Ep. 321 Extra Awesome: Art as vocation with Jordan Leigh Tellis

Sorta Awesome

Cloud10

Education, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

For many people, creating art was a beloved pastime of childhood, and it may be a source of creative relaxation as an adult. But some people follow their natural gifting and develop the skill to turn art into a vocation. Today, Meg talks to Awesome artist Jordan Leigh Tellis about what that path has looked like for her, and how an unexpected portrait subject has allowed her to be part of the lives of customers in a meaningful way. Find Jordan Leigh Tellis’ Etsy shop here, and follow her on Instagram at @j.leigh.tellis.art Resources for getting started with watercolor: Anna Mason online art school Emily Lex online art classes Get started with gouache Gouache set Follow Sorta Awesome on Instagram or join our community on Facebook! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hi, awesomes, welcome back to sort of awesome.
1:10.4	I'm your host Meg Teats and welcome back to the Extra Awesome series.
1:15.6	As you know on the Extra Awesome series of episodes, we take a little break from our regular
1:20.4	programming to talk to people who are doing amazing things in the world.
1:25.6	I am so excited about this episode of Extra Awesome because I get to chat with one of
1:32.2	our awesomes who I have been enjoying getting to know via Instagram, her beautiful art,
1:38.8	Jordan Lee Tellus.
1:39.8	Hi, welcome to sort of awesome.
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