The Motivation of Art: Painting a Positive Self-Portrait

This book provides action steps to eliminate the self-doubt that affects how you see yourself as an artist. You’ll discover that artistic skills aren’t beyond your ability to learn. It’s time to dispel old ideas and dismiss beliefs that are holding you back about art, artists, and art education to reveal a motivating environment calling you to action. History’s greatest artists will lead the way as you begin on a new journey to realize your true potential.
You’ll discover that artistic skills aren’t beyond your ability. It’s time to dispel old ideas and dismiss beliefs that are holding you back to reveal a motivating environment calling you to action. History’s greatest artists will lead the way as you begin on a new journey to realize your true artistic potential.
The first half of the book identifies the myths and misinformation that lead to self-doubt and contribute to self-perpetuating beliefs. Aspiring artists need to recognize the social narratives that are undermining artistic efforts and realize how they’re delivered through pop-culture stereotypes and pseudoscience art lessons.
The second half of the book offers tangible and realistic actions that motivated artists for centuries. Your plan on the path to a new routine is supported by brief biographical sketches and motivational examples of how every artist overcame obstacles, hardships, and personal struggles.
Motivation leads to work, work leads to improvement, improvement leads to competence, competence leads to confidence, and confidence leads back to motivation. It’s the positive, self-perpetuating cycle of “The Motivation of Art!”