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How to stop being jealous of other artists | 6 tips for handling art envy

AZ Finch| Discussion

How do you handle art jealousy? Spend any amount of time online in the artistic community and you’ll inevitably run into the Big Green Monster. No, not Shrek. JEALOUSY. See an amazing art journal layout…
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Make ugly art to be a better artist

AZ Finch| Discussion

So, I think there’s this huge fear among artists to make “ugly” art. I’ve been making some form of art since I was in high school (15 years ago, eek!). I started with collages/gluebooks, then…
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How to make more art when you’re short on time

AZ Finch| Discussion

A common complaint I hear from people my age is about their lack of free time. Where once they might have hours they could devote to creating art, now they have other daily responsibilities…and their…
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Stop being a mixed media art copycat

Stop being a mixed media art copycat & find your own art style

AZ Finch| Discussion

One thing I struggle with is finding and STICKING with my own art style. I watch a ton of Youtube videos and read a lot of mixed media art books, and I check out artists’…
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I'm Anastasia "AZ" Finch, an artist living in Southern California. I make digital mixed media collages using public domain images, hand-drawn elements, and things I find around my house. Wanna know more?

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“Making art can feel dangerous and revealing. Making art is dangerous and revealing. Making art precipitates self-doubt, stirring deep waters that lay between what you know you should be, and what you fear you might be.”

― David Bayles, Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

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