Art is like Reading- Practice! Practice! Practice!

If you are a budding artist or are related to or friends with one, support their love and passion for art and treat them to a sketch pad! The more you practice art every day- even just for ten minutes, the better artist you become. The key to art just like reading is to practice. No one is born with some miracle talent and the rest of of us are horrible at art. Those who make art, take time in their life to create- good and bad art. They practice and throw out a lot of paper but at the end of the day they grow and prosper.

Treat your art lover to a sketch pad! Here are some places to get them on the cheap:

*Ocean Job Lot - Leather bond cover sketch pad is a great feature so it does not fall apart with a little abuse- the paper quality is not great but remember it is for practice.

*AC Moore and Michaels Arts and Crafts- bring your smart phone and look up their promo ads to show them or download/print and ad on your computer

*Blick and Utrecht Art Store- wait for a coupon with their catalog or find one online

Now go and make some art and make mistakes!