by Carrie | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
New Years always comes and goes. We might set a resolution with the best of intention, but lots of us don’t finish. Hi my name is Carrie and today on Artist Strong, I want to talk about why so many of us fail to follow through on our art and what we can do to...
by Carrie | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
Have you ever had the voice of your inner critic judge so loudly, so cruelly, you stop making your art? The other day I was sad to hear from an artist that felt her art was ruined by a series of “bad decisions.” She had a vision of what the finished work should look...
by Carrie Brummer | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
I finished reading a book this week called Playing Big by Tara Mohr. It was recommended to me after I received “feedback” from my first internet troll. (I didn’t know you could use that many F bombs in one sentence!) When I first read what this person had to say, I I...
by Carrie Brummer | Build Your Skill
Sometimes the hardest part is getting started. I felt obligated to post an artwork every week for last year’s resolution; the post deadline provided a due date so I couldn’t avoid creating. WHY would anyone avoid creating?! Similar to my discussion of...
by Carrie Brummer | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
The arts are always a reflection of the times in which they exist. Impressionism was invented during the Industrial Revolution and after the invention of the camera. In the Renaissance, a time of celebration of MAN and everything human kind was capable of,...
