Lifestyle advice and experience shared. Learn the truth about being a professional creative.
Advice from a lifetime of making and selling art. How to cope with the demands of selling art for a living
Are you wiped out just getting out of bed every day? Are you physically and mentally fatigued all the time? Has your creative energy died? It could be the symptoms of burnout, it happened to me. So what is creative burnout? Creative burnout is physical, emotional, and creative fatigue. It’s …
Do you ever wake up and think you don’t quite cut it as an artist and that you aren’t the real deal? This is how to overcome self-doubt for artists and deal with imposter syndrome. Artists overcome self-doubt and imposter syndrome by being open and sharing their experiences with others. …
Society has become an educational treadmill and perceived wisdom dictates that having a degree is the pathway to success, but is that true for everyone? Do artists need a degree in art to be successful? An art degree doesn’t guarantee a job and doesn’t offer much value for money beyond …
Are you too shy to sell your art? Let me tell you something, selling your art for the first time is intimidating for everyone. Shy artists can succeed and I say that from experience. I’ll show you how to: In my 20+ years of experience as a reserved Englishman selling …
It doesn’t matter who you are, rejection hurts, and the painful truth is this, rejection is part of the everyday life of an artist. If you want to succeed you’d better learn to deal with it, so how do artists handle rejection? Artists handle rejection best by seeing the humor, acknowledging …
Art school is a major investment in both time and money but does having an art degree enhance your art career? Is art school worth it, will it pay back your investment, or are you just hoping for the best? This is the answer, in short… Art school is useful …
How do you motivate yourself to make art when you feel like crap, have no energy and you’ve run out of coffee? We’ve all been there but there are strategies that can help. Self-motivation is essential for professional artists. If you are serious about making a success of your art …
People think drawing is relaxing, but for me and many others, it is anything but. It is mentally exhausting and often stressful. So how can that be? In this post, I will explain why drawing makes you tired. Drawing is tiring because it requires intense levels of focused concentration. Each …
Loneliness is not something we talk about easily but artists can’t ignore the subject. For most artists, solitude is an everyday reality. Is being an artist lonely? You bet, and some people cope better than others. Most artists work alone and from home. There are no workmates, no laughs, and …
Have you ever looked at a popular art piece and wondered, “Is it me or is this really crap?” It turns out that people are not always confident about what they think. Art is intimidating but is art subjective? An emotional reaction to a traditional skills-based work of art is …
Accidents happen. We’ve all been there, coffee splashes, tears, and buckles, they can all feel like a total disaster. Well, all is not lost. It’s possible to rescue your art from all kinds of mishaps. I will teach you how to repair drawing paper – most of the time. Paper …
I know why I failed as an artist the first time around and it still haunts me. The reason I failed had nothing to do with making money. No one comes clean about the real reasons why most artists fail. Artists fail because the lifestyle is lonely, insecure, and the …