Find Your Artistic Voice, Lisa Congdon
Find Your Artistic Voice, Lisa Congdon
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Find Your Artistic Voice
The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic

Author: Lisa Congdon

Narrator: Lisa Congdon

Unabridged: 3 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2019

Synopsis

Bestselling author, artist, and illustrator Lisa Congdon brings her expertise to this guide to the process of artistic self-discovery.

Find Your Artistic Voice helps artists and creatives identify and nurture their own visual identity.

This one-of-a-kind book helps artists navigate the influence of creators they admire, while simultaneously appreciating the value of their personal journey.
• Features down-to-earth and encouraging advice from Congdon herself
• Filled with interviews with established artists, illustrators, and creatives
• Answers the question how do I develop a unique artistic style?"

An artist's voice is their calling card—it's what makes each of their works vital and particular

Author Bio

Lisa Congdon first started making art as a hobby in 2001, and five years later began showing and selling her work. Today, Lisa makes a full-time living as an illustrator and fine artist. Known for her colorful and intricate paintings, drawings, and pattern designs, Lisa works for clients around the world, illustrating books and stationery and designing fabric and housewares. She is the author of the book Whatever You Are, Be a Good One, and she has participated in numerous exhibitions, including shows at the Contemporary Jewish Museum and Bedford Gallery. Lisa keeps a daily blog about her life, work, and inspirations called Today is Going to be Awesome. She lives in Oakland, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy on February 05, 2022

The book’s main takeaways to find your voice are: show up, make art every day, practice what you want to be good at, and give you fears a big bear hug. When it gets hard, don’t stop, keep going, and even embrace the monotony, because many of these difficulties are part of the artistic process. I appr......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on May 10, 2020

This book just didn't delve very deep, in my opinion. It sort of seemed like the equivalent of reading some motivational quotes that, while true, make you just go "okay... and..." and then not apply anything to your work. I did like that she made a distinction between "style" and "voice" in the begi......more

Goodreads review by Dona's on July 17, 2022

"One of the things I learned when I began making art was that there was so much more to my story than I ever realized....The boring interior life I previously related to was transformed into an inner world so intriguing to me that I couldn't contain it." p36 Half of Lisa Congdon's FIND YOUR ARTISTIC......more

Goodreads review by Chris on September 09, 2019

Listened to this not as someone who does visual art, but as a writer. It was like getting a pep talk from a trusted friend, something we all occasionally need. I appreciate that it’s short, and I’d recommend it for someone who needs a quick boost. I listened to the audio version, and it made for a f......more

Goodreads review by Maryse on September 01, 2019

I make art for my own personal pleasure and have no interest in becoming a professional artist so I was concerned this book would be a how-to on finding a voice that sells. But it wasn’t at all. Very thoughtful and thought provoking for someone like me.......more

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