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How to Understand Your Creative Confidence (and Why It Matters for Your Art)

How to Understand Your Creative Confidence (and Why It Matters for Your Art)

by Carrie | Build Your Skill

Feeling Stuck in Your Art? Use the Creative Confidence Meter to Get Unstuck Today If you’ve ever sat down to create and thought… “Where did my confidence go?” “Why can’t I bring the ideas in my head onto paper?” “Am I even an artist?” …you’re not alone. Every artist...
What Does It Mean to Be an Artist? Redefining Creativity for Yourself

What Does It Mean to Be an Artist? Redefining Creativity for Yourself

by Carrie | Build Your Skill, Develop Your Unique Artist Voice, How to be An Artist

What Does It Mean to Be an Artist? “Am I really an artist?” If you’ve ever wondered whether you can call yourself an artist, you’re not alone. It’s a question I hear all the time, and honestly, one I’ve asked myself more than once. Maybe you’ve taken a few classes but...
“Real Artists Don’t Use References?” Let’s Talk About That.

“Real Artists Don’t Use References?” Let’s Talk About That.

by Carrie | Build Your Skill, Develop Your Unique Artist Voice

A consistent theme I’ve seen, wherever I’ve lived, from Dubai to Ottawa to Houston, is that artists are the worst at policing one another. We constantly bully and belittle peers for doing it “the wrong way.” From assuming abstract art is easy, to dismissing digital...
The New Era of Patronage: The New Renaissance of Art

The New Era of Patronage: The New Renaissance of Art

by Carrie | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice, How to be An Artist

In art history, “patronage” meant something very specific: powerful individuals, families, religious institutions, or states commissioning works of art and architecture, funding artists, and thereby shaping culture. Think of the Medici family in Florence, or the...
Style Study Session: J.M.W. Turner

Style Study Session: J.M.W. Turner

by Carrie | Build Your Skill, Develop Your Unique Artist Voice

How to Study an Artist’s Style How do you study an art style? How do you learn a specific art style? How do you analyze art styles? How do you find your own unique style? In this Style Study Session, we’ll use the six qualities of style to better understand J.M.W....
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