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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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