As if you see my series of blog posts, all are designed such to give a detailed insights for a freelancing creative life . I am focusing the persons who want to quit their day job and going to freelance embracing their gift of ‘being creative’. But they have lots of doubts and a scare in their mind. My aim is to give them a support yet a transparent idea regarding it’s benefits, challenges and tips to overcome them.
I am so delighted and grateful to feature these freelance creativitist (creative artist) of different skills as their stories may help you to get inspired, to understand various options available in freelancing and to unfold the secrets of creativity.
Let’s a warm welcome our first guest artist. Her art style makes me enchanted every time she posted on Instagram. She has an expert control on her medium whatever she use. She also educates how to create expressive watercolor portraits on Skillshare.
Luz Elena Caballero
Netherlands
A painter, An illustrator.
“ I am a full time artist and officially start to freelance since 2015. I not only make paintings using oils, but I also use ink and watercolors for my illustrations. Inspiration behind my art is fashion, watching people, flowers, the seasons, food, almost anything. I love travelling and immersing myself in different cultures. I have lived in Colombia, where I was born and raised. Now I am currently living in the Netherlands with my husband and two sons.“
A lil bit of her Journey
” Being creative and expressing myself have always been part of me. As a child I loved drawing, but I also enjoyed singing and performing for members of my family (something I would not dare to do nowadays!).
I went to art school. I have bachelor in fine arts. Painting is my passion. Besides it, I also do fashion illustration, book illustration, and anything I might be curious about.
Being an artist is an integral part of me, it doesn’t matter whether I’m painting with oils/watercolors or trying to learn surface pattern design. I think what makes us creative is to be curious and to follow that curiosity.
Freelancing offers me freedom, independence and flexibility. Yet, the biggest struggle right now is making an income. Since lockdown, I have had to cancel or postpone a few planned exhibits and the launching of a book project I have illustrated.
I am at the moment learning Adobe illustrator so that I can turn some of my illustrations into patterns. I am 52 years old, so when I went to school there was not such a thing as digitalization.
A snapshot of her skillful Art Gallery
An oil painting 
A watercolor art 
An oil painting 
Watercolor portrait 
An ink portrait 
Mix media art
Besides actually making art, I love art history and (pre pandemic) visited museums, art fairs and galleries regularly.
At Exhibition 
At an art fair
Proud Moments and goals
When look back at my journey so far, I am most proud of an Exhibition at a local museum and a commissioned work to design promotion art for a movie studio.
The ultimate goal of mine is to become a successful artist and growing both my skills and income.
Advice to novices
” It is important to be busy every day with what we are passionate about. It doesn’t matter if it is drawing, painting (digital or traditional), lettering, photography, whatever,… just work at it every day. Practice is the only way to get better and inspiration comes from working ideas out, even the ones that don’t work, will lead you to a new one that might .“
“Try not to be fixed on the result….It is a journey, dare to go along and discover yourself, your voice.”
You can find her:
Website: www.luzelenacaballero.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/LuzElenaCaballero/
