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DMA#37: How to Draw Diarrhea and Influence People (A Masterclass with Kyle Beaudette)
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- Feb 27, 2026
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.newyorkcartoons.com Thank you Beth Spencer , asher Perlman, Alex Hallatt , Margreet de Heer , chris eliopoulos , and many others for tuning into my live video and asking questions of my guest Kyle Beaudette ! Join me for my next live video in the app. I have a confession to make. I keep a secret folder on my computer. It’s not what you think, but it is deeply weird. It’s just labelled “Kyle,” and it is filled with screenshots of drawings by the Canadian artist Kyle Beaudette . Whenever I’m feeling uninspired, creatively blocked, or just generally annoyed by the blank page, I open the Kyle folder. It is full of wobbly lines, strange creatures, and a frankly alarming amount of beautifully rendered bodily fluids. Yesterday, I finally got to open the folder and talk to the man himself on Draw Me Anything . Kyle joined me from the frozen expanses of Canada (a fellow Commonwealth resident) for a conversation about the creative process, the horror of social media and AI Art, and how a tin of brown watercolour paint accidentally ruined his life. Kyle is one of those infuriatingly talented people who didn’t even go to art school. He studied theater, and then spent a decade teaching himself how to sculpt by hanging out on an internet forum run by two brothers from Texas. For years, he was making these incredibly intricate, Tim Burton-esque sculptures. But the pivot to drawing happened in the most unexpected place: a middle school classroom. As a substitute teacher, Kyle realised he needed a way to connect with the kids fast so he wouldn’t just be “the weird man that they don’t respect”. So, he sat down with a black pen and started drawing with them. He made a rule for himself: no pencils. He would only draw in pen…