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Massa Art

Expect honest, useful emails about how Iโ€™m growing my skills and building a path for people like us: creative, ambitious, and short on time

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 06-07-2026 TLDR - join me in an experiment this Wednesday at 3pm BST (live drawing timer group session) Yesterday we broke a new record ๐Ÿ˜ +91 new signups on drawingtimer.com This brings the current total to 1,246 people having created a free account. And collectively we've drawn for 1101h 6m ... thats almost 46 DAYS of total drawing hours. And I've only been tracking for 30 days!! To celebrate this milestone I've built a very special feature :) I call it: "Live with Massa" โ˜๏ธ I've tested...

๐Ÿ“… 16-03-26 In this email I reveal the MVP of a new tool I made! Last week you folks were amazing ๐Ÿฅฒ Dozens and dozens of you replied to my email where I described a idea for A new tool to help you stay accountable with drawing Still need to reply to many of you! You can read that email here if you've missed it. But in short the idea is this: My upcoming course will have "Checkpoints" The course will teach you how to draw from imagination. Those checkpoints are designed to keep you accountable...

๐Ÿ“… 10-03-26 In this email I share an idea I had for a cool accountability system/tool I might add to the drawing-from-imagination course Iโ€™m building Yesterday I had a long call with another creator in my space - Tieran, from Broken Draw. It was supposed to be a quick catchup, but we ended up talking for over three hours ! <3 ( Turns out heโ€™s also a reader of this newsletter which made me blush ๐Ÿ˜Š ) If you don't know Tieran, he is a very dedicated artist who got pretty skilled at drawing from...

๐Ÿ“… 03-02-26 In this email, I'm sharing with you the script I've written for an upcoming video. This is my effort to show you the process behind the scenes of the channel.I've also added a few thoughts at the end. ๐ŸŽฌ Action! ๐ŸŽฌ Setup I thought I had learned to draw once I could do stuff like this. a spread in my sketchbook But in reality I had only learned to copy... Book: Kim Jung Gi 2011 Sketch Collection When I tried to invent something of my own it always looked bad.. Frustratingly bad.....

๐Ÿ“… Monday, 26-01-26 In this email, I'm sharing with you the script I've written for the next video. Pay attention to its structure and how I've decided to sequence the information. I'll make my point at the end of the email :) ๐ŸŽฌ Action! ๐ŸŽฌ Setup A few years ago I had what felt like the perfect idea for a manga. Original characters. A cool and strange world. A story arc that surprises you when you least expect it. It felt like something I had to bring into the world. I had to exist. Desire But I...

๐Ÿ“… Monday, 19-01-26 I've just finished an eye opening journaling session. It was a retrospective on 2025. (I highly recommend doing yearly retros, they're so helpful!) But the key takeaway was this: Finally unlocking the ability of drawing from imagination brought more happiness and fulfilment in my life than I had anticipated. Most of you know from my videos that I'm a software engineer full-time. I don't have much time to dedicate to my art, but still.. I am motivated by lofty goals which...

๐Ÿ“… Monday, 22-12-25 I have a gift for you.. 1 - the realisation I was flying over the Alps when I did the maths. A fully packed Airbus A320 - the plane I was on - holds about 180 people. This year over 2,000 people subscribed to this newsletter. That's 11 planes !! ๐Ÿคฏ This stunned me even more than the view from my window, which was epic... 2 - the problem Everyone of you came from my YouTube channel. Which is still a small, work in progress, channel. I'm trying to develop my voice, my style,...

๐Ÿ“… Monday, 15-12-25 Why are some people more disciplined than others? That's how I decided to open my final video of 2025 Discipline. Hands down the biggest struggle for me ever since I left school. As soon as I was no longer forced fed all the information and pressured by exams. As soon as I became the master of my own future. That's when it became clear to me that I had to learn how to become disciplined. Otherwise, all these dreams and hopes I had about the future, they would remain just...

๐Ÿ“… Monday, 10-11-25 This is email offers a practical approach to improve your content diet, specifically for creative people who want to operate at a higher level A painter sees other paintings differently than everyone else. โ˜๏ธ I didn't know this before learning to draw. A painter knows the craft well enough to "deconstruct" how the painting was made. By doing so, they experience the act of putting it back together in their minds, as if they were painting it. As a result, a painter can...

๐Ÿ“… Monday, 06-10-25 reading time: 3'25" Over 75% of you know what you have to do. But you just can't get yourself to do it. Here's the poll: I call BS I think 75% of you are lying to yourselves Here's why: Clarity makes action easier If you were truly clear on what you want to do, then doing the thing would feel lighter. So if youโ€™re struggling to act, it means youโ€™re not actually that clear. Either you havenโ€™t broken it down into small enough steps, or you donโ€™t have a strong enough reason to...