Fifteen articles to inspire you in the New Year:

• Glass miniature masterpieces.
• These dogs, drawn by Holly Lucero, will give you nightmares.
• A way to look at your subject so you can draw it more accurately.
• Skyscrapers into infinity.
• Please buy me a book illustrated by Tihomir Čelanović. I wish I could read the stories these drawings tell.
• Breathtaking views of Paris, 1946.
• I just love Suhita Shirodkar’s work. Take a peek at her sketchbook.
• Here’s a cool zentangle technique.
• You can turn a fail around.
• Tips from people who have been around the block a few times.
• Woody Guthrie’s New Year resolutions from 1943. I could make a few of these, even though I’m allergic to New Year resolutions.
• I’m going to try this technique for watercolor backgrounds for zentangle.
• The large-scale paintings of Salman Khoshroo. Be sure to watch the video of the artist at work. Fascinating.
• A Christian’s take on creativity and mental illness. Though I’m also a Christian, I don’t believe exactly as she does, but it’s still an interesting essay. Warning: the video is decidedly unholy.
• I’m thinking of participating in this challenge. How about you? It may help you reach one of your goals for 2017…