Why Retirement Is the Perfect Time to Learn Drawing: Four Conditions That Never Existed Before

Something unusual happens when I ask retired women why they want to learn to draw now. They often apologize. “I know I should have done this when I was younger,” they say. “I’ve wasted so much time. I’m probably too old now.” But after teaching for 33 years, I’ve observed the opposite: Retirement creates conditions […]

Everything You’ve Been Told About Creativity and Analytical Minds Is Wrong

After 33 years teaching analytical women to draw, I’ve discovered systematic minds aren’t blocking creativity—they’re the key to awakening it. For 33 years, I’ve been observing something that contradicts everything conventional wisdom tells us about creativity. And the evidence is overwhelming. The Common Belief “Creative people are intuitive, free-spirited, right-brained. They trust their feelings. They […]

Cindy Wider Mentored Artists Showcase 2024

  From realism to abstraction, children’s book illustration styles and representational art in its many forms, I work with artists in seven different mediums. This showcase is just a small selection of the artworks created by some of the 50 mentored students that I teach on an on-going basis. Some of my students are more […]