Artist Strong Blog
Enjoy interviews and articles about creative process and our inherent creative spirit.
Surviving Tough Times as a Highly Sensitive Creative: Essential Tips
How Highly Sensitive Creatives Can Cope with Stressful Times If you’re feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated, and experiencing big feelings because of the hard times we live in, today’s video is for you. Being highly sensitive is not just about feeling emotions...
Handling Feedback: What Every Highly Sensitive Artist Needs to Know
Facing Criticism as a Highly Sensitive Artist Have you ever been told you're "too sensitive"? Or maybe you find yourself easily overstimulated by loud noises, harsh lighting, or too much screen time? If so, you might be a highly sensitive person (HSP). Hi my name is...
How facing brain surgery helped me create my best art ever
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...
The Hidden Power of Proficiency: How to Develop Your Style as a Self-Taught Artist
Reclaiming What's "Easy": The Forgotten Power of Proficiency As artists, we often associate growth with discomfort. We're told that only when we struggle are we truly improving. "Get out of your comfort zone!" is advice we're all familiar with, and advice I share...
Debunking 5 Popular Beliefs About Art and Creativity
"What if everything you've been told about art... is wrong?" As artists, we are constantly bombarded with "rules" and expectations about how we should approach our craft. From drawing fundamentals to the idea that certain techniques are “cheating,” the art world loves...
What artists can learn from athletes
In this post, Carrie shares how childhood sports experiences relate to artistic growth. She highlights four key strategies artists can learn from athletes: training regularly, seeking feedback, lifelong learning, and visualizing performance. Carrie encourages self-taught artists to adopt these principles to enhance their skills and confidently create original art.
How to Draw or Paint Anything: Building the Foundations for Artistic Freedom
Want to draw or paint anything you can imagine? It all starts with this. The dream of being able to draw or paint anything you want is shared by almost every artist. It’s the creative freedom to bring any idea to life without feeling limited by skill or technique. But...
3 Ways Procrastination Hurts Your Art
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...
How to Study an Art Style: An In-Depth Look at Julie Mehretu
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 better...