Ep 62 - Sketching Here & Everywhere with Christina Wald
Release Date: 06/16/2023
Ep 79 - Thinking in Watercolor with Jessie Kanelos Weiner
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Author, illustrator, and stand-up comedian, Jessie Kanelos Weiner speaks about immigrating to France, performing stand-up in two languages, and her meandering journey as a creative person. She speaks about pivoting from costume design to find work as an illustrator, making books at the intersection of art and writing, balancing a creative career with parenthood, and her latest book - Thinking in Watercolor. 🖌️ Learn more about Jessie’s work on her , follow her on , and sign up to her . 📚 Buy her book, . ☕️ Like this episode? ! ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on and...
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Ep 78 - Being an Artist-in-Residence (forever!) with Maria Coryell-Martin
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Maria Coryell-Martin is an expeditionary artist and co-founder of Art Toolkit. In this conversation, she speaks about the historical importance and modern relevance of expeditionary art, and how she uses project proposals and deadlines to structure her artist-life. This episode offers inspiring advice and good ideas to practice your art in a way that resonates with your life and physical environments, while remaining pragmatic about how to make all of that work. Maria is exhibiting art from her ferry residency at the from May 1st to July 31st. In March 2026, Maria had a studio-based...
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Architect, teacher, and author of multiple Urban Sketching books, Stephanie Bower does not like to be called an artist. At some point, this conversation addresses how Imposter Syndrome never really lets go of us. Stephanie illustrates the serendipitous journey of her life, from architect to illustrator and traveling the world with her sketchbooks. From one open door to the next, runs a common thread - the desire to learn and the passion to teach others. *** 🙌🏽 [] Stephanie Bower’s books on urban sketching, and [] her on IG. ☕️ [] this episode? Buy me a coffee! 📫 [] to...
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Ep 76 - The Life and Works of Tommy Kane
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Illustrator, author, and former ad man Tommy Kane talks about his journey from obsessively drawing as a child to obsessively drawing as an adult, the creative business of making ads, and the role of serendipity and persistence in his fascinating career. 🖼️ Check out Tom’s work + buy his books on his website: 💻 Add SneakyArt to your inbox: 📖 Buy Nishant’s book “Make (Sneaky) Art”: ☕️ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee:
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Ep 75 - Live in Portland with Amy Stewart for the Sneaky Book Tour
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In this episode, host Nishant Jain speaks with Amy Stewart at the Broadway Books in Portland (OR) at the penultimate stop of his book tour. They speak about creative growth, interactions with readers at book events, and Nishant's philosophies around drawing. The conversation is followed by insightful questions from the audience. 📚 Buy the book: 💻 Watch this conversation on YouTube: 💌 Sign up to Nishant's newsletter: ❤️ If you enjoyed this episode, buy Nishant a coffee:
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Ep 74 - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Book Tour
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Ep 73 - Being the Travel Artist with James Richards
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Artist, writer, educator, architect James Richards talks about his new book - The Travel Artist - the one that he was “born to write”. What does it mean to hold to your creative vision even in the face of contrary professional advice? What do we learn, and what must we unlearn, to take a creative project from ideation to execution? What are the ideas we pick up from traveling and observing the world, and how does Jim embody the spirit of il dolce far niente (the sweetness of doing nothing)? This is a conversation about doing everything and doing nothing, and a life weaving through both of...
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Ep 72 - Preview the Artist Life with Genine Carvalheira
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Ep 70 - Defining your own Adventure with Samantha Dion Baker
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New York-based artist and author Samantha Dion Baker introduces her latest book - Draw your Adventures. What are good ways to think of the word ‘adventure’? Does it always need to be an exotic, foreign location? Sam and Nishant discuss ways to craft a personal definition of adventure, free of other people (plus social media) opinions. Then big questions creep in! If all knowledge already exists on YouTube, what really is the job of the how-to book? If artists are self-driven, why do we benefit so much from community? Also, are disembodied hands easier to draw than hands attached to their...
info_outlineCincinatti-based Christina Wald speaks about how to live as, and making a living from, being an independent artist and illustrator.
This is a conversation about how to work for yourself while meeting client expectations. It is about Christina’s multiple successful Kickstarter projects, including her latest book (link below).
This episode is for anyone eager to chart their own path as an independent creator. Lots of practical advice, listen carefully!
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