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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Top Tips for Overcoming Rejection and Criticism as an Artist Everyone experiences setbacks and rejection. But overcoming rejection as an artist is all about how you bounce back from it.  Einstein failed his entrance exams to university. J.K. Rowling was turned down by twelve major publishers. Vincent Van […]

Episode 44: Top Tips for Overcoming Rejection and Criticism as an Artist

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE How to Overcome 5 Creative Challenges Art is a lot like exercise. So many people think that you have to wait for inspiration or motivation to strike. Or that you have to somehow be a natural or a prodigy. It’s just not true. The one thing you need […]

Episode 43: How to Overcome 5 Creative Challenges

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Should You Create Under The Influence? I want to start this episode off with the caveat that my intention with today’s topic is not to piss people off. Your opinion is your opinion. I’m not here to judge you or be the boss of you.  My only intention […]

Episode 42: Should You Create Under The Influence?

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE How to Have Fun And Make Money With Commissions (Heads up — this episode was released in November of 2023. However, if you’re here after the holiday season, you can still apply what I cover on the podcast to ANY commission work you do. Enjoy!) The holidays are upon […]

Episode 41: How to Have Fun And Make Money With Commissions

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE How Great Composition Takes Our Art From Meh to Amazing You know I’m not one for rules. Nine times out of ten, if you asked for my advice, I’d say “Fuck the rules” — especially when it comes to art. But the truth is, some “rules” exist for […]

Episode 40: How Great Composition Takes Our Art From Meh to Amazing

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Ana Stapleton: A Creative Force What lies on the other side of your comfort zone? So much, y’all.  When we do something new, when we break from the path, when we take the step (even when we’re scared)… those experiences bring us lessons and revelations we otherwise would […]

Episode 39: Ana Stapleton: A Creative Force

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE 5 Things to Do Today to Enhance Your Art Sales & Creativity  To build a successful art biz, you probably already know that you need to have the business skills down (and the art skills, of course). Because you want to earn a living, right? You know that […]

Episode 38: 5 Things to Do Today to Enhance Your Art Sales & Creativity

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Anne Neilson Proving There Are No Limits for Artists “Coming into your own.” It’s something we have to do as kids (gosh, remember being a teenager?? No thanks). It’s something we have to do as adults. It’s absolutely something we have to do as artists.  No one picks […]

Episode 37: Anne Neilson Proving There Are No Limits for Artists

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE How Music Impacts Creativity If you know me, you know that I am a lover of music. I still blast Prince songs and belt out the lyrics in my car like I’m a teenager. Music is constantly playing in the background of my workshops — including our meditation sessions.  […]

Episode 36: How Music Impacts Creativity

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Trust Your Instincts: When to Put the Paintbrush Down Every artist lives for that high. You know the one. It’s the moment when you step back from the canvas and nod approvingly to yourself, “Finally, it’s done, and I LOVE it.” A moment when you’ve trusted artistic instincts, […]

Episode 35: Trust Your Instincts: When to Put the Paintbrush Down