I've been doing a lot more practice lately. It's not that I'm not confident in my skills as an artist, it's simply that all artist grow and learn and develop their skills. If they don't, they start to plateau as artists and their work can become stagnant and even boring. I believe it's important to constantly challenge yourself with every skill you have, especially if you use said skills in your profession.

For all you beginning artists I think it's important for people with more experience in the field to share what they know, and I hear all too often 'other artists wouldn't say this,' or 'I appreciate your tips since other artists won't take the time to help me.' It's a little upsetting, but I suppose I can understand that some artists might view beginners as future competition for commissions and work orders. I also feel it's unprofessional to simply throw away aspiring artists who really look up to those of us who've been around in the artist community longer.

I want to start divulging tips and tricks, and may consider one-on-one consultation for whatever spare cash young artists what to throw my way. Or I could drop a journal when I open an Open Canvas page where I can study aspiring artists and give them advice along the way. We'll see!

Here's a few things I dug up:
http://thevirtualinstructor.com/QuicktipsDrawing.html
http://brandondayton.com/2010/01/6-tips-to-get-better-at-drawing/
http://www.pencilkings.com/how-to-draw-an-eye-06-eye-expressions/

Here's an awesome tumblr I found a while back. They have an array of things on here that could be very useful for practicing artists!
http://fyeah-artreferences.tumblr.com/