This time we're exploring the topic of Success and Succeeding at Art! We examine what success means, and give advice on how to be successful.

Artists mentioned:

Caylee Grey: https://www.cayleegrey.com/

Roxanne Coble: https://www.bybun.com/

Effy Wild: https://effywild.com/

Tamara Laporte: https://www.willowing.org/

Michael Hafftka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hafftka

Key Takeaways

1. Define what success means to you by:
2. Assessing whose idea of success, you’re subscribing to
3. Examining if your values match the idea of success, you hold
4. Healthily and cautiously comparing yourself to the right people
5. Hearing other people’s definition of success to broaden your ideas of what success means
6. Consider that success does not just mean fame, wealth, and fortune
7. Success can be found both in prospective and retrospective thinking.
8. Clues of success differ, BUT when something leaves you energised, it might be a clue
9. Consistent actions over a period of time is a healthier view of success
10. Our views on others success can be myopic as we don’t see their work and failures leading up to it
11. You can be fulfilled in your art practise and what you create, and commercial success can be a supplementary process to this experience rather than the main goal
12. Setting yourself up for success can be physical actions like: Journaling, eating for energy, lowering barriers to entry, rituals, or transitional activities OR psychological, such as: acknowledging the vast space between zero and painting.



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