How to find your own art style! 🎨 Tips for self taught artists to find their art style

As it stands right now, i think i've found my art style. Or at least, I've developed a very crystal clear direction of where i want my art to go, which is *kind of* the same thing, right? right??? RIGHT?

Eh, I think it's close enough.

As I've talked about before, I think your art style will grow and change over time as your skills and tastes develop. You are constantly refining your skills, and your style is being refined alongside them. If your style is eluding you, continue to focus on your skills and your tastes, and it'll happen naturally.

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[beneaththepaint]

What I learned is that finding your temperament is incredibly important. If you have no patience, chances are you won’t love to paint detailed realism in oils. If you like things done quick.. maybe abstracts using mostly acrylics topped with oils would work best. I’m finally learning what works for me by learning my temperament.

[cgtang]

I found my art style at 29. Now 33, still lots more to learn. Just wanna say, don't beat yourselves up if you don't find it as soon as you want. It takes times. Lots of times. Mine was like just had fun with trying all styles I was interested in and see how it goes for like 3 years straight. When I felt like any particular style doesn't fun to do, I can't keep doing it, or made me too anxious, it seems not what I was looking for. But even so, there still are some elements that I can pick and mix and improve what I like to do. Being patient helps me a lot.

[beneaththepaint]

Thank you for this. I’m still struggling to stick with a style after years of creating. I just love everything!! It’s so hard to choose. I feel like I’m putting my creativity in a box. I see so many artists paint the same thing over and over again which is awesome! But I can’t do that. Which I feel I should to be successful. To be honest I don’t like the unspoken “rules” of art. I just want to create! Even if it’s not the best avenues to take business wise.. I just want to paint.

[Eli_Arch]

I'm just starting to take art seriously and your videos have been a great guide in this journey 😊

[teabbyg-oxsr]

You don’t need an art style just draw what you want and if you like something keep adding it. Your own art in itself is an art style.

[AngelaLochCross]

I love that you are able to articulate many of the frustrations and thoughts I've had as an artist. That part about adding more detail in an effort to cover up not knowing the geometry was spot on. I always look forward to your videos as I always learn something about myself as an artist. Thank you.

[Lozanofineart]

Glad you found your style!! Being in the art field, I gotta say that is one of the hardest things to do, it takes allot of dedication and time creating to finally find it! So happy for you! Cheers

[WeblightDreams]

I am currently working on improving areas of my style to better represent the art I love.

[lestervandermerwe]

Another great video Kelsey, I agree with all the steps that you mentioned. I think the one thing that makes it difficult for some to find their style is the pressure to find a style. Often the style sits right in front of your eyes, but you are stressing so much it doesn't come across that obvious. Again great video 10/10.

[kalilavalezina]

I love your point at the end. I did a terrible bit of painting last night and woke this morning with the dreaded "I can't do it" feelings. Your video made me feel better - thank you. :)

[arleighbarley]

I’m with you on all your points, and I agree with you. I am laughing at myself because I misheard you say “totalism” as an art style so I was googling while your video was playing because I had never heard of it. And I found some results but they didn’t seem to be what you were talking about, then I realized you were saying “tonalism” lol. I am a retired graphic artist moving into being a fine artist. The lack of direction and deadlines is really difficult to adjust to, so I have been setting assignments for myself just like you were talking about. And emphatically “yes!” on the granular observations and goals.

[TriniRoyQuiReyes]

I LOVE loose brush strokes and vibrant hues, and carefree forms and shapes I totally appreciate you Kelsey love😘. ThanK you for sharing this awesome exercise

[lemaartist]

The master studies have beeen one of the thing that helped me the most when I was learning landscape art, it's such a wonderful tool, and you can choose exactly what you want to study, the shape language, the brush strokes, colors and light, the composition, you name it, you can make a ton of studies just from one piece. Great to see how have you go about in your journey!

[RubysArtsyLife]

Yes! Finding your style is such a long progress! Your art will always evolve based on what you enjoy doing! I’ve been working hard with being consistent in what I enjoy creating.

[marmyyetter]

Great advice and tips! Thank you so much!

[mlcs]

Some really great tips, especially being very specific. Thanks

[stacinarducci]

This was one of the better art-style videos I've seen!! Very helpful info. Thanks for putting it out there.

[jeannes]

I like how you talk to the camera like you're talking to your best friend. It makes me feel like you're rooting for my art journey.

[MickenzieSmith]

No way! I’m loving the art history bits you’ve been incorporating! Especially when you share an image example ❤

[chucknickerson]

This is the first video of yours I've seen and I'm new to making art. I'm really impressed with your ability to discuss a topic often considered too 'squishy' to tackle. I'm now a subscriber!