You Used to Draw Just Because You Loved It
There's something that happens when you pick up a sketchbook with no plan. It's lighter, not so dang serious. And that's what this episode i...
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Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood
Savvy Painter is a weekly podcast for artists who mean business. Antrese Wood talks to expert painters about the business of art and how it gets created. Want to know how leaders in the fine...
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20 of 379 episodesYou Are So Much More Powerful Than You Realize
You are so much more powerful than you realize. This episode is the evidence for that — three real artists, three specific moments where the...
How to Use Your Comfort Zone to Grow Faster as an Artist
Your comfort zone isn't holding you back. Used right, it's the thing that makes growth possible — and this episode shows you exact...
What is your canvas actually telling you?
If you’ve felt stuck in a painting (not a technique problem, but something else entirely) this episode is for you. Your canvas has been read...
The most underrated skill in your art practice
Every time you catch yourself mid-spiral (the comparison, the self-criticism, the I’m-doing-it-wrong loop) that’s a huge win. It’s bigger th...
The Reason You Can't Fully Show Up in Your Studio (or Anywhere Else)
Most artists are trying to do everything at once: making art, sharing art, selling art, resting — all at the same time, every day. This epis...
The Artist's GPS: How to Know Where You Are in Your Art Practice
Most artists aren't stuck because they're doing it wrong. They're stuck because they don't know where they are. No desti...
The Cost of Waiting: What Indecision Actually Steals From You
Waiting often feels responsible. Thoughtful. Even smart. But for artists, waiting isn’t neutral and it’s rarely free. In this episode, Antre...
Tapping isn’t magic, but it makes room for magic to happen
If self-doubt shows up every time you try to paint (or finish something) and you’re tired of trying to think your way out of it, this episod...
Happy New Year! Before You Set Goals, Listen to This
If you’re feeling even a tiny bit of pressure to have this new year figured out already, I just want you to know you’re not alone. This epis...
Artist Roundtable The Lost Art of Playing in Your Studio
As artists, we go through several phases on our way to creating pieces. It all starts with this period of play and discovery that I call the...
Artist Roundtable- The Money Conversation We're All Avoiding
Money and pricing your art can feel like tricky, even uncomfortable topics, but they’re also some of the most powerful conversations we can...
Artist Round Table: How Artists Find Their Voice and Create from the Heart
Welcome to another roundtable series! This time I’m joined by Growth Studio members Louisa Jornayvaz, Braighlee Rainey, Jack Wray, and Elisa...
Artist Roundtable The Difference Between Making Art and Being an Artist
It’s one thing to have an interest in creating art or putting something on canvas. It’s another to see yourself as an artist and have an art...
When Your Studio Becomes a Storage Unit
What to do when decades of work are stacked against your walls and you can't remember the last time you made a decision about any of it...
Six Tools to Stop Treating Your Studio Like a Courtroom
What to do when you catch yourself in “courtroom mode” You named it. You know you're doing it. You can hear yourself cross-examining ev...
Why You Can't Finish a Painting (And What to Do About It)
You look around your studio and see them everywhere — canvases turned to the wall, paintings shoved under the bed, works-in-progress stacked...
You Took Time Off. Now What?
What really happens when you return to your art — and how to make work again without getting stuck in what could have been. You took time of...
I See You Scrolling Instagram Instead of Painting (Nine Patterns That Keep You Stuck)
Ever spend half your studio time staring at a painting, mentally ripping it apart, but never actually picking up the brush? Or maybe you&apo...
Safety, Self-Trust, and the Secret to Creating Without Fear
What does it really mean to have your own back as an artist? In this episode, I share why safety isn’t just about gloves and turpentine — it...