Artist Strong Blog
Enjoy interviews and articles about creative process and our inherent creative spirit.
Break Free From The Culture Of Comparison: 4 Steps To Celebrating Your Unique Voice
I looked at her art, and had a soft ache hit me in the chest: would I ever come up with something clever or smart? Hey there! đź‘‹ I'm Carrie. Here on Artist Strong I help self-taught artists who have a home studio, feeling stuck with their art, move from wondering...
Art and Willpower: Strengthening Your Creative Practice
When you fail to meet expectations you set for yourself, how does it make you feel? For example, say you’ve made a commitment to an art challenge like the 100 Day Project or Inktober and you miss one day. What comes up for you? What are you thinking? Can you recognize...
The Role of Discomfort in Growing as an Artist: A Journey to Mastery
Have you ever felt like something was too easy? Like maybe you should have to work harder to achieve a certain result? Maybe you use the grid method sometimes, or other tools artists have that we sometimes feel bad about using. Why? And why do we associate these...
Discover Your Artistic Voice: A Roadmap to Unique and Original Art
Perhaps you, too, experienced a major life event that helped you realize art is an important part of your life. You may have experienced a loss, a health crisis, empty nest, or retirement like many in this community. It made you stop, reflect and consciously...
5 Signs of Artistic Voice: How do you know when you have a unique artist style?
Perhaps someone has looked at your art and told you they know it's yours just by looking at it. Or maybe you can see there is something that sets your work apart from others, but can’t quite put your finger on what exactly that special sauce is. If that’s the case, it...
How to Create Art From Your Imagination
I taught elementary art for one year. It involved 25 children running around me in circles. 10 of them would be hugging each other with glue filled hands, 2 would be picking apart or ripping the paper we were to be gluing, while the rest would either be doing the task...
Overcoming Perfectionism in Art: Embracing Imperfection and Growth
Do you struggle with perfectionism that sabotages your art? Perhaps you avoid your home studio or refuse to finish an artwork because of what might go wrong? Hey there! 👋 I'm Carrie. Here on Artist Strong I help self-taught artists who have a home studio, feeling...
Unlock Your Creative Potential: How to Make Time for Your Art
“When I have the time… When I have MORE time… When I retire…” One of the biggest problems creatives tell me they have is making time for their art. In last week’s video I talked about how scarcity thinking may impact the way we invest in our art and touched upon time...
Silencing the Inner Critic: Empowering Artists to Invest in Themselves
🎨 Mindset & Money in Art: Let's Talk! Some of my recent research has brought up a topic I’m actually nervous to bring up because people get really emotional around it, myself included. I know, however, our mindset can be most of the problem when we hold ourselves...