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This book is a necessity for every artist. It was such an easy read because it felt like a conversation. Lisa’s book is not only inspiring but transformative as it highlights and tackles a problem that most creatives face – the act of finding your artistic voice/style. We often see famous artist and we forget that they were once amateurs (literally a paraphrased quote from the book). Famous creatives found their voice and it all came from conscious and intentional practice.
I gave this book five stars because it’s just pure gold. The illustrations and the messaging were so good. You just have to read it to get the full picture.

I agree with the reviews that say the text is too small and light gray, but buy a pair of reading glasses from the dollar store (like I did) and get over it, because this book is worth it!
I went to art college 20 years ago but felt frustrated with the department I was in, and was working full-time to afford it and eventually I burned out and dropped out. I’ve always regretted it. Now that I am an old lady, I am getting back into making art. I want to do it full time and make money at it and I have been researching how people do that. I never found my “artistic voice” and I stress out about that. This book is full of brilliant insight from professional artists who have been there. I book marked all the pages I want to re-read and there are about 50. There is a quote from an artist in here that completely changed my life. I’m paraphrasing, but he said, “Your artistic voice is the swag bag you get for attending the (art) party, not the ID badge you need to get in the door.” In other words, show up every day and make art and your artistic voice will be your reward. I love that! This book is full of the wisdom needed to get from aspiring artist to professional artist. I highly recommend it!

I bought this book signed at a conference after hearing a presentation from the author. Then I participated in a virtual book club with conference members to go through it a chapter each week and apply it to life. Really a great lifelong handbook even if you are a thriving, successful artist or someone who’s not sure if you can call yourself an artist.

Such a wonderfully inspiring book.

I re-read periodically. It a great basic, a refresher. The artist interviews are interesting, however, I do wish some of the artist did have a ton of degrees behind their names.

I am not a professional artist and do not aspire to be one but I have made my own artwork off and on over the years and was an art education major as an undergraduate. I had never thought about my own voice and was interested in discovering what was possible if I challenged myself. I found many helpful suggestions and ideas in this book—some thoughts to ponder for sure. I also liked the interviews the author conducted with a number of working artists to allow more than one perspective. The section on how to manage influences from other artists without falling into imitation was especially useful. I would recommend this—the author met my expectations.

Lisa has a way of looking at art from multiple perspectives and really digging in to what it means to go down the path of developing your artistic voice. A helpful guide!