As you make that list, name all the things about each artist’s work you idolize. Do you like their use of color? How they render figures? Their use of line work? The shapes they create? Then,

Monica Lee-Henell, an artist friend of mine, has some great advice on how to use Pinterest. She creates a bunch of boards themed around things she’s drawn to, like landscapes, or portraits, or the color yellow. Then she pins like a crazy person in each of the categories! You might go into this thinking “a portrait is a portrait,” but once you’ve