October 15, 2010

10 Easy Steps To Becoming A Better Artist

1. Make some Art.

2. Make some more Art.

3. Make even more Art.

4. Make even more Art than that.

5. Make Art when you don't really feel like making Art.

6. Make Art when you REALLY feel like making Art.

7. Make Art when you have something to say.

8. Make Art when you got nothin' to say.

9. Make Art every day.

10. Keep making Art.


Inspired by the great wisdom of Brian Clark at copyblogger.

28 comments:

  1. Absolutely love this Kesha.

    No 9 is essential, closely followed by no 5 and no 8...

    Brilliant post, thank you.

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  2. This is just the best, Kesha! Will retweet it.

    Good advice for every artist, and something I needed right now.

    Gonna go make some art!

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  3. We creatives need that reminder every now and again- Myself included.

    Who am I kidding, Myself especially!

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  4. Kesha - this is JUST what the Dr ordered !. Thanks !
    Lisa

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  5. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, This! The more I write, the more I find to say,

    Thank You

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  6. LOVE LOVE LOVE This. The more I write, the more I find to say.

    Thank you

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  7. AMEN!!!!!!!!!!! and I'm off to the studio!

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  8. "5. Make Art when you don't really feel like making Art." The top one IMO. If you can put out some art when you're miserable - any other time is cake.

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  9. This is brilliant and I think I need to repost it to my blog. May I?

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  10. There are so many days when I say "if only I would be like Nick..." Nick is my 12 year old son. If he could he would play video games ALL DAY!!! EVERYDAY!!! He wakes and dresses early for school some mornings so he can play before the bus gets here. He wants to play all evening and heaven forbid we have to go somewhere...the point is, if I were that serious about painting...

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  11. Thanks Kesh, I am truly lucky to have connected to u! Thanks for the boost , needed it

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  12. Now, that's my idea of a Top 10 List! If you don't mind, I'm printing a copy to post in my studio and copies for my studiomates, too : )

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  13. Ha! Lovin' this post... Oh you are so right my friend!

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  14. I clicked on this thinking it'd be 10 steps of #@%*! to do besides making art. rather this is refreshing to read.

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  15. This is it!
    And I wish add a lot of fun stimuli!

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  16. Niiice!! I like your top 10 list, it's actually my all life right there!! hehehe

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  17. Facebook styled "Thumbs Up" on this one (LOL).

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  18. Awesome! These are truly words to live by.

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  19. I like this, no I really LOVE this. Thanks, because I really needed to hear this too.

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  20. I work full time as an artist and I teach children art. When the kids want to know how to get better I tell them it's like playing the piano, you have to practice all the time. You may be born with natural talent but you need to do it all the time to improve. I love your blog. I've spent my break reading it. Wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Mary-Pinkflamingo61
    ps, just sent you a friend request on facebook.

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  21. Thank you! Seriously - this is exactly what we need to hear sometimes.

    I'll add #11: Get off the internet, it's a time suck. Set aside a specific time each day for catching up on blogs, etc. and stick to it.

    And on that note, I'm off to do some sewing :)

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  22. I'm gonna make the list into a poster and hang it in the studio. Thanks Kesha.

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