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The experts: artists on 20 easy, mind-expanding ways to be much more creative | Art | The Guardian

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Move around, observe the world, draw on the bus, find your space … and don’t try too hard. Great artists describe how we can find inspiration every day Creating art isn’t just a pastime, it is a way of living. But how can you nurture a more artistic existence? Artists share their advice on how to be more creative. Helen Cammock was one of the winners of the Turner prize in 2019 and says she didn’t have artistic tendencies as a child, despite being the daughter of an art teacher. “Just because you can’t draw something in a representative, representational way, it doesn’t mean that you’re not creative,” she says. Cammock, who lives in north Wales, works across “film, photography, print, performance, writing and text”. She is hopeful that art lessons at school have changed to be less focused on representational drawing and painting. Cammock was 35 when she began studying art – after a 10-year career as a social worker. She says it is important to keep challenging ourselves by trying new t

‘Perfection is overrated and the mistakes are often far more interesting,’ says Alberta Whittle. Illustration: Thomas Hedger/The Guardian View image in fullscreen ‘Perfection is overrated and the mistakes are often far more interesting,’ says Alberta Whittle. Illustration: Thomas Hedger/The Guardian The experts Art This article is more than 2 years old The experts: artists on 20 easy, mind-expanding ways to be much more creative This article is more than 2 years old Move around, observe the world, draw on the bus, find your space … and don’t try too hard. Great artists describe how we can find

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