Art Styles: Find Yours the Real Way!

Develop your art style can be confusing, how do you do it? Style is what makes an artist distinctive and unique, and yet there is no formula or linear path to achieving your own style, this video digs into how you can find yours.

Discussion by RISD Adjunct Professor Clara Lieu.

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Clara Lieu was an Adjunct Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design from 2007-2020. Her artwork has been exhibited at the International Print Center NY, the Currier Museum, Childs Gallery, the Davis Museum, and more. Lieu received an artist fellowship from the MA Cultural Council, has written for the NY Times, and lectured at Brown University, the NAEA conference, and in Vancouver & China. She has been profiled in Artsy, Hyperallergic, KPCC, & WBUR.

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[eilmlilm]

After taking care of family, at the age of sixty seven, I want to draw, draw, paint, and paint! Your videos are such a big help to me!

[carinwiseman]

Your style is simply the result of all the choices you have made as an artist over time. There is no shortcut to this process that is authentic and sustainable. So just work. Keep what you like, and discard the rest. Look at your work critically to determine this. Each new work is a new opportunity to explore

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[Jessiesgirl]

I put down the paints, sketch pads, etc...about 40 yrs ago.Kids, jobs, priorities.... Now at 57 I have picked up my acrylic paints again and am loving and appreciating it more than I did then. Your tutorials are a great help with working on needed skills and learning so much.Thank you.

[elizabethklebart]

When I was 17, I wanted to apply to RISD, but I didn’t have the confidence to put together my portfolio and apply. In 2018, I reclaimed the person that I wanted to become and started creating again. I’m so grateful I found this channel!

[keyzzz]

00:03 Developing your own art style is a natural evolution over time.
02:19 Artists evolve their styles over time
07:02 Art styles can be varied but not too repetitive or monotonous.
09:16 Finding a unique style amidst endless organic forms and nature themes.
13:34 Young artists worry about feeling limited in their artistic style
15:41 Success in art styles leads to imitation
19:33 Artistic influence is unpredictable and perpetual.
21:28 Art should outlast everybody
25:17 Painting technique and contemporary themes in art
27:03 Mark Tansy's unique art style and use of symbolism in paintings
30:47 Different art styles can have a lasting impact and relevance.
32:41 David Lettle Beauvitz is an amazing chef and influencer
36:08 Making old stories accessible to people through simple language
38:02 Different art styles and materials
41:53 Discover your art style by trying different materials and compositions
43:41 Different artists discussed their preferred art styles and techniques
47:25 Embrace the process and try everything to find your art style.
49:15 Explore different art styles to find your own
52:47 Encouraging children to try new foods
54:39 Addressing influences in art creation
58:23 Master copy is helpful for dissecting a painting
1:00:11 Transition from one-off pieces to targeted art series
1:04:06 Finding the rhythm that works for you is important
1:05:56 Transitioning from sparse, graphic style to luscious black and shading
1:09:47 The project 'Falling' is emotionally charged and focused on the artist's personal experience with depression.
1:11:38 Realized wanted a photo, not sculptures
1:15:21 Artists may struggle with unpredictable content for subscribers
1:17:14 Tutorial on art styles and experimentation
1:21:03 Teaching art provides artistic freedom
1:22:50 Exploring different art styles and artists' work.

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I want to thank you at Art Prof for your work. I'm enrolled in a post-grad art research program and it has been very confusing. I'm autistic and my research project is related to autism but my professor doesn't seem to get that I need exemples and extra explanations to understand even what the program itself entails. I'm extremely passionate about arts and I was somewhat happy with my work so far (I'm still at the beginning of my career and I see my technical flaws, but I'm having fun), but interacting only a handful of times with this professor made me feel so inadequate and incompetent. It's artists like you at Art Prof who make content online with clear explanations who really help me stay focused and want to work harder 🧡 Thank you!

[azalea]

An artist once said: "Your style evolves by itself". I find that to be true.

[suppohkram]

Those tissue pieces are so beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like it, and I’m really inspired by how you really used the medium to heighten your subject matter (I read themes of fragility, aging, deteriorating...).

I’m find myself also getting hung up on trying to perfect my technique and foundations before I can even pursue a subject/topic, which in the end burns me out and I don’t even get to touch the subject matter. So, thank you for the advice!

I’m relatively new to Art Prof, but I’m really enjoying all the videos I’ve seen so far. Thank you and team for doing these videos!

[luciditywaling]

Your advice is what my heart tells me. I'll have to ignore what my teacher is currently telling me about finding a style and setting it down. Thank you for these videos. They really do help. I'm a middle-aged woman finally taking time for myself to learn and grow. Artist is the first thing I ever wanted to be.

[screeningmimi]

LOVE you guys, thanks for being FREE...you are the best. I've felt so disconnected from my art, and from my environment. You always teach what we need to know.

[chucknickerson]

Based on the younger artists I know this strikes me as an excellent topic. 'Find' seems like the correct verb; do lots of work and let your style emerge.Being that I'm late to art (65) and my day job is a career, I don't have to sell any work.I just need to identify the theme(s) that are important to me and execute them in the mediums that work. Three years in and I'm working in carving, art glass, and oil painting.

[TheGinabur]

Note on Hirschfeld, he always put his daughter’s name ”Nina” in each of his paintings. He would sign his art with a number, letting the viewer and his daughter know how many times he used her name in the work.

[lynnsindoni]

Just wait till your my age 66 and like photos of youth, you will go back in your memory and finally love the art works of your youth. It brings back time and knowledge you forgot.

[SMANWELL]

As a young artist in high school it seems like finding a style is a given and that being academically high in technical skill is highly sought after. For me, at least, style comes as the small quirks of the person making art, the cadence of their marks and the combined active and passive choices of the artistic process.

[binkieinkisham]

Ive been through the system such as yourself.one thing i distinctly remember is, "do not compare yourself to others" or there is no freedom or joy. Please do not keep beating yourself up about your art, you are one of the best draughts men (person) ive cone across. ❤

[juliakrikman]

I feel like there's a theme of calm, quietness, and solitude through all your work

[aholman]

Professor Lieu, million thanks for this video. I am just getting ready to put together my first website so I can show and sell my creations. BUT, my style and products are vast different and all over the place. I was worried and struggling to decide which style I should be showing. But now, after listening to you. I have NO FEAR now. I shall show ALL my work even the early studies. Because it’s all ME. Hahaha.