One of the most daunting aspects of pursing a creative or artistic career for many aspiring artists is not knowing how to learn the craft. So, we asked some very talented artists and creatives to talk to us about how they learned their crafts and we hope their stories will help you in your journey.

Matthew Rosas

I’ve always been intrigued with fashion and how to express what’s in my head without saying a word and I found fashion to be that outlet. So I decided to start making my own clothing and taught myself how to sew. Read more>>

Dominic Drouin

I learned how to make beats before learning how to put rhymes together. I started by going to see my friend produce for about half a year and picking up skills from what I saw him do. Read more>>

Erica Putis

Ever since I was a little kid I have always been creating. Whether it was making clothes for my Barbies or making jewelry to sell to my fellow 3rd graders, I was always looking for ways to make something creative. Read more>>

Benjamin Rockow

I gained my knowledge of my craft from taking as many art courses as possible throughout my schooling. First in high school and then again when I attended college. Read more>>

Roxane Dupont

The only way to really, efficiently, learn any craft is to practice. But before practicing anything, you have to actually start doing it. Read more>>

Mark Walters

I had been in school in England and my family moved from Hong Kong to the US . I wanted to be an architect or designer. I had been an artist my whole life but I really enjoyed design and architecture and was really focused on that for a career. Read more>>

Kayla Bierei

Most of what I’ve learned in production has been through trial and error. I never expected to find myself working in production at Gen-Z new media company. Read more>>

Lina Adjogble

Polymer clay completely shifted my path when I discovered it. It’s everywhere, which is great, but I wanted to stand out. I knew I had to keep learning and pushing myself. Read more>>

Adrien Broom

I am a self-taught photographer and installation artist. Photography can be viewed as being so technical, and I think for a while that really intimidated me. Read more>>

Ricky Ortiz

It’s never just one craft with art. I taught myself how to draw from a very young age. I grew up with a love for comic books, and used it as a source of reference as I taught myself. Read more>>

Jocelyn Sipowicz

Initiative to iterate has been one of the most helpful keys to learning my craft of Print Design. In school and college, I created volumes of illustrations and paintings for many projects and assignments, perfecting stylistic skills with practice. Read more>>

Helen Cardamone

I’ve loved making art since I was a kid, but I only began oil painting in college. My university encouraged a lot of playfulness during the painting process. Read more>>

Maureen Hagerman

I came out of the womb with a sketch pad in my hand. One of the ways I learned was through practice and indulging my passion for art. I, also, had 2 great professors in college, whom I digested every word from their mouths. Read more>>

Astrid Francis

I moved to the United States from Germany when I was 25. Although I appreciated art from a very early age, went to museums and bought art books, it wasn’t until after I had come to America that my passion for art intensified. Read more>>

Veronica Jara

It has taken me eight years to learn what art supplies I like, and which ones work best in my Bible. Every Bible Journaler’s strength is different, some like to use mixed media, others just like to take notes and highlight passages in their Bibles. Read more>>

Parker Fenady

One of my favorite parts of this industry I’ve experienced is the versatility in terms of modes of education. On the most basic level, by engaging with film and television content as a viewer, we learn. Read more>>

Amanda Black

My background is actually in photography. I earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Studio Arts with an emphasis on Photography, and I call it my first love in regards to the arts. Read more>>

Katie Gilchrist

Learning has been a life long pursuit; one that I’m still actively engaged with as I continue to train as an Intimacy Professional. Much of what I do/have done/continue to do was learned by watching/listening. Read more>>

Lorenzo Beronilla

I learned my craft literally on the job. I had no formal training as a matter of fact becoming an actor was an accident. I never had any wish as a child or an adult to become an actor. Read more>>

Adam Kudzai Mararirakwenda

During the self-learning process,I was seasoned and taught by different professionals in the industry of arts such as Hillary Indi,Sean Mambwere,Tendai and Daves Guzha and many more. Read more>>

Shannen Slaughter

Arts & Crafts have always been a passion of mine, ever since a young age. For my birthday, a friend took me to a candle making class and I instantly fell in love. Read more>>

Sal Soriano

My music journey started in the latter part of my current age in life. I was always a big fan of music (multiple languages & genres). Read more>>

Brittany Robert

I started printmaking in March of 2023 sort of on a whim. I was at my local craft store when I came across a linocut carving kit that caught my eye. Read more>>

Caroline White

I’ve always been drawn to the way that home objects can influence a personal space. I first learned how to throw on the wheel by taking a class in Boston where I lived at the time. Read more>>

Rosemarine

The very first instrument I learned to play was the brass flute. I was seven years old and attended Horace Mann School (K-8) in North Bergen, New Jersey. Read more>>

Ashley De Vor

I embarked on my artistic journey at the age of 11, during an unexpected month-long stay at my grandparents’ dreary trailer in Bakersfield, CA. Read more>>

Kacee Friedman

I believe we are never done learning about our passions. Being an artist is my life’s work, and I’m always growing and evolving. I’m a self taught artist who went to school for Fashion Design and Television Production, and worked mostly in Film and Television for most of my life. Read more>>

Scott Rennie

Learn how to learn better. Try something you’ve never done before. Be unafraid of failure. And take your time. What’s the point of life if not to experience new things? My woodworking journey began in middle age, and most unexpectedly, as I just woke up one day and decided to carve landscapes into wood. Read more>>

Crystal Wood

Photography is one of those things that you never really master per se in my mind’s eye. I feel like it is one of those crafts that you will be continuously learning until the day you die. Read more>>

Carrie Hardaway

There is a unique privilege in owning your own design and art company – you get to experiment with all types of mediums. With each passing season of life, I find myself in a state of restless evolution, a sentiment I think is shared by many artists. That change is reflected in my work. Read more>>

Andras Bality

It has been Very important and helpful for me to spend a great deal of time drawing the figure and painting observationally to understand how to make a successful painting. Read more>>

Adam Greenfield

In 2011, a few years shy of 40 years old, I discovered podcasts. They opened up worlds of humor, storytelling, deep insight, and a look into the lives of people we never really used to have. Read more>>

Lance Vargas

There was nothing I could do to speed it up really. All the mistakes were learning opportunities. My art is very unique and there was only one path to it. Read more>>

Kyle Fang

I am a photographer whose main medium is film. Photographer rooted back to as early as 2007, when my fifth grade teacher exposed (non pun intended) the class to photography as his own added subject in his unique curriculum. Read more>>

Ken Sallee

When I first started creating content around beard products, it was a hobby. I have a beard, I buy products, so I figured I would have fun talking about them. I never realized how much those goals would transform over time. Read more>>

Greg Hanna

I started building model cars as a kid. In all scales ranging from 1:24 to 1:12 scale. The problem is space. Ten years ago I discovered people making custom Hot Wheels. And that was the perfect blend of modeling and space needed. Read more>>

Lindsey Bender

I’ve always loved painting and drawing but I began to take art seriously when I started college and decided to take drawing I as one of my electives. Read more>>

Alexandria Miller

I’ve always loved reading, so much so that my books are some of the most treasured possessions I own –albeit a pain when relocating for school and work. Read more>>

Bolanle Pace

I taught myself my version of paper art. I started out by learning all that I could about making paper flowers mostly from books and the Internet. Read more>>

Jason Kapcala

I can’t tell you how many times I have had people find out that I am a published novelist and respond, “Oh, yeah, I probably could have done that, too. I have tons of stories to tell.” Read more>>