Anyone can be an artist. You can be an artist!This positive and friendly guide is aimed at beginners who want to be able to use their own ideas to make art but don't know where to start. It encourages the reader to bring art making into their life, form good making habits and helps them find ways to overcome perceived obstacles and build their skills as they go. It has a great focus on the fact that anyone can make art and can begin now. It is not a 'how to' for a specific medium but rather an invitation to welcome art making into one's life.People have preconceived ideas about who can be an artist, they think it's only someone cool living in New York, or Paris, not just an ordinary person living in a small town or a little city, but anyone can make art. You don't have to be cool or live somewhere amazing or have lot of money. An ordinary person can make extraordinary art if they choose to welcome art into their life. The only thing that defines being an artist is being a person who makes art.The hardest part of making art can be sitting there facing that blank piece of paper or that lump of clay wondering what to make. This book will show you how to get ready for that moment, armed full of ideas and the confidence to begin.Do you believe that having ideas for art is difficult and that ideas are rare? Start Making Art Today will show you how easy it is to have ideas to make art, and see that ideas are everywhere, you just have to notice them, little glimmers of gold in the sand. Art making is a beautiful open-ended question with no one correct answer. It's about exploration and adventure. Sometimes things will go wrong but that's ok, it's all part of the journey.This book will show you that making art is about bringing joy and satisfaction, connection and meaning into your life.