Artist Strong Blog

Enjoy interviews and articles about creative process and our inherent creative spirit.
How to Create Art From Your Imagination

How to Create Art From Your Imagination

I taught elementary art for one year. It involved 25 children running around me in circles. 10 of them would be hugging each other with glue filled hands, 2 would be picking apart or ripping the paper we were to be gluing, while the rest would either be doing the task...

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Unlock Your Creative Potential: How to Make Time for Your Art

Unlock Your Creative Potential: How to Make Time for Your Art

“When I have the time… When I have MORE time… When I retire…” One of the biggest problems creatives tell me they have is making time for their art. In last week’s video I talked about how scarcity thinking may impact the way we invest in our art and touched upon time...

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Defining style for an artist: the 6 qualities of style

Defining style for an artist: the 6 qualities of style

What does it mean to have a unique style as an artist? Perhaps your work doesn’t feel cohesive even though other people can see connections in your art. It’s really important to you and secretly you think, “are they just being nice to me?“ Let’s discuss the qualities...

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