Recently, I shared my top 5 struggles on my IG story to introduce my Free Journal Prompt For Self-Taught Artists. I would also recommend you get this free download; it will really help you get your thoughts out and on to paper. For this blog post I wanted to elaborate on my struggles a bit, and offer my advise for any self-taught artists that are dealing with the same issues.

In my experience, the term “self-taught” has seemed to carry a negative connotation depending on who I’m speaking with. Sometimes self-taught artists get a bad wrap. I’ve read enough condescending articles to get the gist: We’re just amateurs that don’t know our way around the art world, making our “folksy” little art projects. I don’t believe that. In fact, I believe we self-taught artists bring a lot to the table.