Ep 025: Behind The Scenes: Adriana's Studio / by Jackie Sanders

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Behind the scenes from Adriana’s Studio! In today’s episode we bring you into the candid conversations that happen over coffee in our art studio. We cover everything from brainstorming an art reality show, finding structure within the inevitable creative drift, the many hats you need to wear as a career minded artist, the importance of finding magic within the creative process.

 
 

Studio Chat Time Log

2:00 - Brainstorming an art reality show

3:50 - Establishing art production weekly goals

5:00 - Reverse engineering your monthly painting and financial goals

8:30 - A sample one month 31 day challenge

9:40 - Thinking about both a quantity goal and an income goal at the same time

10:20 - Finding structure within the inevitable creative drift

11:44 - Establishing an annual painting goal

12:30 - Facing the negative perception of discussing the business side of the art process

14:00 - Acknowledging the inevitable time limitations of various creative mediums

14:32 - The stereotype of needing to separate business and art for visual art

15:00 - Comparing the perception of visual artists with actors and musicians

16:58 - Preparing for the flow of clients as a business owner

18:11 - The importance of finding magic within the creative process

19:02 - Reverse engineering a musicians goals

19:32 - Creating an evolution of artwork

20:01 - Taylor Swift and John Mayer

22:05 - What do you want to be known for as an artist?

23:19 - Once you make a painting, it belongs to the person who is suppose to have it in their life

23:35 - The process of letting go of your art

27:46 - Selling reproductions vs originals

28:45 - The societal shift with the art and business relationship

32:06 - The many hats you need to wear as a career minded artis

32:30 - Hiding a painting in plain sight

33:06 - Jackie’s Virginia Tech Exhibition Design Experience Hanging the work of _____

36:02 - Setting the Orientation of your artwork

36:25 - Where and how do you sign your artwork?

40:40 - Thinking of your public facing studio as a store display

44:00 - Using a video to cast the vision for collectors to see artwork in their space

44:57 - The art making process belongs to you, the artwork belongs to it’s future collector

46:20 - Using First Friday as a mile marker in our business goals

48:00 - The need to establish art production goals

52:00 - Balancing Weekly and Monthly Income and Art Production Goals

1:00: 51 - It takes 100 crappy paintings to make a good one

1:02:35 - There is no checklist with the creative process

1:04:00 - Balancing intuitive creativity and the critical eye within the art making process

1:08:10 - The process of obtaining valuable feedback

1:15:40 - The difference between creating cousin and sibling paintings

1:20:50 - Documenting your ideas when you are inspired so you can use them during moments of burn out



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