How Art is Secretly Math and Why that Shouldn’t Scare You

Beginner and intermediate artists often create a piece of art and then… well… something is off. It doesn’t look quite right. Well, it usually means you don’t have enough math in your art.

I always told myself that I had a math brain, that was what I found easiest in school, it made sense to me, and it was always consistent. But I also loved art. I liked reading and writing and I sketched, colored, and drew in any free moment. As I’ve gotten older I still do art casually and recently I’ve been trying to improve my sketching so I…