The phrase "artist studies" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the academic or practical examination of art and artistic practices, often in an educational context.
Example: "The university offers a variety of programs in artist studies, focusing on both theory and practice."
Alternatives: "artistic research" or "art studies".
"The more music an artist studies and is exposed to, the wider the framework they can draw upon.
Why this should be so is hard to say; perhaps a certain heightened visual curiosity kicks in when an artist studies an animal, and the effort to match observation and marks on a surface gives a more finely tuned animation, as it were, to the representation.
A "pre-Square" artist studies his craft his entire life, struggling with dead, inert, chaotic matter, trying to breathe life into it; as if fanning a fire, as if praying, he tries to ignite light within a stone; he stands on his tippy toes, craning his neck in an attempt to peek where the human eye cannot reach.
This is how the modern artist studies their art form.
This beautiful and scary art what happens when an artist studies scientists at work.
Despite the common trope of the "tortured artist," studies have shown that the creation of art can actually enhance happiness and prolong feelings of pleasure.
In the Archaic period, the artist studied the visual pattern of the naked male body.
She became an artist, studying with William Merritt Chase, who encouraged painting outdoors (avant-garde at the time).
At the end of our artist study, we put out paints in the colors of Rousseau's jungle paintings.
Born in 1939, this French artist studied briefly at the École des Beaux-Arts before withdrawing into a life of odd jobs.
What will Ms. Zazo -- who is also an artist studying for a certificate in art museum education at the college -- do for an encore?
