Comments on: Finding Your Artistic Path

By: Cath

Cath — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:01:24 +0000

*I meant professional artist not “art student”–Geesh, my typing skills need some love!

By: Cath

Cath — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:56:23 +0000

Hey Olivia, Sean told me about your comment and you know what? It doesn’t get any easier out of college/university. Let’s say you do become a full time artist with income (which neither Sean and I are yet), you’re time will be split between doing the art and finding ways to deliver your art to the world. All of sudden you’ll be learning small business–accounting, web marketing, advertising, possibly some web design, and so on. If you are serious about becoming a professional art student, start taking the courses that will help you, and just remember no matter what you learn, a lot of it is made out to be more complicated than it needs to be or actually is, so keep everything simple so you can spend the best of your energy on art making. As for the focus, it comes with practice.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:07:03 +0000

I read through your article a few times and I have to say, it sparked my sense of creativity back to life. I was always a negative thinker when I was younger and didn’t believe that I had it in me to advance. People would tell me how talented I was and how far I would go with my art when I was just in elementary school, but there was so much pressure. As if I didn’t succeed soon, or if I didn’t get the guts to grab onto the right opportunity, I wasn’t going to go anywhere. I’ve been doing art for years now, and like you, I started before I had any real cognitive memory. My problem has always been a vague sense of direction. I feel like I have to do everything! I become bored easily and I have to try something different, usually before I ever get the feel of what I was doing before. I’m just sharing the same turmoil as your partner as of now. Summer begins tomorrow, then soon I’ll be starting my senior year and then off to college. There is so much work to be done, I’m trying to keep focus as best I can while trying to be the best at what I do. I apologize for the rant, but I appreciated the entry! I don’t feel so alone anymore on my journey to better myself as a person and an artist, Toodles