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INSPIRATION vs PERSPIRATION

Greg Ruth

As artists we always in making our work, dance with two partners, and we are often held to the same regard as most pop cultural ideas of art making, the artist pondering some vital landscape... the artist receiving like a ball of light the revelation of some new piece... When in fact more than 80% of the total experience of making art is sweat and grit and work. It speaks well of the distilled and…

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Sketch Survivor Island

Allen Williams

August 15, 2025 - I’d like to try something a little different this August on Muddy Colors and engage you in my process in a more direct way. Below, you’ll find a full page of sketches pulled straight from one of my sketchbooks. Each individual sketch is numbered so you can reference it. What I would like you to do is take a moment, look through these eight sketches, and choose the number of the one that speaks to you the most and comment here. This will serve as your vote for which piece should be taken forward to the next stage.     The plan is simple: once all the votes are in, I’ll take the “winning” image and fully develop it into a polished, finished drawing. This completed drawing will be featured in the next MC post…

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