I mean, look at it. If you live in Vancouver, please recommend a kid’s hairdresser?

Also, if you live in Vancouver, come to my open studio next week. Sneaky Art prints will be on sale, and copies of my book, and lots of new original art (scroll down to see it).

Make (Sneaky) Art is on sale for the Kindle at $3.99. It is also the #1 Bestseller in Pen & Ink Drawing right now. Woohoo!

In case you missed it, last week’s post was a live recording of my conversation with Amy Stewart at Broadway Books in Portland, the penultimate stop of my book tour. You can watch it on YouTube.

In Byung-Chul Han’s Psychopolitics, I learned about ‘smart power’, and the ‘tyranny of the like button’, that compels us to police our behaviour and conform to a mediocrity governed by virality. This week, I am plodding through this longform post titled The Decline of Deviance.

Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” In New York last month, I had a small scrap of paper to set the agenda for my self-hosted book event. It said - Begin with attention.

Nobody reads on social media, but that did not stop me from designing this verbose ad for my new course (50% off through Black Friday).

The call to art is a call to look up, and look around. To use eyes, hands, mind, and soul. To engage with the world. To be human.

Books are the best gifts every holiday season. For art instruction, you cannot go wrong with Samantha Dion Baker ‘s Draw your Adventures, or Felix Scheinberger’s Urban Watercolor Sketching. Or, check out the books I talk about when I talk about my book.

At my Open Studio next week, a lot of new, original art will be on sale.

This year has been amazing. Next year already promises to be better. Soon, I will announce something special that is a great opportunity for me, and possibly you as well. Spots are limited, so SneakyArt Insiders - the paying subscribers who generously support this newsletter - will get first dibs. (Although, very curious folks may also make subtle enquiries via email.)

Thanks for being here. Happy holidays. Buy my book for everyone in your life.