Art Articles for Creative Inspiration
Awesome art articles for your enjoyment. Do you have an inspirational art story of your own that you'd like to share? Please submit it using form available at the bottom of this page. We look forward to hearing your tale! I've amassed a small collection of wonderful articles from various sources to help you in your artistic learning. These words are written by artists like you. They are helpful words of support and insight into the artistic process. As you travel on the journey of becoming an artist it can be helpful to have some words of advice pertaining to creativity and the soul of the artist. Learning to draw is not just about technique after all, but also about creativity, confidence, therapy and sharing! I hope you enjoy each and every article. If you would like to contribute a story of your own please share it at the bottom of this page! (You may even include your own URL in the message. I am happy to activate the link for you and ask that you link back to our site from yours) Inspirational articles:
How Art Heals
How art can bring peace into our lives
Validating Your Artful Soul
Motivational articles:
Draw what you love!
Making Art (Just do it!)
The purpose of Art Education
Being a confident Artist
Creative kids articles:
Making art fun for kids
Kids and Creativity
Keeping kids interested in Art
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Finding your creative niche
Some of my first memories were of my mother sitting in her rocking chair, cross-stitching her latest project. It always had a homey and comforting feel....
Mural Projects and the benefit of Public Art
I believe that art is needed in public spaces and has a big affect on their audience. For example mural projects are very appreciated within people walking ...
Civic engagement and Art Community
I participate in a painting group once a week called the Happy Daubers. I've learned a great deal from the graphics artist that leads the group but I've ...
Saving a life through art
I grew up in the type of family that believed children shouldn't be seen or heard. The older children reinforced this notion indirectly. So I had to learn ...
Art can sustain us through crisis
I wish to share how a creative pursuit helped me cope professional crisis. I am of the view that various forms of art, be it sketching, painting, music ...
Therapy through expressive art
To me, creating "art" or craft pieces is just about getting an idea out there. It doesn't always need to be an idea that I think the world needs to see,...
Paper Hot Cup Planters: a pretty and heartwarming home project
I went out for a week on office tour and on my return I felt amazing to see 20 colorful paper hot cups in a queue on a shelf in our living room in which ...
The process is what matters
Painting is a way to express how I feel without words. It allows me to interpret my feelings in a way that many people don?t understand. It?s therapeutic....
Bipolar Disorder and Art
Creating art is very beneficial to me. In my particular case I suffer from bipolar disorder and tend to get depressed pretty often. For some reason drawing ...
Sculpting and MS
The fact that I still have the use of my arms and hands does make my life worth living. My name is Rob and I am 42 years old. I was diagnosed with MS when ...
Nurturing your own and your children's creativity
All human beings have an inborn urge to be creative and art is perhaps is the best medium to nurture one’s creative ideas. During my studies, especially ...
Grateful for Crochet Creativity
My name is Carol and I have been crocheting for forty years. For years, I just followed patterns. But now,I am branching out and creating some of my own ...
Art and creativity for a happier and better man
Throughout the daily activities of life, I used to come home feeling tired, never having the energy to actually do anything other than lay on the couch ...
Art, as good as words.
I have been creating art since I was a child, and usually whenever I find myself with some free time I end up creating something. I enjoy using all types ...
Achieving harmony through creative Gospel Song
It is said that a vacation or a journey is not about the destination, but rather the trip itself. So too can that be said about art-making and creativity....
Art as a powerful learning method for kids!
I teach pre-service teachers about how to use the arts as a means for teaching the regular curriculum. With our test-obsessed educational system, all too ...
Creative expression though Nail Art
I'm actually an art minor through my college, and the best way I enjoy expressing myself through art is through Nail Art. Doing my own nails or friends ...
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