I've learned so much about how we see & learn & it has forever enriched my life!

Part 13 of 22: My online courses are based on the fundamental idea that we all deserve to express the profound beauty in the world, however we wish to, with drawing. To do that you need to build a foundation of skills. Start with step one & you'll have tools that fit any whim or idea you come up with for the rest of your life. It's so freeing, fun, intriguing & satisfying to have drawing as a tool for expression.

Part 12 of 22: The LZM Studio Drawing Method is based on what I taught to drawing undergrads 20+ years ago, plus decades of tweaking what worked & didn't work. I can usually see within one private lesson what skills you may be missing so we can focus on those. My online courses are super affordable because I want the information to be accessible even if you aren't wealthy. Drawing is such a joy! It is so therapeutic, everyone deserves to feel confident in getting their ideas down on the page, for fun, for communicating profound feelings, for having a richer sense of life. Sign up today at LZMstudio.com

Part 11 of 22: There has been a resurgence of interest in drawing realism in the last 10 years that is so different than when I was in Art School. When I was in school the focus was mostly abstracted representational artwork with quirky mark making. It was fun. But it got boring after a while because it isn't that challenging. My teaching focus is on how to draw something that pops off the page & looks 3D, because that challenge is different & interesting each time. Want to learn more? Check out my online courses for the most accessible prices to what I teach.

Part 10 of 22: The LZM Studio Drawing Method is the OPPOSITE of this meme. I'm going to give you a ton of detailed information, more than you'll remember at first, with my core curriculum. You'll start to retain it & know how to apply it once you start picking things you want to draw & using the skill sets I've taught you to create those more complex drawings. You'll see a lot of growth at first & then over the course of a year - you may look back at your earlier drawings with a little cringe. But that just shows your growth! Want to get started? Contact me at LZMstudio.com today!

Part 9 of 22: One of the key steps in learning to draw is learning to take your "bad" drawings less seriously & personally. You're going to make some bad art on the road to making better art! Getting out of the shame spiral & learning how to learn from the flops is super valuable. Let me guide you through that, because being your own critic is only helpful if it is for your own growth. Let's focus on the growth parts - I'll show you how!

Part 8 of 22: There is a long history of why drawing was taught like it was an elite sport (ugh). In fact most of the way it was taught was- it wasn't taught! It is complex, multinational & problematic. I grew up in an era that was still reeling from the art industry disruption that the camera caused. So art professors were either unable or unwilling to instruct students how to draw. The result? I got skipped over in class. I got frustrated. I wanted to learn but had no one to instruct me.

I always tell my students luck can only get you so far. It is an amazing feeling when you luck into your artwork looking beautiful! Mastery is simply working at something a lot over time. It's studying what worked & what didn't work with a critical eye. It's thinking through what was different that time it clicked vs when it didn't. It is noticing small things. It is starting over.