Welcome to the savvy painter podcast, the podcast for artists who mean business. Here's

your host, Antrice Wood. Hello, it's Antrice and welcome welcome to the Savvy Painter Podcast.

Before we get started, I wanted to let you know that Savvy Painter T-shirts will be available again

from Saturday, December 5th, through December 15th. That just ensures delivery by the holidays. So if you

want to check it out go to savvy painter.com forward slash t-shirts. There's some

really cool designs there for you.

So this is part one of a two-part interview with the artist Tony Peters.

In this episode, Tony and I talk about his formative years at the Arts Center College of Design in Pasadena

and what he learned by assisting and being mentored by several influential artists there.

We talk about the Church of Art. That's a term that we made up, I think, while talking

about making observational drawing sacred. It's sort of the lifeblood of artists, and in figure

drawing studios a community we often take for granted.

By now you might be expecting this or at least not find it surprising, but Tony and I also

dig into psychology, focus, and even brain science.

Yeah, we actually mention Europlasticity

during an art conversation.

Tony and I talk about meditation

and how that impacts our work and even how to optimize your

practice by being selective about the environment and the people that you spend your time

with. So without further ado here's Tony Peters.

Tony welcome to the savvyby Painter. Thank you so much for being on the show and taking the time to talk with me.

Thanks for having me.

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