by Carrie | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
How to Rekindle Your Creativity as an Artist In a recent video I talked about the rules and expectations we have around drawing or painting from imagination. And I got this lovely response from someone in the community: And it got me thinking about the importance of...
by Carrie | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
How to Move Beyond Copying Tutorials and Create Art That Feels Like You “I have problems making my art ‘mine.’” That’s what I thought as I wandered through art classes in high school and even studied art and art history at university. It’s like I was missing some...
by Carrie | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
The Deeper Thread Connecting My Artwork Over Time I’ve been sitting with a strange kind of nervousness lately. Not because I’m making completely different work. But because I’m starting to realize I don’t want to talk about it the way I used to. For a long time, I...
by Carrie | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
Something I’ve actually realized by pulling out my work and starting to apply for things here in Calgary is how much work I’ve actually made over the past five years. Because of the birth of my daughter and change in priority, as well as a change in my schedule, I...
by Carrie | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
Your Art Practice Has Seasons (And That’s Normal!) A lot of us quietly carry with us a specific version of being an artist. The one where we show up consistently, make meaningful work every week, build momentum, and move steadily toward our goals. And then there’s...
by Carrie | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
Visual Literacy Is Not Art Snobbery (It’s the Opposite) There’s a moment almost every self-taught artist has had. You’re standing in a museum, or scrolling past an image online, or flipping through a book. You see a piece that looks simple. Maybe it’s one color. Maybe...
