by Carrie | Build Your Skill
Do you find yourself avoiding your art, even when you want to create? Suddenly, your studio feels too messy to make art, so you decide to clean it instead, or you remember those bananas turning brown, and making banana bread feels more urgent than pulling out your...
by Carrie | Build Your Skill
How brain surgery made me create the best art of my life Brain surgery. That’s not the answer you want to hear when you’re sitting in an ER being pumped with painkillers for a headache that won’t quit. But it became clear what was coming when the CT scans revealed an...
by Carrie | Build Your Skill, Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
As a child I played soccer. And in high school: field hockey. Sport was a great way for a kind-of only child (kid with much older siblings) to have connections with peers, be physically active and play. Recently I started thinking about the connection between...
by Carrie | Build Your Skill
Artist Strong’s Art Style Study – Julie Mehretu How do you study an art style? How do you learn a specific art style? How do you analyze art styles? How do you find your art style? In this Style Study Session, we will use the 6 qualities of style to not only...
by Carrie | Build Your Skill
Examples of Batching for Beginner Artists (As Requested) Ever feel like there’s never enough time to create? Or that the blank canvas stares back at you, daring you to figure out what’s next? Batching might just be the solution you need. Batching is a...
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