How to Improve Your Art
In this episode of Thriving Women Artists, Ping, Sarah, and Dorien will discuss why it’s important to strive for improvement in your art and how you can go about doing that. Listen in for personal stories of drawing apple after apple, and easy tips on how you can improve your art.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Find out where you are in your art, what do you do that you’re already happy with and what do you want to improve on. Once you know where you are and where you want to be, you can start to fill in the gaps.
- Set yourself one task at a time, for example, do you want to work on your form or your colour palette? Break things down into small achievable goals.
- Working on improving something can sometimes feel uninspiring, doing the same thing over and over. Why not check out the episode on inspiration to find out how you can inject some creativity into the work you’re trying to improve.
- There’s nothing wrong with repetition, as long as you’re doing it mindfully with purpose.
- Remember you can always improve but you can’t be a perfect artist who can do everything.
BEST MOMENTS
‘I have like ten sketch books filled with apples’
‘You have to put your own personality in your drawing’
‘Then it grows more organic and naturally’
ABOUT THE PODCAST
A serious and fun podcast for female creatives hosted by Ping, Dorien and Sarah, three happy artists from Amsterdam. This podcast will inspire you to make a living out of your art. We welcome you to be part of this community of like-minded people.
Thriving Woman Artists Website
ABOUT THE HOSTS
Ping He
Ping is a watercolor artist. Her work is inspired by nature and her motherhood experience. She develops her greeting cards brand and teachers Botanical Illustration courses online and offline.
Sarah van Dongen
Sarah is a children’s book illustrator and visual artist. She takes her sketchbooks and art supplies everywhere, which results in illustrations based on observation and daily life.
Dorien Bellaar:
Dorien is an illustration artist. Her work is mainly focused on illustration for children, editorial/food illustration, hand lettering, and she likes to combine those into both traditional and digital art.
