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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE How Artists Can Let Go of Perfection and Play More With Nina Berenato Are you sacrificing play for the sake of perfection? As artists, play isn’t just a luxury — it’s a necessity. It’s the lifeline to our creativity. When we play, we unlock new ideas, experiment without […]

Episode 84: How Artists Can Let Go of Perfection and Play More With Nina Berenato

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Pro Tips for Titling Your Artwork What’s in a title? Turns out, everything. Especially when it comes to your art. In the creative process, we ride the ups and downs of making a painting, tweaking it until it’s ready to share with the world. But then comes the […]

Episode 83: Pro Tips for Titling Your Artwork

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE How to Choose Your Color Palette as an Artist Listen — I want you to feel more confident in your art. That’s why we need to talk about something…color! Yep. It is one of the most basic elements of artwork but also one of the most overlooked and […]

Episode 82: How to Choose Your Color Palette as an Artist

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE How A Professional Photoshoot Can Benefit Your Business with Alicia Leigh Rios Let me start by admitting something: I really don’t like having my picture taken. Sitting and posing in front of a camera feels incredibly awkward to me. You might be surprised since I record a video […]

Episode 81: How A Professional Photoshoot Can Benefit Your Business with Alicia Leigh Rios

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Why Even Introverts Need an Art Community What do you have in your artist’s toolkit to help propel your career forward? Professional grade supplies? A never-ending well of motivation or inspiration? Understanding your why?  How about a community? I have to confess that even though I have several […]

Episode 80: Why Even Introverts Need an Art Community

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Alternatives for Selling Your Art Other Than Instagram Social media only tells you half the story.  I know firsthand how easy it can be to scroll through Instagram, see other people selling their work, and wonder what you’re doing wrong because yours isn’t going fast enough.  Can I […]

Episode 79: Alternatives for Selling Your Art Other Than Instagram

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Lighten Up! Here’s How to Make Your Art Fun Again We’ve forgotten how to have fun as adults.  We often stifle ourselves of the creative freedom and rebellion that we were so ready to live off as kids. The freedom that helped us have fun and explore our […]

Episode 78: Lighten Up! Here’s How to Make Your Art Fun Again

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE How Your Art Validates the Human Experience This episode is for all the artists out there who don’t understand how important you, and your art, are to the world.  You aren’t just painting — you are barring the most important parts of yourself onto the canvas. You’re connecting […]

Episode 77: How Your Art Validates the Human Experience

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE The Life Changing Effects of An Artist Committing With Jodie Gear  It’s my honor to know, and introduce you to, this week’s guest on the Honest Art Podcast. Though we’ve only known each other for a year, working with her inside Studio Elite has been an absolute joy. […]

Episode 76: The Life Changing Effects of An Artist Committing With Jodie Gear

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE How to Talk About Your Art  Why is it that talking about our art is the hardest thing for us artists to do? We’re reluctant to give an answer when asked about the why behind our work. We twiddle our thumbs and stare at the ground. We honestly […]

Episode 75: How to Talk About Your Art