March 11, 2024 - One of the things that has become the main theme of my online mentorship is the different thought processes needed when you are a student vs. when you enter professional illustration. As a student, there’s a tendency to focus so hard on accumulating and strengthening skills that you forget why we're doing it. The point of learning to paint is not just to be a good painter. “Wait, what?” you might be thinking. “Being a good painter isn’t the point?!” No. Do you want to be good at painting? Yes, but that is not the end goal. You are trying to be a good painter so that your paintings communicate something. So that you can evoke emotions. So that you can understand a client’s problem and solve it. Most of the students who sign up…