Under the Safer at Home order, local artist Kenny McBride is predicting that people, especially students out of school, are going to be picking up some new habits and he wants to make sure they’re good ones, as in artistic ones.<\/p>\n
So, over the past two weeks, Monday through Friday, McBride has produced several full-on YouTube art tutorials for anyone wanting to learn how to art, from drawing a simple cloud to recreating Van Gogh’s Starry Night. All a viewer needs is a pack of crayons and some paper.<\/p>\n
“The mission for McBride Arts channel is the same as it is for the mural company ran by my wife and I, to inspire people in their spaces,” McBride said.<\/p>\n
McBride and mural-making partner and wife, Anna Schoendorfer McBride, had five murals they were supposed to paint at 95th Preparatory School in Los Angeles, but all were postponed due to school closures. They\u2019re not sure when they\u2019ll be permitted to finish them.<\/p>\n
Soon after, he posted the first video of this recent series, and committed to posting one tutorial every weekday. McBride calls his home-bound viewers, \u201cstay at homies.”<\/p>\n
As cheesy as it sounds, the Crayola-versed artist has a knack for coaxing creativity out of the least creative person through a drawing tutorial that utilizes, for example, a jelly bean shaped pug. With Bob Ross-like bursts of insight, McBride walks students through the process, assuaging even the most anxious, young and old perfectionists to let go.<\/p>\n
“I know sometimes it’s scary to think, ‘Oh, everything I do has to be perfect,’ but that’s part of moving through the artwork,\u201d McBride says warmly to the camera. \u201cThat’s part of the journey, is perfecting it as you go. So, don’t feel like things just have to land perfect every time. You can scritch, scratch, make the wrong line, go search for the other one. So draw lightly.”<\/p>\n