“We do not always create works of art, but rather, experiments.
It is not our intention to fill museums. We are gathering experience.”

Josef Albers

10 things you need to be an artist

10 things you need to be an artist

What are the things you need to be an artist? And - much more importantly - what are the things ✨YOU✨ need to be an artist? Today I'm sharing a non exhaustive list of things I've found to be essential on the artist path - and they might not all be what you'd think....

How to feel confident calling yourself an artist

How to feel confident calling yourself an artist

So let me ask you the question of the day - do you feel confident calling yourself an artist? If not, you'd probably be shocked to discover how not alone you are in that. After a very unofficial - but very telling - bit of research on Instagram, I discovered that so....

10 quick tips to improve your art

10 quick tips to improve your art

Want to improve your art this year? Course you do. 😁 Yes, there are lots of obvious ways to do that - take a class, practice a lot, learn a new skill or technique. You know what to do. But sometimes that's a bit vague and abstract, and easy to keep pushing into the...

3 approaches to filling the creative well

3 approaches to filling the creative well

As artists and humans, we all know the importance of filling the creative well in order to stay engaged with our work and sustain our practice. We've all heard the metaphors - put your oxygen mask on first, you can't pour from an empty cup, etc. In fact maybe we've...

8 Presents for Artists

8 Presents for Artists

At this time of year, I like to gather together some of my favourite and most recommended ideas for presents for artists - whether that means the artists you know and love, or the artist you are! {Or both!} So here are some of the discoveries I made this year, some...

Struggle to call yourself an artist?

Struggle to call yourself an artist?

This post is all about the 'I am an Artist' challenge. Although the live session has now passed, you can still take the challenge in your own time. Click here to do that.  ~~~~ Back in 2013, I had a conversation that, little did I know at the time, was going to change...

Tara Leaver

artist + teacher + creative encourager

Welcome, artist friend!

I'm Tara, an artist, teacher, and creative encourager living by the sea in Cornwall in the UK.

I'm the creator of the Happy Artist Studio, an artist membership providing practical, process oriented guidance to support you in building a sustainable and fulfilling happy artist life.

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