Artist Strong Blog
Enjoy interviews and articles about creative process and our inherent creative spirit.The truth about why your art skill plateaus
There is a formula to improve your drawing skills… the question is: are you using it?! Much of western culture has no training or education that promotes art skills or art theory or even art history in our curriculum. I’m not surprised so many people think you have to...
Meet Properzia de’Rossi
----------> Patreon link here <---------- Transcript below: Properzia de-Rossi was born around 1490 in Bologna. She is one of the few woman artists recorded in the Renaissance, and even more unusual she was a sculptor and she is one of the few female artists...
7 Lessons I’d Tell My Early Artist Self
There are so many lessons as an artist that we uncover as we create. Unfortunately, some of these lessons can stop artists before they even start. Hi my name is Carrie and I run Artist Strong: a community space dedicated to helping you build your skill and...
How to Be An Artist: Annamieka Davidson
Annamieka Davidson is a painter based in Portland, Oregon and she leads art retreats out in the Oregon wilderness. She teaches a lively mixed-media painting process that combines botany & nature with collage & acrylic paint. She sends a weekly newsletter with...
How To Be An Artist: Kirsten Lee
Kirsten Lee is a multimedia artist masquerading as a horse trainer and riding instructor. Her current explorations involve photography, acrylic painting, fiber arts (including knitting with steel) and mixed media assemblage aka junk piling. Her heart for restoring...
Artists ARE Scientists
Artists are labeled as free, loosy-goosy, unstructured, all kinds of words that are rarely used to describe scientists. And yet, both use similar tools for their research. Hi my name is Carrie and here on Artist Strong I help artists like you refine your skill and...
How To Be An Artist: Cathleen Nardi
Cathleen is the owner/designer of Quiloha, a company dedicated to “Spreading Aloha one quillo at a time.” Quillos are unique one-of-a-kind personal quilts that showcase Hawaiian, Asian and batik fabrics. Cathleen’s art is influenced by her love of decoupage, a...
How rejection MAKES you an artist
Meet Amy. Amy partnered with a non-profit, conducted education outreach and support with her art, not to mention raised money for the institution. Recently, however, she created a new body of work and is afraid to price them and announce they are for sale. Meet Diana....
How To Be An Artist: Lynn Radford
Lynn Radford is a mixed media artist and writer who loves to reuse and re-purpose all manner of items in her work. She is the creator of Trash Bubbles and Cigar Band Collage Coasters. Collage and assemblage are her favorite mediums. Lynn is the...