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Draw 'In The Right Place' with Margriet Aasman

Museletter x Museum

Jul 12, 2024 — 1 min read

When drawing, says artist Margriet Aasman, "take your time not to rush."

This advice may sound counterintuitive – until you realize how often we subconsciously put effort and time into making ourselves unnecessarily frenzied.

In this lesson (71 mins), Margriet takes the opposite approach, settling into a relaxed mood as she lovingly draws her own son's bearded face (below) in mechanical pencil.

"When I don’t draw, I become restless," says Margriet. "The minute I sit down with a pencil, I feel calm and in the right place."

This lesson is your chance to join Margriet in that soothing place, so conducive to artistic fulfillment, while pocketing priceless nuggets of artistic wisdom every pencil stroke of the way.

Ready to draw with Margriet? Let's get started!

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