Today's beach painting this morning went WAY better than yesterday's. Here's the story involving bird shit, $17 USD, a broken drone, and giving paintings away.pic.twitter.com/r2KNOb0BtL
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The whole time I'm painting people admire it, then a couple walks by, says they like it, then come back and ask if I'll sell it to them. I'm like, "You can have it if you want it. I found $17 on the beach walking over here so someone paid for you!" They love it. I sign it. Yay.
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As I'm packing up, this girl walks up and asks me if I just sold that painting. I tell her no I just gave it away since it was a little practice painting. She's 17 and in high school and asks me if I think it's possible to have a career in art. So I take the next 30 minutes:
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"Yes, but you have to learn to draw if you want to have more options to use art for professional purposes. The people who can draw are the ones who can work as artists, designers, illustrators, anything. When you get to college, join the illustration dept."
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Then I point her at about 6 artists to follow on instagram and 3 schools where she can learn to draw and tell her to also get a good camera and learn photography well because a lot of art involves photos. I have saved the world from another "conceptual" artist my friends.
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And then I packed up and went home to code and play guitar. Apparently, it is true that you'll have good luck if a bird SHITS RIGHT ON YOUR FUCKING HAND LIKE AN ASSHOLE. /endpic.twitter.com/ZsTVg0ECCn
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