Artist Strong Blog
Enjoy interviews and articles about creative process and our inherent creative spirit.6 Reasons to Create a Body of Art
A lot of artists, new and experienced alike, get so excited by the next new shiny idea that they jump around with their art explorations. I get it. Right now I’m battling my desire to learn everything about weaving with the painted, gilded series I’ve committed myself...
Creative Spirit Jesse Reno
Jesse Reno is a self taught, mixed media painter who has supported himself through his art for the last 12 years. In that time Jesse has created over 4000 paintings and his prices have risen 1000%. He has sold almost 90% of everything he has created. With no business...
Quick Tip: Perspective and Your Pencil
Today on Artist Strong I offer you a quick video tip on using your pencil as a tool for understanding angles and spatial relationships. It's not just a drawing utensil, it can help you make accurate observations from images and from life. (P.S. We are a little wobbly...
Creative Spirit Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Lee is the founder of Artizen Coaching and the author of Building Your Business the Right-Brain Way and the bestseller The Right-Brain Business Plan, which has helped tens of thousands of entrepreneurs around the world launch their creative businesses. After...
How an Artist Navigates Feedback
I can still remember being a student, sitting in critiques where no one was willing to speak up. People seemed to feel there was a right and wrong thing to share their ideas about the art. Now I wonder: were we all more concerned with how we sounded rather than about...
Creative Spirit Bruce Stonehouse
During his 35 years of service with Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation, Bruce’s interest in art developed, while working with professionals in creating communication materials to aid in the introduction of laws. While working in Toronto he took drawing instruction...
3 Criteria for High Quality Feedback for Your Art
There’s this moment in an artwork when you realize you need feedback and it’s not exactly a moment of feeling stuck. You know when you stare at a word so long it loses meaning? You can’t tell if it’s spelled right, or even a word anymore? Well when you get into flow...
Creative Spirit Corinna Maggy
Creative Spirit Corinna Maggy is Mom, Wife, and Artist at Heart. She has been creating for as long as she can remember. In 2001 she graduated with a BFA with an emphasis in Jewelry and Metalsmithing. Since then Corinna has had her work in various galleries and shops...
Are you Artist Strong? My pledge.
I wanted to create a statement that encompasses how we function as a community. As usual, you guys found the perfect word to describe this statement: a pledge. This pledge is for you. It explains what makes you, me, everyone Artist Strong. Unleash your inner artist....