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An ER doctor’s creative interpretation of Inktober
What is inktober? In 2009, artist Jake Parker vowed to get better at his craft. He made up a list of prompts and challenged himself to draw every day in the month of October. He posted his prompts and asked others to join him. Creatives…
Keep reading10 Books that Will Enhance Your Creativity
I am a big fan of Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. In case you need a refresher, Erikson (1902-1994) was a developmental psychologist who was known for his theory of human development. He said that all humans go through distinct stages of personal development…
Keep readingTop 12 Best Medical Books if you love to read about medicine
I run a medical book club. For the last 6 years, we have met every 6 weeks and have read over 50 books. Our club is named Aceso after the Greek Goddess of sickness and healing. Our group all work in medical professions (physicians, nurses,…
Keep readingHow to get into the habit of Daily Painting
‘Daily painting’-the habit of completing small paintings on a daily basis has always intrigued me. In my experience, oil painting takes forever to set up and clean up. If there was a way that I could streamline the process, I was all in. I read…
Keep readingHow to develop a painting: from initial idea to finished piece
In this post, I will share my process of developing a painting from start to finish. Here, I will talk about the development of my oil painting, “My Life as An ER Physician during COVID.” I will talk about the initial ideas, the reference collection,…
Keep readingHow to Keep a Sketchbook: 5 Simple Steps
Practicing artists will tell you that the single most important thing you can do to the development of your artistic skills is to keep a sketchbook. But how do you do that? That sounds like a silly question. I know. Of course, I had been…
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SAPANA ADHIKARI, MD 