Comments on: 7 Steps to Finding Your Style

By: Jesse B

Jesse B — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:37:32 +0000

Thank you so much I’m so happy i found a post like this i really was in a jam.^W^

By: What is artistic style? — Art Biz Blog

What is artistic style? — Art Biz Blog — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:04:18 +0000

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By: bobby wells

bobby wells — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:03:13 +0000

After a lifetime of making a living as a signpainter, airbrush artist,and tattoo artist, Ive finally gotten to the place where I can slow down and give this fine art stuff a try. Ive never been to art school or had any formal training, but I have painted a lot of pictures, my style is recognizable simply because Ive done so much stuff over the years that people are use to seeing it I guess.Ive never really knew what to classify my art as, I was too busy just doing it and trying to get paid to think about stuff like that. Anyway Im retired now and now just wanting to focus on painting, and hopefully get even better at it. Ive got a bunch of my old stuff at http://www.myspace.com/artbywells it would be real cool if some of you fine artists took a look at it and let me know what you think.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:45:12 +0000

Yes, hard work and dedication.
Professional artists are the hardest working people I know. Its 24-7 for most of us…if you find me on vacation, my Jullian easel is not far away.
Deb

By: Marcia Baldwin

Marcia Baldwin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:08:43 +0000

EXCELLENT ARTICLE Painting every day is the key. Love to Paint, it is the window to my heart. Marcia

By: Susie Monday

Susie Monday — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:37:43 +0000

I missed this post over the holidays and it speaks right to what I am interested in as a teacher and as a (soon-to-be) coach. I know that there are what I call “hard-wired” perceptual and procedural strong suits that we humans arrive with — I think that one’s style starts with these perceptual distinctions — do you walk into a room and notice the color, the quality of light, or is it the energetic movement of the people within it? One potent clue to finding one’s style is to revisit your childhood preferences. Another is to take a measured and intense immersion into materials that have sensory and sensual deep appeal.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:52:50 +0000

When students of mine in my painting classes want to find thier ‘style’ I impress upon them the need to open thier minds, to get into the act of painting and not worry about the outcome. If you stay in the moment the outcome will take care of itself. To show no fear and just dive in. Then, when all is done, look at the work, look at many works at the same time, look for those things that happened in the painting(s) that you ‘think’ are happy accidents but are really subconcious actions, those actions are your ‘style.’ Having said that, some times excepting one’s style can be as hard as finding it. You are who you are, you paint as you paint (not talking here about level of ability) so continue to work, to be open, to enjoying the act and let the style come, be excepting and if there is something about your style that really bothers you, work with it, make it better but do not abandon it. That ‘something’ you don’t like now may be what makes your painting stand out among all the others.

By: Ellene Breedlove Davis

Ellene Breedlove Davis — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:14:26 +0000

Finding time for the studio is one of the most difficult parts of painting. Thank you, Alyson for helping me stay on track! When I haven’t had time to paint, or wonder of wonders, there has been too much time in the studio, I take a break and read inspirational books such as “Awaken the Giant Within”, by Anthony Robbins, or The Sound of Paper, Starting From Scratch” by Julia Cameron or I may choose another artist’s book, for example “Dramatic Light” by Patrick Howe, if I’m having a problem getting the light just right in a painting. Just a few moments of inspiration seems to get my artistic thoughts back in order. Sometimes at shows, I see my paintings together and I think, “you know, I do have a style that is my own”.

By: Olivera

Olivera — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:22:15 +0000

Art Style is within ourselves. No one can make it up. You can try but, eventually, your nature signature will arrise on your work. The only way to find your true signature is to work. After learning process about techniques, variety of themes and motifs every artist should figure out what is a true art for them; one should ask oneself and oneself alone – What is a good painting for me? When I finish my work I let it rest for a while, so that I can’t see it, in order to make a distance. After a few days, I give it a brief look – if it is good, it gets a signature – if it isn’t, the work continues. When you finish few pieces, put them together on a wall (you don’t have to hang them) and let them speak for you of your STYLE.

By: Terri West

Terri West — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:48:33 +0000

Great ADVICE!