{"id":66806,"date":"2022-07-07T04:19:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T04:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artspainter.com\/?p=66806"},"modified":"2022-07-07T04:19:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T04:19:19","slug":"do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-an-artist-a-blog-about-what-it-takes-to-be-an-artist-a-qa-style-blog-with-the-worlds-most-famous-historical-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artspainter.com\/blog\/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-an-artist-a-blog-about-what-it-takes-to-be-an-artist-a-qa-style-blog-with-the-worlds-most-famous-historical-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Artist? A blog about what it takes to be an artist. A Q&#038;A style blog with the world&#8217;s most famous historical artists."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4SlORQi_-SI?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1\"><\/iframe>Are you an artist?<\/p>\n<p>Do you have what it takes to be an artist?<\/p>\n<p>Are you the next Vincent van Gogh, The next Pablo Picasso, The next Michelangelo, The next Leonardo Da Vinci, The next Salvador Dali?<\/p>\n<p>Can you make it in the world of art?<\/p>\n<p>Or are you just a hobbyist who paints for fun. Someone who will never make it as a professional artist.<\/p>\n<p>Are you going to be one of the 1% who makes it big or are you going to be the 99% who don&#8217;t make it?<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know what the challenges are and how to overcome them then this is blog is for you. This blog gives a Q&#038;A style breakdown of what it takes to be an artist. Each blogger has a different type of art and background, so there is something here for all types of artists. If you ever wanted to know what it takes to be an artist this is the blog for you.<\/p>\n<p>Are you creative? Are you passionate about art, music, or design? Do you dream of being a professional artist? Well, do you have what it takes to be an artist?<\/p>\n<p>We all know there is more to being an artist than just talent. There is the drive to keep at it when no one is paying attention. Talent alone isn&#8217;t enough.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is a collection of thoughts and answers from some of history&#8217;s most celebrated artists. It&#8217;s their insights into what it really takes to develop your talent and make your dreams come true as an artist. Whether you are a musician, painter, designer or animator, this blog will give you some ideas on how to find success in your chosen field.<\/p>\n<p>As the title of this article implies, the first thing you have to ask yourself is &#8220;Do I have what it takes to be an artist?&#8221; Answering that question is not as easy as it may seem. On the surface, being an artist seems like a very glamorous profession; artists are free spirits who are often revered for their talent, and there is always an air of mystery surrounding them because most of them prefer to keep their work private.<\/p>\n<p>The reality of a career in the arts is not quite so glamorous. First and foremost, being an artist means that you have to be able to produce work consistently over an extended period of time. You can&#8217;t just expect to be able to create one piece that will make you famous overnight and then coast from there on your fame. Artists struggle throughout their careers to create works worthy of being displayed in galleries or shown in movies or featured on television. In order to do this, they have to practice every day, honing their craft until they have perfected it.<\/p>\n<p>If you are serious about becoming an artist, you&#8217;ll know that there is no room for slacking off. Any missed day of practice could mean weeks of lost progress when you try to catch up again. This can be discouraging when you realize that even established artists<\/p>\n<p>No matter where you are in your artistic journey, be it whether you&#8217;re a beginner, amateur or pro, there are important things to know about being an artist. How do you find that inner voice that allows you to express yourself in a way that only you could? What&#8217;s the best medium for creating your masterpieces? What&#8217;s the right tools to use? How do you become one of the greats?<\/p>\n<p>There are many artists out there who only want to find out about the easiness of being an artist, but for those who are looking for the meaning of life through art, this is an article that you should read.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of his life he lived in poverty, dying of starvation and drinking absinthe, a cheap French wine which contains wormwood and can have hallucinogenic effects.<\/p>\n<p>He sold only one painting during his lifetime: The Red Vineyard at Aries (1888).<\/p>\n<p>Despite this widely-held view, Van Gogh was not merely a madman who had occasional moments of lucidity. He deliberately sought to be a great artist as well as a good one. &#8220;For me&#8221;, he wrote to his brother Theo, &#8220;it is an immense question mark whether or not I am really cut out to be a painter.&#8221; He prepared himself meticulously for his career, studying with several artists in Brussels before moving to Paris in 1886 where he studied with Fernand Cormon and others, absorbing the influences of Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism and Japanese woodcuts. He exhibited at the Salon des Ind\u00e9pendants in 1887 and afterwards contributed work to various avant-garde exhibitions held in Paris between 1888 and 1893.<\/p>\n<p>In the last few decades, historians have done a better job of sorting out the facts of van Gogh&#8217;s life. They&#8217;ve discovered that he was a far more disciplined artist than people realized at first, and have employed more rigorous methods in analyzing his work. The result is a richer and more complicated picture of van Gogh than there used to be. But it is also a more complicated picture than you might expect.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you think that if you are talented enough, it doesn&#8217;t matter what else you do; you&#8217;ll be successful anyway. But the evidence suggests otherwise. Van Gogh was an enormously gifted artist, but even so he would probably have been forgotten today if he had approached his career differently. At the end of his life he produced some of the most admired paintings in history, including two of the most famous works in the world. But at the time they were ignored or rejected by nearly everyone who saw them.<\/p>\n<p>That is because van Gogh wasn&#8217;t just an artist; he was also a salesman. And because he chose to devote most of his energy to being a salesman, he wasn&#8217;t able to devote enough energy to being an artist. 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