Artist Strong Blog
Enjoy interviews and articles about creative process and our inherent creative spirit.It’s Not About The Product
When do we learn? When do you learn from from an artwork: when you complete a project or while you are working on it? Focus on the Process Separate from criticism and praise. Too many feel driven (hi, that’s definitely me) by praise or criticism. Symptoms of being...
Creative Spirit Tony Walker
Tony Walker’s artwork is focused on landscape and figurative painting drawn from worldwide locations and remote, coastal and urban Australia. His free and expressive style in watercolour, acrylic inks on paper and canvas and other media, is interpretive and reaches...
Quick Tip: How to Make More Art
Artists repeatedly tell me making time for their art is the largest obstacle to creating. Today let's talk about how to make room and time for art even during the busiest and stressful of times. "How to make more art." (Click to Tweet) Be Creatively Courageous:...
Creative Spirit Kayla Simms of H.E.A.L.
Kayla Simms is an MD candidate in her third year of studies at the University of Ottawa, with interdisciplinary roots in the University of Guelph's Arts and Sciences program. She strongly values the healing power of creative exploration, and is the founder of the...
Artists, how well do you know your colors?
I have a confession to make: I am an art book junkie. When I moved to Dubai from Massachusetts my suitcases were full of clothes. And books. Lots and lots of art books. Today’s Top 10 Takeaways is from The Artist’s Color Manual by Simon Jennings. In the past 200 years...
Creative Spirit Ursula Markgraf
Ursula Markgraf is a mixed media artist who wants to remind women of their dreams and inspire them to live life their way. If you want to read more about her or even try a little free workshop to make your own affirmation cards with mixed media techniques visit her...
Why do artists limit themselves to one medium?
Mixed media art comes in many forms. Today enjoy three Creative Spirits who have made use of mixed media in unique ways to express each individual, unique voice. Creative Spirit Sara Saltee Saltee creates three dimensional works by collecting objects and arranging...
Creative Spirit Natalie Barela
Natalie Barela is the designer and maker of the line of jewelry called NEW REFINED BASICS. All pieces are handcrafted at her studio located in Portland, Oregon. Natalie’s background is in art and design and in the past she has explored different mediums and...
10 Reasons to Create with Mixed Media
Mixed media is a great way to explore the arts for all artists, both new and experienced alike. Today we go through 10 reasons why you should consider working in mixed media. 10 Reasons to Create with Mixed Media (Click to Tweet) Be Creatively Courageous: Why do you...