{"id":79887,"date":"2026-05-14T13:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/?p=79887"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:13:47","slug":"developing-your-artistic-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/developing-your-artistic-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Your Artistic Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Developing-Your-Artistic-Voice-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79892\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Wonderful, Creative You: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This quarter in <a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/the-gathering-membership-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Gathering<\/a>, we are focused on developing your voice as an artist. So many of my students tell me that they love the slow drawing and botanicals we create, but they struggle to make their own patterns and drawings. They want to make work that is uniquely their own, to express and translate the beauty they see. We have created a cohort so that students can support and help each other to create an idea generation system that works for them. After teaching this month&#8217;s Simple Patterns workshop, I wanted to offer some key mindset tips to play like a child and develop ideas like a scientist, as well as another concrete example of pattern iteration to play with this month. I thought it would be fun to share all of this with you too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Developing Your Voice as an Artist\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QzTEQpa74_Y?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can get the Your Artistic Voice PDF I mention in the video here, it&#8217;s free! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"convertkit-form wp-block-convertkit-form\" style=\"\"><script async data-uid=\"fa131357b9\" src=\"https:\/\/mindful-art-studio.kit.com\/fa131357b9\/index.js\" data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" data-no-defer=\"1\" data-no-optimize=\"1\" nowprocket><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would love to hear what variations you are going to make to the ovals series I&#8217;ve shown you here. 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