How To!: Be an Artist and Not Starve
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🗓️ 2 August 2022
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Summary
Elaine picked up watercolor painting during her two year, cross country RV adventure with her family. She quickly fell in love with gorgeous nature scenes and found the creative process meditative and healing. But now she's wondering if her art could be something more. On this episode of How To!, multitalented artist Aaron Dworkin has tips for Elaine and other aspiring artists on how to live a 'portfolio life' by finding your signature style, following your passions and ultimately getting paid. He also shares insights for unlocking your creativity even if you don't fancy yourself an artist.
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| 1:30.1 | podcasts. Thank you. You know, I'm not making this art as an ego exercise. This really is |
| 1:40.5 | just it brings so much joy to my life. I want to bring joy to other people's lives. |
| 1:45.6 | Welcome to How To. I'm Amanda Ripley. When I think of artists, I think of two categories, |
| 1:52.5 | right? First, there's capital A artists like Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Miles Davis, you know, |
| 1:58.9 | people whose whole worlds revolved around their craft and became larger than life. Then there |
| 2:04.8 | are, you know, all the lower case A artists, regular people like you and me whose creative work |
| 2:10.3 | helps them through life. But what if you're somewhere in the middle wanting to try to be a |
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