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January 2021 Online Drawing Course Membership Giveaway – The LZM Drawing Method
Free giveaway to my online drawing course! Enter to win 6 months of my online drawing course, The LZM Drawing Method. The giveaway begins Thursday, January 21, and ends Wednesday, January 27 at 5pm CST, 2021. You'll be winning 6 months of free online drawing course...
Student in the Spotlight: Phoebe
Student in the Spotlight: Phoebe Ophelia, colored pencil, 2017 created with LZM Studio by Phoebe ©201 Phoebe began lessons twice monthly during the school year of 2010 when she was a smart-as-a-whip 10-year-old. She hoped to become a...
December 2020 Online Drawing Course Membership Giveaway – The LZM Drawing Method
Free giveaway to my online drawing course! Enter to win 6 months of my online drawing course, The LZM Drawing Method. The giveaway begins Thursday, December 17, and ends Wednesday, December 23 at 5pm CST, 2020. You'll be winning 6 months of free online drawing course...
What Art Supplies to Gift for the Holidays 2020
Wondering what art supplies to gift for the Holidays in 2020? Here are some great gift ideas for the art lover in your life - just as the holiday season approaches. I posted something similar a couple of seasons ago, but this updated list includes new finds and...
November 2020 Online Drawing Course Membership Giveaway – The LZM Drawing Method
Free online drawing course! Enter to win 6 months of my online drawing course for free, The LZM Drawing Method. The giveaway begins Thursday, November 19, and ends Wednesday, November 25 at 5pm CST, 2020. You'll be winning 6 months of free online drawing course with...
On Being and Making Artwork
The conversation about race and trauma in America at this moment (and for four hundred years) is extremely relevant to art students and art teachers. This episode of On Being with Krista Tippet informs much of what I have had to confront to make artwork and support...
The Energy Of Drawing
Tis the season where the temps go low and the energy goes high. More to-do-lists, more weather delays, more sugar, more together time, more, more, more! The energy can just get to be too much. There is a joy to the season for many things, but sometimes it starts to...
Xacto Bulldog Vacuum Mount Pencil Sharpener Giveaway!
This art supply giveaway contest runs October 17 - October 23, 6pm CST 2019. The winner will be announced October 24th by video on LZM Studio's Youtube Channel! To enter the Xacto Bulldog Vacuum Mount Manual Pencil Sharpener Giveaway: Enter your name and email in the...
Student In the Spotlight: Avery
This is my favorite new section of my blog to write, as I have great student results to share with you over the years I have been teaching private lessons. Each Student in the Spotlight post will detail a student's learning and results in the studio with me. Let's...
Wescott Dusting Brush Giveaway!
This contest runs June 13 through June 19, 6pm CST 2019. The winner will be announced June 20 by video on LZM Studio's Youtube Channel! We had a technical problem last week, so we are re-running this giveaway starting June 13th, 2019. Please enter again, in case your...
Hovel Pencil Sharpener Giveaway, February 2019
To enter the Hovel giveaway, please enter your name and email. You will be asked to verify your email. Your email address will be added to LZM Studio, LLC's database for periodic newsletters (0-12 of them per year). Your email address may be shared with the company...
The Tuff Stuff Eraser Stick Is Now Being Manufactured as the Factis BM2 Eraser
We have cause to celebrate! The Tuff Stuff Eraser Stick Is Now Being Manufactured as the Factis BM2 Eraser. Thank goodness, we can all breathe a sigh of relief that our favorite drawing supply will still be available. A couple of years ago, drawing artists worldwide...
Vote for my SXSW Edu 2018 Presentation: The Talent Myth, Drawing is a Teachable Skill
I need your vote! Can you please take 2 minutes and register with SXSW to vote for my proposed presentation at the SXSW Edu conference in 2018? Your vote counts for 30% of my chance of getting there to show the world that more kids can learn to draw if they just have...
Why take drawing lessons?
Why take drawing lessons? You used to love drawing. Then something happened: They told you, you couldn't draw well. You couldn't figure out how to make it look "right". They told you, you didn't have "the eye" for it. When you were young, they said, "Better stick to...
Austin Summer Camps for Your Creative Kiddo
Austin Summer Camps for Your Creative Kiddo Parents of the kids I work with are often asking me about Austin summer camps that I recommend. It takes so much education to supplement what schools are providing, and parents wish to create a well balanced human being....
Graphite Pencil Review: For the Love of the Graphite Pencil
WHY SO MANY GRAPHITE PENCILS? I have a love of the simple graphite pencil that runs deep. A few months ago, I splurged and bought SIX SETS of graphite pencils! It was like Christmas in... errrrr.... December, actually. Why does anyone need 80+ pencils, or to measure...
Recommended Gift Art Supplies for the Budding Artist
Here are some great gift ideas for the art lover in your life - just as the holiday season approaches. I posted something similar a couple of seasons ago, but this updated list includes new finds and changes due to suppliers and technology. These are my recommended...
How to Draw Videos, a New Website & Moving Art Studios (twice!) – oh my!
Hey all! Just wanted to pop on and say SORRY my blogging has taken a backseat for over a year now! 2015 brought an anticipated and much planned for studio/office move in June; followed by the start of my filming online tutorials for you immediately after. It was quite...