How to Find Your Style as an Artist

Have you struggled to find your style as an artist? If so, this video is for you. I believe we all have a unique voice and we can all make interesting, compelling and unique artwork. But to do it, we need to tap into the deeper parts of ourselves - and most of all, we need to stop looking outwards for the answers. We already have everything we need.

Each week, I share tips, tricks, advice, and inspiration to help you take your art to the next level.

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[xVentax]

‘When styles were being handed out, I guess I just didn’t get one’. That made me laugh a lot! 😂😂

[velvetbees]

"When we see a piece of art that's unique, unlike anything we've seen before, and that resonates with something inside of us, we want to own it. The artist has expressed something unique to herself, but it's connected to something inside of us." Beautiful, Lousie. Thank you for saying that.

[JeanetteHouse]

“...you have to lower your standards.”
Boom! There it is! That’s what trips me up.
Great message, thank you. x

[chellegriggs]

I 'literally' was just in tears tonight, while watching another art channel and said to my husband, "I'm afraid to start painting for fear of not having (what I call) 'The Eye'..." This video was exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you so much.

[babyem]

I never thought about my art like that before. You just opened my eyes to something I always struggled with. "But, nobody will like that, that looks hideous" Thank you.

[heatherstrobel]

Thankyou for your explanation it was perfect. It was said exactly how I needed to hear it to understand. 😊

[brendaoquin]

This video could not have come at a more perfect time. I’ve been painting for over 7 years now and have become so frustrated. What’s my style and why haven’t I found it yet? Or, have I? Why am I even doing this? Why aren’t most of my paintings turning out? Why is it so frustrating? Ha! This video helped tremendously. Thank you so much. It’s artists like you that help encourage, prod along, and inspire us other artists who might be in a season of frustration. Thank you again for being here.

[annettedonohue]

Louise... you are the voice of hope! You know what you are saying is true and your desire to share this truth is truly appreciated by all who have tuned in to see and hear you. Gratitude🙏🏼

[TheKeefusoutdoors]

I love how you explain things in layman's terms but with such clarity. Thanks.

[wickchick]

Everything you said resonates with me! I instinctively feel the work I produce is not really ME, and it is exciting to me to think that I have my own voice! Thank you so much for this Louise I have downloaded your e-book and it shall be pondered and read many times as I learn who I am. Love from Sheelagh, Wick, Caithness x

[dennisobergfell]

Appreciate your words. You addressed things that have I’ve let hold me back and for the affirmation that discovery of ones style and what does and does not work in a painting can only really come from doing/trying, not from fear of failure or an inability to creates works like those made by artists I like.

[velvetbees]

This is my second comment. One thing that helped me in college art classes was drawing quick sketches of something or an imaginary person, or just abstract shapes upside down. Then spinning the paper right side up to see it. Most of the time it was delightful to see how weird it looked. Other times I made paintings from what was there because it was so funky and cool looking. That does so many things. One is it tells you more about your own artistic aesthetic. Another thing is my college professor grabbed one of my oil pastel drawings and scribbled lines on it. I was so shocked and got mad at him. He said I could do better and challenged me to fix it. In trying to fix it, I discovered a whole new way of using oil pastels that I love. He did me a favor, and he absolutely did know what he was doing because he had me figured out. He was an excellent teacher. The best art prof I ever had.

[pamelabarron]

I'm so happy that I've found your youtube channel..You are so lovely and inspiring. What a wonderful positive gift you have for explaining the world of making art. I hope you have fared well amidst this unsettling time and are able to carry on. Thank you with all my heart.

[mendyviola]

Just ran across this at the right time. I took up visual arts at the beginning of the pandemic as a way to cope and spend many lonely days. I started with adult coloring books, then colored pencils and tracing drawings and color matching to make realistic drawings, sumi-e, then realistic botanicals, then illuminated letters, calligraphy, etc, and now am doing abstracts. It’s a struggle to find my own personal niche, but the journey is worth it.

[lauramarlow]

I want to thank you so much for this! I can’t wait to get to my studio and play now! This is exactly what I needed to hear.

[sjmsutherland]

It took me many years to find my style, and now it's completely natural to work abstract expressionist and I love it!! I found that ignoring those nagging doubts in my head, and just going for it helped a lot. I just thought about what I liked to paint!!

[experi-mentalproductions]

I think the best way to find your own style in any art form (painting, film, music, etc) is to consume other people's art, and instead of thinking about the things you like about them (although that is also a good idea), think about the things that you don't like, and the things that you would do differently.

[ingridphillip]

I’m a new abstract artist! And yesterday someone asked me “what’s your medium style “ I didn’t know!! Because I was just painting 💕💕

[jacprice]

Great advice! I teach this in my workshops too, yet in a "me" way of course. Thanks!

[John-rbyv]

They will want to own it!
Resonating with a complete stranger....
WONDERFUL feeling
Thanks!