Welcome to the Honest Art podcast with Jodie King, a weekly chat with yours truly looking at the intersection of art, life, soul, and building a thriving career as an artist.
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Honest Art with Jodie King
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Finished Your Painting? Vital Next Steps Most Artists Forget To Do You finished the painting. It’s dry. It’s gorgeous. You survived the uglies. And then you stare at it like … now what? This episode is for every artist who has ever completed a piece and realized no […]
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE How Artist’s Style Can Evolve Without Losing Their Audience What if the real risk is not changing your style, but staying the same? After 22 years as a professional artist, I have painted everything from sassy women with bold words to colorful cows to layered mixed media to […]
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Finish Your Painting With Confidence: 15 Actionable Steps to Push Through The Fuglies If you’ve ever looked at your painting mid-process and thought, “This is going nowhere,” congratulations. You’re a real artist. Because every painting has a dip. Every single one. It’s the fog. The fuglies. The muddy […]
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Start a Painting with Me in My Art Studio If you took a holiday break (or even if you didn’t), and since coming back, you’ve been standing in your studio thinking, “I don’t even know where to begin,” this episode is for you. Starting a painting can feel […]
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Ask Me Anything: Your Burning Questions, Answered (Part 6) If there’s one thing I know for sure after 20+ years as an artist, it’s that there are no dumb questions. Just a lot of artists pretending they’ve got it all figured out. Spoiler: none of us do. That’s […]
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE 5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Start with the End Results in Mind Let’s be real: control feels safe, but it’s the fastest way to strangle your creativity. If you’re walking into the studio already picturing what your painting should look like, you’ve skipped the best part … the unknown. […]
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Stop Copying. Start Creating: Reference vs Imagination Here’s a spicy truth bomb: if you’re only painting what you see in your reference photos, your art is going to be boring AF. Yep, I said it. And I can say that because I’ve been there … painting cows that […]
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Avoid My Mistakes: 7 Art Tips I Wish I Knew Sooner When I picked up a paintbrush at 35, I didn’t know a damn thing about painting. No art school, no mentors, not even YouTube tutorials. Just me, a canvas, and a whole lot of misguided enthusiasm. Which […]
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE What to Do with Abandoned Canvases If you’re an artist, chances are you’ve got a graveyard of canvases lurking in the corner; half-finished, fugly as hell, and haunting you every time you step into your studio. Well, it’s time to stop letting those ghosts win. Here’s the truth: […]
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CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE EPISODE The Texture Toolbox: Tips on How to Elevate Your Art with Texture Let me tell y’all…getting this episode out to you was an adventure! But we made it, and the result is one amazing show-and-tell session, all about how texture can truly transform your artwork. We often think of […]
