landscape artist

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Sarah is a watercolor artist, photographer and nature enthusiast based in Seine et Marne, France. She paints beautiful landscapes and she teaches online on Skillshare.

I have been following her work for a while and it was such an honour to invite her and talk to her about her process. In this episode, we chatted about her love for nature and how it inspires her to paint, why is it important for her to create and how it all began. Sarah creates every day. At least one painting a day. I find it fascinating. I hope you'll enjoy learning about her journey too!

Here's what we talk about in this episode:

• a little background and intro about Sarah and her work
• how she lost touch with her creative side while growing up and why that happened
• when money is involved it impacts the way you show up for your creativity
• how moving to the countryside played a role in her connection back to her creativity
• she paints landscapes in watercolors and how it all began
• her struggles in the beginning
• how everything doesn't turn out how you want it to be in the beginning
• learning to accept the beginner stage
• becoming okay with experimenting
• the medium of watercolors invite experimentation
• how she developed her own unique style with time and what the journey of finding her own artistic voice looked like
• committing to practicing
• doing a 100 day project for painting
• current project: 30 day project of painting forest inspired by the colors of autumn
• why is it important for her to create and celebrate nature through her work
• having the time and space to slow down and be mindful
• stepping outside of your comfort zone
• advice for creatives who are struggling to find their own artistic voice
• how she likes to spend her days
• having a morning ritual and starting your day with doing something for yourself that brings you joy
• making a habit of painting a painting every single day
• teaching online skillshare classes
• speaking and teaching in English when it is not your first language
• learning different languages
• focusing more on the process instead of the outcome
• learning that there are no right or wrong ways of doing things especially in creating art
• having a dream and making living from your art
• finding the motivation to keep going
• to or not to monetize your art

Find links to the resources we discuss in the full show notes.

Sarah's website and Instagram

Sarah's Etsy shop and Skillshare courses

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Maria is an artist living in Stockholm, Sweden. She paints mostly abstract landscapes in watercolors and acrylics. Her aim is to capture the majestic nature and reserved cultural atmosphere of Scandinavia in her art. Her hope is that her work will bring a sense of calm to the viewer.

This episode is about Maria's story of growing into an artist. She shares her personal struggles and where she is at now in her journey. We talked a lot about making art and what stands in the way and how to approach it. There is a lot of great advice for creatives.

This episode is a treat for visual artists and painters as her approach to art is inspiring and uplifting. I really hope you'll enjoy the conversation as much as I did and take something of value out of it.

Here's what we talk about in this episode:

• a little intro about Maria and her work
• growing up with an artist mother and how she felt afraid of her work being compared to her mother's
• choosing graphic design over painting and making art to follow the structure plus rules and saving herself from getting it wrong
• painting for the sake of the process in private
• moving through the discomfort
• taking a leap and taking two years off to paint and figure out what she would like to be doing next
• how she is managing her time and work online
• managing the company and showing her work online
• the creative freedom that we all long for
• taking the pressure off by allowing yourself to not make money from your art
• finding your style and how to go about it
• putting in the hours in your art practice is important
• how she approaches painting
• ways to keep yourself motivated and not getting disappointed along the way
• creating without focusing on a specific outcome but creating for the sake of creating
• an exercise for perfectionists who would like to paint
• the 100 day project of painting
• how one can take the pressure off your paintings
• growing and developing as an artist
• detaching your self-worth from your work allows you to experiment more
• learning to not think what other people say about your art because it is not for everyone
• advice for someone who is starting out
• investing in fewer good materials instead of having more cheaper ones
• struggles with not wanting to waste the materials and how to go about it
• her struggles with creative blocks

Find links to the resources we discuss in the full show notes.

Maria's website and Instagram

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Landscape artist Stephen Datz discusses his life story of growing up in Colorado and his struggles to become an artist, the son of a philatelic dealer.  Stephen explains his path of becoming an artist first in plein air art before turning his art style into a more modern aesthetic.   A must-listen for any artist that wants to make art as a profession.