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How to Find Your Artist Ancestors
Who's inspired your passion for art? Artist Annie O'Brien Gonzales refers to these individuals as our Artist Ancestors. Here is how to find yours!
Do You Know How to Be Creative?
They say the new midlife crisis is being solved by creativity. But can you learn how to be creative after a lifetime of setting it aside? Certainly! A…
42 Art Prompts for Discovering New Creative Ideas
42 art prompts to help you discover new creative ideas and how to incorporate them into your paintings, drawings and sketchbooks from author and artis…
5 Ways a Daily Creative Act Can Save Your Art—and Maybe Your Life
Artist, author and instructor Carrie Schmitt shares five ways daily creative acts, such as giving a rose away, can transform your art and your life.
What Song Inspires You to Make Art?
Artists usually love music. What tune puts you in a creative mood? Check out a few possibilities, and be sure to leave your favorite in the comments.
Do You Agree with This List of Art Studio Staples?
Besides the basics, most artists keep things in their studio that spark some joy and encourage creativity.
6 Ways to Balance Your Day Job with Being an Artist
Finding a nice balance between having a day job while also being an artist can be easier than you may think. Here is how one artist/doctor balances bo…
Break Through Artist Block
Avoid falling victim to the dreaded artist block by putting your brain to work with this hidden image, coloring book hybrid.
Watercolor Made Easy with Quick Brushstroke Tips
The way you hold your brush, and move it, has a direct effect on the marks you can make. Here are four simple brushstroke tips to get you started!
Artistic Keys to the Kingdom: Learning Flexibility and Discipline
Artist Steve Henderson shares an inside look into his artistic process, artistic flexibility and how he paints abstractly to understand realism.
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
What is mixed media art to you? Discover the creative perspectives and insider art tips that will allow you to take your art to the next level.
Surviving the Trauma of an Artistic Breakdown
It happens to all of us: the artistic breakdown. But it doesn't have to hinder your art. Here are four simple ways to get back into a creative mindset…
The Brilliant Art of Kadir Nelson
The figure paintings of contemporary artist Kadir Nelson bring the historical past of America and African Americans to the present through paint and b…
How This Artist Found Herself in Her Colored Pencil Portraits
Colored pencil artist Diane Edison brings us face-to-face with the men and women who mean the most to her. See her powerful and person portraits here.
What It Means to Be an Artist
When we ask what it means to be an artist, is it just about mastering art techniques, or is the answer something altogether different?