TOP 25 ART & ILLUSTRATION NEWSLETTERS ON SUBSTACK
Top Art & Illustration Substacks
A full list of the top 25 art newsletters and podcasts on Substack. Includes original artwork from top artists, along with advice, tips and inspiration for aspiring artists, and reviews and analysis on trends in the art world.
Drawing explorations, lessons, and weekly art assignments from New York Times-bestselling artist Wendy MacNaughton. Paying subscribers get full access to the DrawTogether Grown-Ups Table creative community and the 30-Day Drawing Habit.
Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.
A weekly newsletter to fuel your devotion, cultivate your creative attention, and offer advice on your most vulnerable questions
#The100DayProject is a free annual art project that takes place online. Pick a project, do it every day for 100 days, and share your progress online. Paid subscribers get daily creative prompts + more!
Wild at heart, in clogs with a blog, and publicly learning to love myself. These letters make frequent stops at personal histories, relationships, communal living, and self-fulfillment. It ain't much but it's honest work.
Join me as I share a drawing a week for one year in an attempt to rekindle the joy of creating. Includes random musings on inspiration, motivation and how to keep pouring from your creative cup even when it feels like there's a hole in it.
Getting better at getting badder
I realize it should read "getting better at getting worse" but "getting better at getting badder" really sings.
What lies beneath?
I must’ve redrawn this 20 times. I liked the sketch but I wanted something more...something to indicate that it’s not an adventure without a struggle. A sea serpent lurking nearby. A mermaid. A friendly, terrifying tentacle. The jagged remains of a shipwreck. But every time I tried to add those things it looked wrong.
Contemporary art delivered daily to your inbox from Danielle Krysa, the founder of The Jealous Curator, and best-selling author of several books on art & creativity.
art delivery : 01.20.24
I’ve followed British artist Sue Williams A’Court for years… and today she’s the ‘member in the spotlight’! Her portfolio is filled with gorgeous compositions and perfect color palettes on all sorts of surfaces. Now, you might be thinking, ‘Ah, found vintage landscapes cut up and collaged’
art delivery : 04.26.24
Right!?! Oh my goodness. These gorgeous large-scale, mixed media paintings (oil stick, graphite and acrylic on canvas) are the work of Nikoleta Sekulovic, an artist born in Rome to German and Serbian parents, who now calls Madrid home. As you can see, Nikoleta’s subject matter is women, and here’s her beautiful reason for this choice:
Exploring the best in animation from all around the world — part investigation, part treasure hunt.
This is where I share my life as a craftsman specializing in making chairs by hand. Here I share the activities, motivation and techniques that I drive my craft.
Besides building and selling chairs, I teach chair making, design tools for the trade and make instructional videos and plans. My first book, which I wrote and illustrated is "Chairmaker's Notebook" published in 2015.
Cross Grain Cutting
I just returned from a much needed vacation (Puerto Rico), I highly recommend it if you need a beautiful place to enjoy and relax. Before I left, I got a question about why I always seem to cut across grain while carving seats. I kept finding new reasons that it makes sense and coming up with ways of demonstrating and explaining them. Don’t worry, I did lots of nothing on the trip, but I find it fun to bat these things around in my head. Here is a short video of one of the main concepts.
Requested Demonstration
Here is a brief portion of my current class in which I am showing how to slightly alter the Boggs Spokeshave from Lie-Neilsen. Every chair I make meets this tool, so it’s worth taking a minute to make sure that it’s set up to work the way I like it. This was a request from a reader and former student, who actually encouraged me to start this Substack, s…
Signal Fire is best-selling poet, photographer, and proud Autistic, Tyler Knott Gregson's weekly writing, poetry, photography, advice, and creative inspiration on how to chase the light, embrace the dark, and find all the miracles in the mundane. From deep-dive essays into culture, spirituality, poetry, art, technology, and the human spirit, to exclusive Typewriter Series poetry, to Dear Abby style advice columns, and writing prompts, Signal Fire is the creative escape you need.
Regular servings of inspiration for visual artists from the bestselling author of Dinotopia, Color & Light, and Imaginative Realism.
Field research in the expanse between the tactile and the intangible;
noticing yarn, light, line, things that want to be made,
and the luminous joy of working with the materials at hand.
Casting On:
in which Sarah makes a first attempt to reconnect with her beloved textile companions after lo these many months.
3099.1 miles later…
We’ve seen mosses in Vermont —bluffs in Nebraska— —and the Platte River at dawn. There have been dry places— —wet places— —and no shortage of wind. Also an eclipse! Did you see it too? I’m sending this with the last drops of my phone battery, so please forgive its brevity.
Arts & Entertainment from illustrator Carson Ellis
Adventures in the unseen world of photography.
A curated newsletter for photography people
We Inspire Artists to Inspire the World.
Learn How to Market Your Art in the 21st Century Creator Economy
A deeper look into all things Knit Picks. From yarn development, sneak peeks, polls, free patterns, discounts, a newsletter, games & more!
An arts newsletter you'll love if you're into ceramics. The editor of Ceramics Now brings you the week's news and shares a curated selection of artists and exhibitions.
69 – A list of residencies for ceramic artists (US)
Ceramics Now Weekly #69 features a list of residencies for ceramic artists, the week's news in the ceramics world, and new featured artists.
71 – A call for applications (Andenne, Belgium)
Ceramics Now Weekly #71 features a call for applications, the week's news in the ceramics world, and new featured artists.
A newsletter for people who beat themselves up.
I believe everyone is an artist, including you. I share motivation & inspiration to look at the world around you to find the perfect thing to draw to express who you are and the moment you are in. From bestselling author of the Draw Your Day book series.
A weekly newsletter where I offer my musings on photography and the photographic process that I developed over my 42 year career as a professional photographer.
Introvert Drawing Club is a community of kind, supportive artists. We practice drawing in live sessions together twice monthly. I share art-making tips and drawing techniques on Fridays. It's an inclusive group for every skill level.
✏️ Let's get you signed up to draw!
Here's what we're drawing and when. ✏️ Join for free to draw in our next live session. 💖 Paid members get all sessions, workshops, and replays!
5 Books About Fostering Kids' Love for Art
+ Interviewing Beth Spencer of Introvert Drawing Club on keeping kids' artistic creativity alive
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