10 Tools to Build Your Art Skill

by | Build Your Skill

There are so many YouTube videos, Instagram how-tos, and blog based tutorials it’s easy to get lost in the research and not actually show up for your art. So in the spirit of getting you back into the studio, or to your dining room table, here are some of the key...

How Drawing Foundations Help Abstract Art

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Abstraction is all about making art that deviates from real life. It’s the idea that we observe something from life, or think about objects we know and recognize, but then choose to distort them in some way.  Coloring books are a simple and easy example of...

5 Reasons to Start Drawing Today

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Drawing is not just a foundational art skill I encourage all artists to develop, it has countless other benefits. Hi, my name is Carrie and here on Artist Strong I help artists build their skill and develop their unique voice. Today we are talking about the 5 Reasons...

Why Talent is Overrated

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When I taught high school art I can’t begin to tell you the number of parents who came to me, worried their kid just “didn’t have the talent,” so how would they possibly perform well in my art class? And this is just one space where we see cultural norms and...

How to Be an Artist: Abby Junge

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Abby Junge is a full-time artist, mother, and recovering perfectionist, which is why she claims to have fallen in love with linoleum. According to Abby, linoleum is unforgiving: a wrong cut, and well, its cut. And so, through her process of letting go she has arrived...