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Do you know finding your artistic temperament is crucial to your art career?

A lady on my Facebook group recently shared that she likes the bold, expressive styles of paintings, so she took an artist’s course in that style. But deep down, she was not sure of herself. Even though she made some beautiful pieces, she kept second-guessing the details of her paintings.  

Intuitively, I felt that bold and expressive style isn’t aligned with her artistic temperament. 

Temperament is defined in the dictionary as a person’s nature. So I came up with the term artist temperament to describe the natural artistic style that aligns with your God-given personality. 

For example, from Rambrandt’s paintings, you can conclude that he is a humanist who’s profoundly passionate and sensible to the individuality of his subject.

On the other hand, modern artist Badquiat’s art is described as “full of frenetic but also very directed energy and vivid, simple colors.” (From: https://www.jean-michel-basquiat.org/paintings/),  reflecting his turbulent art life. 

Every Successful artist is a highly effective communicator whose art is harmoniously aligned with their artist’s temperaments. 

It doesn’t matter the style— elaborate or austere, traditional or avant-garde, great artists resonate with humanity as a whole in a broad range.  

Dig into your innate artist well—your natural born temperament. Reflect on what draws you, what triggers you, what makes you excited, and what makes you think. 

Growing up, I was always a little melancholy. I love to feel deeply, finding beauty and harmony in the little things around me. 

No wonder I always draw to traditional beauty and realism. It doesn’t matter how hard I try to venture out of my zone; my art style always returns to it. Don’t get me wrong. It’s a great practice to explore and experience new styles, techniques, and theories. You can always incorporate new things to add to the excitement of your art adventure. 

But don’t ever feel that you need to change your artist temperament to fit into the newest trend.

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