Discovering Artistic Passion Later in Life
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Bianca Lever exchanged the lowlands of The Netherlands for the rolling hills of Italy where she now lives and works as a full-time artist. In this episode, Bianca discusses her challenges transitioning from a hobby to a professional artist, her inspiration, and what she is doing to attract new audiences.
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From Teacher to Professional Artist
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If you love making art and you’re secretly wanting to embrace the life of an artist. Then listen up! In this episode, I chat with UK artist Jane Beaumont. After a fulfilling career as a teacher and therapist, Jane finally took this step herself. Find out how a love note from her husband encouraged her to take the first brave steps, how she started sketching every day, soaking up inspiration on social media, and intentionally steered herself towards life as a professional artist. Mentioned in this episode: Quote: David Whyte, "Will you have confidence in what you love?" Artists: David...
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Part 2 - Interview with UK Artist Mish Maudsley
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Mish Maudsley aka Mishfit's art occupies the hinterland between street art and fine art painting. An active part of UK street art for over 15 years, she has since painted internationally from the streets of Melbourne to Europe’s biggest street art festival, Upfest. Her most recent foray into the world of London art fairs follows an incredible array of live painting venues over the years. From her studio in Brighton, she is now embracing a more refined approach, combining spray paint and oil paint, to create an energetic style that captures the raw process of creativity. Clashing traditional...
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Part 1 - Interview with UK Artist Mish Maudsley
HELP! I AM ARTIST Podcast
Mish Maudsley aka Mishfit's art occupies the hinterland between street art and fine art painting. An active part of UK street art for over 15 years, she has since painted internationally from the streets of Melbourne to Europe’s biggest street art festival, Upfest. Her most recent foray into the world of London art fairs follows an incredible array of live painting venues over the years. From her studio in Brighton, she is now embracing a more refined approach, combining spray paint and oil paint, to create an energetic style that captures the raw process of creativity. Clashing traditional...
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Part 2 : From Graphic Designer to Working Artist
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If you need some art fuel, listen to what South African artist Duncan Stewart says about art. I recently interviewed him for my podcast; his words are still resonating in my heart. 'Art is ingrained in our deepest being. Our collective experiences, DNA, genetic makeup, and contexts have made us all wonderfully unique. In our own right, every human being is a magnificent artwork. Art can bypass our intellect and rational thinking, and it can penetrate the soul and we can be moved. It’s a language by which we can connect on a deep level.’ Good stuff! Now that should silence those...
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Part 1: From Graphic Designer to Working Artist
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From graphic designer to working artist, Duncan Stewart walks us through his journey and shares what he’s learned about living as an artist along the way. Coming from a traditional family of lawyers and bankers, Duncan never saw himself becoming an artist, even with an insatiable appetite to draw and paint. Though he studied, and later worked, as a graphic designer, he eventually gave himself the opportunity to explore the underlying desire to create. At 22 years of age, while working in an advertising firm, Duncan allowed himself to explore his artistic tendencies and attended art school in...
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Bringing Unseen Art down from the Attic
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As a visual artist, you love spending time creating your art. It's fun and exciting to turn what you are passionate about into something you can share with others. However, trying to find ways to promote & sell it effectively is another story altogether. How can something you are so committed to do be so frustrating at the same time? This is a question serial entrepreneur, marketing expert & television producer Mauritz Briët asked himself. It struck him that the artists he knew were having a hard time connecting what they were creating with an audience ready...
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Best Art Practises for Visual Artists in 2022
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Your journey as an artist won't always be smooth and easy. Your income will fluctuate, your energy will shift, and your focus will change as projects come and go.
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Connecting with your Art Collectors
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You've carefully created your art and are ready to share it with the world. To do this effectively you need to understand who your potential art collector is!
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Turning Passion into a Profession
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From a young age Dido had 2 big passions. Music & Art!
info_outlineIf you want to grow in your art and start to make a living as an artist then you need to take ACTION.
If you're tired of making your art, only to have it sitting around your studio collecting dust then take a listen!
If you're frustrated that all your social posting and your artist website is giving you little to no results and you want to move forward but you don’t know where to start.... then this podcast is for you.
Are you ready to make 2021 your best year ever?
In this episode I break down your artist's success path into manageable, doable steps.
To help you on your journey I’ve created a framework, a clear map for you to follow.
This framework is based on these 3 main areas:
- Who you are as an artist,
- What kind of art are you making,
- How are you going to connect that with an art audience?
When you get clear about these 3 things you will start to make your art with more confidence, promote it with more clarity and sell your art with more connection.
In this episode I break these crucial parts so that you can beat the overwhelm and create momentum by breaking it all down into smaller steps, I have poured this success framework into my Working Artist Course.
This online training will give you all the steps you need to make and sell your art.
I only open enrolment 1x per year and on February 15th 2021 I'll be opening up the doors to the 2021 edition of my 12 week course.
Join the waitlist to receive updates and additional course information.
Whatever you choose, your creative success won’t just happen by chance, it takes careful preparation and planning.
To get you excited about what is possible for your art and your art career I’ve created a special resource for you.
The Artist Success Guide is here to help you take your NEXT STEPS.
The questions and tasks will give you more clarity as to how to connect your art with your potential art buyer.
Head over to my website to access this Artist Success Guide
https://www.sonjasmalheer.com/artistsuccessguide
Each day (for 7 days) you'll get the next step of the 7-Step Framework, filled with inspiring examples, direct tasks and actions steps, sent directly to your inbox.
If you commit to getting it done and taking action on the tasks, then you'll start to see results and have more eyes on your art by the end of the guide!
Enjoy the podcast and be inspired as you take steps with the GUIDE.