Hello it's Antries and welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter

podcast Katie Schneider is my guest today. Katie paints intimate scenes

mostly from her six foot by eight foot studio in her

basement. She plays with questions like how do you fit all of this in such a small space? And when you see her paintings you'll know what I'm talking about.

Katie includes all disciplines in her creative life. She consistently challenges the beginner mindset by doing things like taking

up pedal steel guitar, composing music, and even taking up ballet. Katie reflects on navigating the guilt artist feel when they are not in the

studio and giving herself permission to be creative in all other ways. Katie paints from

her home in New York. She also teaches

drawing and painting at Smith College and she has won numerous awards for her

children's books. Here's Katie Schneider.

So Katie, thank you so much for being on the show with me today.

Thank you for having me.

I'm curious if you remember the first painting that you did that you were really proud of sort of the painting that made you say yes this is my calling I can do this I would have to say that was paint by numbers yeah that first

probably about five, six.

I mean, I knew I really loved painting at that moment.

I can't remember anything past that.

I mean, I can't remember any really poignant moments later on when I would have been making something a little bit more personal.

That's what really comes to mind. I think it was a few poodles or something, but just putting

blotches down next to each other and then they suddenly

look like something. And I just found that incredibly fascinating and exciting. And I also like

the smell a lot. I thought the smell was really unusual and it was just so new and totally thrilling and I like you know

What would you say? I like sitting with something small and working on it.

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