12 Stages of Artistic Development

1. Make random marks.
2. Make random art for no reason, enjoying the process and learning how to obtain pleasing results.
3. Learn techniques, explore new media.
4. Study historical art, understand theories of representation, aesthetics, and the place of art in society.
5. Separate conception and execution. Separate what to make from how to make it.
6. Understand your work in the wider context of art, and establish your philosophical direction.
7. Master techniques.
8. Create masterpieces.
9. Show your work to society.
10. Have a professional system for storing, cataloguing, and exhibiting.
11. Care about your work. Monitor your output. Enforce standards. Criticise your work objectively.
12. Go to 8.

Mark Sheeky, 24 August 2015