August 9, 2020 - Welcome to the return of Sunday Skills, the weekly (ish, deadlines allowing) article about the little ideas in art that can have a big impact. As always, feel free to ask questions liberally on Sunday, because I will answer everything I can on Monday. After that...who knows 😉 [caption id="attachment_53352" align="aligncenter" width="800"] When I started my career in covers in late 2014 I could barely draw. And I’m not being modest. I had to spend a lot of time on meticulously-constructed reference photography to get by.[/caption] CRUTCHES There seems to be a pervasive belief among artists trying to break into their chosen fields, that there are certain things they “should” be able to do. “I should be able to draw a human without this much reference! I should know how color works; why am I…