262 - Interview with Sema Martin

Show Notes:

262 - Interview with Sema Martin

Sema left an engineering job to pursue her passion for colored pencil art. She was able to figure out how to thrive as a commission artist, drawing animal portraits for clients from all over the world.

She wrote the book, Art Is My Career, to help you start your own art commission-based business. This book is a friendly, practical guide that shows you how to make your dream a reality. Sema shares expert advice on everything from writing a business plan to pricing your work and raising your profile as an artist. Learn how to start taking commissions and ensure your long-term success.

References From This Episode

Sema Martin’s website: https://www.semamartin.com/studioshop

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261 - Parkinson's law

Show Notes:

261 - Parkinson's law

We all know that colored pencil is one of the slowest mediums to work in if not the absolute slowest.

But if our expectation is that working in this medium is slow are we creating a barrier that doesn’t exist?

What if you didn't think about the medium is being slow but instead, you thought more about Improvement in your execution skills. 

John discusses this on the show around the idea that is often termed as Parkinson’s Law.  “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”

Other Resources for Artists

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• Learn a groundbreaking new technique in the Colored Pencil Painting with Water Course.

• Download the FREE 90 day Colored Pencil Learning Roadmap to learn exactly what to do in your first 90 days in colored pencil.

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260 - Colored Pencil Skills That Cannot Be Taught

Show Notes:

260 - Colored Pencil Skills That Cannot Be Taught

There are some skills in colored pencil that just can't be taught. In this show, John discusses some of these items. 

To a new color pencil artist, it can seem like stumbling upon the right trick is just around the corner if only someone would reveal the secret! But in reality, there is no secret. Instead, there are some things that you just have to figure out on your own.

Listen to the show to find out what these specific items are.

Other Resources for Artists

Ready for personal, tailored art mentoring? Check out the new Art Mentoring program and how you can get started for free!

For the full video versions of the interview podcasts, join the Member’s Circle.

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• Learn a groundbreaking new technique in the Colored Pencil Painting with Water Course.

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Stay sharp!

069 Skills vs Fairy Dust

Show Notes

Sharpened Artist: Colored Pencil Podcast

Release Date: September 12, 2016

Topic: Skills vs. Fairy Dust

Points of Interest:

This week’s episode is full of humorous anecdotes about artists who seem to rely on magic “fairy dust” to create their art. Is this a valid approach for a professional artist? Tune in to hear John and Lisa’s experience with this fairly common perspective.

Links Referenced:

No outside links this week!

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