List of Art Podcast Episodes

In today’s art podcast we are talking about how to be a more confident artist. Is your lack of self-confidence holding you back? I don’t think it matters how experienced we become as artists, we all have this feeling at some point. But it can become a real problem...

Today, we are asking the question, should I loosen up my art style? This episode was inspired by Rachel Reading in our Facebook Group. Rachel said she could draw realistic stuff if she spent hours on it, but she struggled with quick sketching. It’s a subject that is...

In today's art podcast, we’re going to share drawing challenge ideas that will help improve your drawing skills. That could be by taking part in existing drawing challenges or setting a personal challenge for yourself. We’re going to talk about how these challenges...

In today’s podcast, we are talking about Instagram for artists with Amy Eaton from Amytakespictures.com. Amy is a product and brand photographer turned educator. Amy teaches makers, artists and creatives how to take gorgeous photographs for their businesses. Amy talks...

Recently, we asked if there was anyone in particular that our listeners would like us to interview. One of the answers stood out to us. It was from a member of our Facebook group, Rick Fravor. Rick suggested that we interview an artist who is sight impaired, and that...

In today's art podcast, we are talking about artist imposter syndrome which we previously covered in Episode 10. Now is a good time to revisit this subject, because Tara and I have got good reason to be going through a bit of it ourselves. I'm sure many artists in the...

In today’s art podcast, we’re going to delve into the topic of being a self-taught artist and all of the self-doubt that comes with it. We are chatting with Carrie Brummer, creator of the Art Fundamentals Course - Self Taught to Self Confident Online Art Programme....

In today’s podcast, we are talking about idea generation techniques to get art ideas. A few years ago Tara was a bit obsessed with learning about idea generation. It was to overcome that stuck feeling when she was working on a graphic design project. There are lots of...

Today's podcast episode is about the misheld beliefs of being an artist. These are those strange perceptions that non-artists have about how an artist should look, act or be....

In Today's podcast we’re talking about the biggest mistakes beginner artists often make. If we look back to when we first started creating art, with the benefit of hindsight we might have done some things differently. Even now with more experience we still make a lot...

In today’s podcast we are talking about the benefits of starting your art journey later in life. So if you’ve been thinking about creating art or know someone that is, remember it’s never too late, whatever your age....

Today's podcast guest is Carrie Waller. Carrie is an award-winning watercolour artist working in a realistic, detailed style. Her studies in Interior Design and Graphic Design as well as her time spent living in Europe and Asia have influenced her as an artist. Her...

Today's guest is Dan Whiteson, a portrait/figurative painter from London. Since graduating from Central Saint Martins, his work has since been shown in numerous group and solo shows across the UK. It can also be found in private collections all over the world....

Today's guest is Andrea Ehrhardt. Andrea is a professional mural artist based in Springfield, Missouri, but she has created murals all over the world. Many of her murals allow passer-bys a photo opportunity, such as standing in front of Angel Wings. These get shared...

Today’s podcast is all about ten skills that every artist needs. That’s from the creative side of things to admin or business skills. https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xuan8s/EP_85_Ten_Skills_that_Every_Artist_Needs9217g.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS...

In today's podcast we’re going to talk about using your imagination in your art, even if you don’t think you have any. The idea for this episode came from a conversation between Eva Falk-Wall Simpson and Sanna Siira, who posted in the facebook group....

In today's podcast, we’re going to talk about the curse of perfectionism for artists. And one of the first things to consider is why you are striving for perfection. Are you striving for perfection because you enjoy the process of getting there? (That’s not a bad...

Today we are talking about the pros and cons of social media for artists, of which there are many. I think at some point we will all have had some great experiences on social media, whether that is making new friends and contacts or a great comment. But of course it...

This art podcast is all about creating cartoon ideas to draw. The cartoon theme stems from a message from Penny Henrickson which said, Sandra Busby, I would love for you to talk about your comic cartoon process. How did you create and develop your Felicity Fizz...

Today we are talking about oil painting for beginners. Sandra remembers feeling scared to try them initially and so she talks from her own experience. She used to use watercolours because oil painting looked so complicated…. All those weird oil painting mediums,...

In today's podcast we’re going to talk about using your sketchbook to explore and have fun, rather than thinking of it as a portfolio. With the kind of sketchbook flip-throughs  you see online, it’s easy to think a sketchbook should be a work of art in itself… but...

In today’s podcast, we're talking about drawing and sketching people. It’s a subject a lot of people avoid because drawing people can be tricky, especially if they are moving. Drawing people is something that Sandra and I both enjoy and want to keep improving. There...

Happy new year and welcome to today's episode, the first of 2021! Today we are talking about our personal favourite art books… and not just tutorial books, but other inspirational books too. There are lots of obvious ones we could talk about, the Danny Gregory’s and...

Today’s podcast is all about our favourite art materials as well as some of the ones our guests have mentioned to us along the way. We’d love you to share the art materials you love in the comments too. Everyone loves new art stuff don’t they!...

Today's guest is Artist Mike Brennan. Mike's childhood dream was to ​be​ a cartoon. When he realised that wasn’t possible he became the next best thing – an Artist. He loves sharing experiences and making connections through his art, and helping other artists and...

Today's episode is all about how to cope with the feelings of stress and overwhelm that can come with being, or ‘trying to be’ a creative. https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rzfgh8/Ep_74_Dealing_with_Overwhelm_as_a_Creativebjv3d.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify...

Today's guest is Kevin Murphy who is co-founder of the Evolve Art Program. Evolve is an online art school that can teach anyone how to paint in oils to a professional level, in a year or less....

Today’s guest is Chris Riddell, a British illustrator based in Brighton. Chris has illustrated many acclaimed books for children, including Pirate Diary by Richard Platt, and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver, which both won the Kate Greenaway Medal. He also writes and...

This is the second part of our podcast about the best ways to present your artwork. In this part, we cover more of the physical side of presenting your art rather than sharing it virtually on social media....

In today’s podcast, we are talking about the best ways to present your art. Not just our art, but ourselves as artists too. It can mean the difference between selling or not selling your work or just how your art is perceived by other people. You need to appear...

Today’s guest is Russell Nohelty. Russell is a USA Today best-selling author who writes nonfiction as well as graphic novels which he describes as weird books for weird people. He's also an inspirational speaker helping artists to build better creative careers. If...

In today's episode, we are going to talk about the importance of creating art from the heart. And by that, we mean creating how and what you love to create rather than creating what you think you should, or what other people want you to. The more we grow as artists,...

Today’s guest is Mitch Bowler. Mitch has a fascinating story from growing up in a small town in Canada with dreams of being a video games artist, to making his dream come true and moving to live and work in the industry in China. Since then Mitch has created the well...

Today’s podcast guest is Andy J. Pizza from Creative Pep Talk. Andy is an American illustrator, podcaster and public speaker. He has produced vibrant illustrations for clients like Nickelodeon and Amazon. Sandra and I are huge fans of Andy’s podcast the Creative Pep...

Today's episode is all about how to find your art style. But it’s a little different to our usual podcast. We’ll talk about we both found our art style, but Tara will be the main focus, because Tara found hers more recently....

Today’s guest is art journaling expert Caylee Grey from GetMessyart.com. Caylee is a South African artist living in Germany. We really wanted to have Caylee on the podcast as her mission is close to our hearts, to encourage people to have a regular creative practice....

Today’s guest is Laura Frankstone www.laurelines.com. Laura is an Artist, Urban Sketcher and Illustrator from North Carolina. Sandra first came across Laura's work about 12 years ago when she stumbled across her blog. It was Laura that inspired her to start her own...

In today's episode, we are going to talk about completing a creative challenge. As many of us who have taken part in creative challenges will know starting a creative challenge is easy. You start out full of excitement and great intentions. However, maintaining...

Today's guest is Lewis Rossignol, an illustrator and artist based in Portland, Maine USA. He specialises in combining hand-drawn and collaged imagery.​​ https://kickinthecreatives.podbean.com/mf/play/pcu10n/Ep61CreativeChatwithArtistLewisRossignolbsids.mp3 Subscribe:...

Today’s episode is all about creating themes for your sketchbooks. But why would you want a theme for your sketchbook? It can really help with indecision, having a theme can prevent that feeling of not knowing what you are going to draw. But if you are worried you...

​​Today's guest is artist Ian Fennelly. Ian is an amazing urban sketcher, artist and teacher, who loves painting on location. https://kickinthecreatives.podbean.com/mf/play/8a3uwd/Ep_59_Artist_Ian_Fennelly_on_Art_and_Mental_Health.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher |...

Today's episode is all about how to find creative ways to cope with isolation following the coronavirus outbreak. As well as the podcast we put together this bumper blog post with links to free creative courses, resources and ideas for things to do during the...

In today's episode, we're talking about how to start drawing again after a long break. In podcast episode 46, we spoke about how sometimes, taking a short break from our art can be beneficial and help to re-fill our creative well. But what if you haven’t drawn for...

Today’s podcast guest is Eric Hanscom, an Intellectual Property Attorney who is answering your artists questions about copyright. Eric has been an intellectual property attorney for the last 20 years. He has successfully filed and prosecuted thousands of patents,...

As Artists, we are often asked questions/statements that can really ruffle our feathers. And when Jackie Poulouktsi who is in our Facebook Group messaged us to vent a couple of questions that frustrate her, we thought of a lot of other ones we could add to the list....

https://kickinthecreatives.podbean.com/mf/play/w28hxh/Ep_54_Creative_Chat_with_Artist_Marcia_Furman.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Todays interview is with artist and creative Marcia Furman. Although Marcia original trained in Graphic Design her...

https://kickinthecreatives.podbean.com/mf/play/2td58f/Ep_53_Art_Inspiration_Versus_Imitation_-_Is_Anything_Really_Original.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Art Inspiration versus Imitation Today we are talking about art inspiration versus imitation and...

https://kickinthecreatives.podbean.com/mf/play/zkhjhv/Ep_51_Ask_us_Anything_Christmas_Special_Part_2.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS This podcast is a little different to our normal episodes in the fact that it’s an “Ask us Anything” Christmas...

https://kickinthecreatives.podbean.com/mf/play/ksuqx9/Ep_50_Ask_us_Anything_Christmas_Special_Part_1.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS This podcast is a little different to our normal episodes in the fact that it’s an “Ask us Anything” Christmas...