Growth Mindset: Make Good Art

Growth Mindset: Make Good Art

The comment that Neil Gaiman made where he said that he didn't know anything starting out was brilliant. There are a lot of things that artists don't learn in university training, and sometimes the limitations that university training imposes can be taxing, if you don't know how to workaround it. But Gaiman has created his own path for himself, and now that he's doing a masterclass series, we can learn some of his thinking which he has learned through diving and and through his own experience. 

Also, the "never be afraid to make mistakes" is a lesson I've been trying to learn for quite a long time. 


(image: Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art - credit)


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