by Carrie | Build Your Skill
Have you ever wanted to better capture likeness in your portraits of people? Have you ever wondered if you could? When I was little I got this idea in my head that the only measure of being a good artist was to draw realistically. Not only should I be able to draw...
by Carrie | Build Your Skill
You may not know this, but drawing or painting from life is a completely different skill set than working from a photograph. Think about it for a minute. When you work from photo reference, you are observing another two-dimensional image. When you work from life,...
by Carrie | Build Your Skill
In today’s Q&A session Mary asks me about making the switch to smaller brushes when I’m working on painting. When do I switch to small brushes? How do I use them? And do I keep separate brushes for different colors? With the quick drying time of something like...
by Carrie | Build Your Skill, Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
“You murder your paintings.” This is some of the only feedback I remember from my university days. And while it clearly stung enough I remember it to this day, I also remember agreeing in complete frustration with my professor when she and I talked about my work....
by Carrie | Build Your Skill, Develop Your Unique Artist Voice, How to be An Artist
Hi, my name is Carrie Brummer and here on Artist Strong I help creatives like you build your skill and develop your unique artist voice. Today I want to talk about how we can make critique, or receiving feedback, a more helpful and kind experience. This system is...
by Carrie | Build Your Skill, Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
It’s important in the learning process to understand the power of having periodic assessments. In schools, the terms used also include quizzes and tests. Most of us think of these assessments as measures of our success and worth. This couldn’t be further from the...
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