Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles

If you are an artist you need to make your art or your quality of life is diminished. Esteemed creative counselor and experienced artist coach Beth Pickens offers practical advice for developing a lasting and meaningful artistic practice in the face of life's inevitable obstacles and distractions. With creative ways to address the challenges all artists must overcome—from making decisions about time, money, and education; to grappling with isolation, fear, and anxiety. An invaluable resource with strategies for building a successful creative practice from mixing business and friendship to marketing yourself on social media, this book can help. The Artist's Way for the 21st century; no matter where you are in your art-making journey, this book will motivate and inspire you. You are not alone, what you do matters and someone out there wants you to succeed; not only do you need your art—the world needs it, too.