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How to Make Art from Your Heart, Not Your Head (Creative Awakening Challenge Day 1)
Many artists struggle with resistance when sitting down to create. The pressure to make something perfect, doubts about talent, and fear of wasting time keep us stuck in our heads….
Featured Sunday BLOOMS
You Can Never Lose Your Art: An Important Lesson I Learned from an Art Commission
Your art never leaves you. I learned this the hard way when I stopped making art for months, then got called to complete a restaurant commission. With no confidence and no direction, I created my first large painting, terrified it was proof I’d lost my way completely. But when the…
Start Bold: The #1 Thing I Teach at Every Art Retreat
The number one thing that keeps artists stuck when starting a painting is using values that are too similar. When you put paint on a white canvas with close values, you can’t actually see what’s happening, so you spend hours tweaking and perfecting things you can’t clearly evaluate. The solution…
The 75-20-5 Hierarchy: How Three Simple Words Can Transform Your Art
I just discovered a powerful technique that will instantly make your work bolder and clearer. Choose three words that define what you want your art to feel like, then make one of those words dominate 75% of your painting, with the other two taking up 20% and 5%. This hierarchy…
