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Overcoming Self-Doubt as an Artist with Lauren Kline

Letting go of perfectionism, finding your own unique art style, starting to sell before you feel ready and navigating fear and self doubt. Plus, building an art business with realistic expectations. Today’s Drawing Challenge: Exercise #33 – A Barn Owl In this episode, we’re diving into drawing exercise #33 from the Practice Journal: British Wildlife Edition. Follow along as we focus on the delicate art of capturing a barn owl. Presenter: Sema Martin @artistsemamartin Guest: Lauren Kline @laurenklineart Art Practice Journals: https://learnmycraft.com/shop/ Enjoy the Podcast in Full HD and Unlock Exclusive Content! Upgrade your experience by joining the Art Membership! By becoming a member, you can watch the podcast in stunning Full HD without any ads. Plus, you'll gain access to a library of exclusive animal art tutorials and resources to take your creativity to the next level. Join our community of artists today: www.learnmycraft.com To become a guest on the podcast, please send an email with some links to your social media accounts or website to: hello@learnmycraft.com Join the Conversation We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts on this episode, ask questions, or suggest topics for future episodes. Connect with us on social media or leave a review! Instagram: @learnmycraft TikTok: @learnmycraft Facebook: @learnmycraft Email: hello@learnmycraft.com Thanks for listening

What Science Says About Practicing Your Art with Sema Martin

Does practice really make perfect? Is one big practice session better than lots of shorter ones? How can artists fit practice into a busy schedule? Artist Sema Martin takes a deep dive into the world of practice, with some surprising results. Presenter: Sema Martin @artistsemamartin To buy your own art practice journal, just head to: https://learnmycraft.com/shop/ Enjoy the Podcast in Full HD and Unlock Exclusive Content! Upgrade your experience by joining the Art Membership! By becoming a member, you can watch the podcast in stunning Full HD without any ads. Plus, you'll gain access to a library of exclusive animal art tutorials and resources to take your creativity to the next level. Join our community of artists today: www.learnmycraft.com To become a guest on the podcast, please send an email with some links to your social media accounts or website to: hello@learnmycraft.com Join the Conversation We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts on this episode, ask questions, or suggest topics for future episodes. Connect with us on social media or leave a review! Instagram: @learnmycraft TikTok: @learnmycraft Facebook: @learnmycraft Email: hello@learnmycraft.com Thanks for listening

Breaking Through Creative Blocks with Lindsay Wvoldarski

Balancing art and parenting, how to reignite your artistic inspiration, experimenting with new mediums, navigating the world of art business and marketing and shipping your work internationally. Plus, how to grow as an artist using the power of community. Today’s Drawing Challenge: Exercise #19 - A Cheetah Eye In this episode, we’re diving into drawing exercise #19 from the Practice Journal: African Wildlife Edition. Follow along as we focus on the delicate art of capturing the details of a horse’s eye. Presenter: Sema Martin @artistsemamartin Guest: Lindsay Wlodarski @pixiegracedesigns_art To buy your own animal art practice journal, just head to: https://learnmycraft.com/shop/ Enjoy the Podcast in Full HD and Unlock Exclusive Content! Upgrade your experience by joining the Animal Art Membership! By becoming a member, you can watch the podcast in stunning Full HD without any ads. Plus, you'll gain access to a library of exclusive animal art tutorials and resources to take your creativity to the next level. Join our community of artists today: www.learnmycraft.com To become a guest on the podcast, please send an email with some links to your social media accounts or website to: hello@learnmycraft.com Join the Conversation We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts on this episode, ask questions, or suggest topics for future episodes. Connect with us on social media or leave a review! Instagram: @learnmycraft TikTok: @learnmycraft Facebook: @learnmycraft Email: hello@learnmycraft.com Thanks for listening

The Secret To Eye-Catching Backgrounds with Paul Hinks

Discover the vibrancy you can get from using pastels, how to tint Pastelmat paper for unique backgrounds, using photoshop to mock-up reference images and simple techniques for overcoming creative block. Plus, how the right backgrounds can transform an artwork. Today’s Drawing Challenge: Exercise #99 - A leopard eye In this episode, we’re diving into drawing exercise #71 from the Practice Journal: African Wildlife Edition. Follow along as we focus on the delicate art of capturing the details of a leopard’s eye. Presenter: Sema Martin @artistsemamartin Guest: Paul Hinks @paulhinksart To buy your own animal art practice journal, just head to: https://learnmycraft.com/shop/ Enjoy the Podcast in Full HD and Unlock Exclusive Content! Upgrade your experience by joining the Learn My Craft Membership! By becoming a member, you can watch the podcast in stunning Full HD without any ads. Plus, you'll gain access to a library of exclusive art tutorials and resources to take your creativity to the next level. Join our community of artists today: www.learnmycraft.com To become a guest on the podcast, please send an email with some links to your social media accounts or website to: hello@learnmycraft.com Join the Conversation We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts on this episode, ask questions, or suggest topics for future episodes. Connect with us on social media or leave a review! Instagram: @learnmycraft TikTok: @learnmycraft Facebook: @learnmycraft Email: hello@learnmycraft.com Thanks for listening

Mastering Animal Portraiture with Andrea Gianchiglia

Mastering animal portraiture, combining pastels, oils and colored pencils for incredible effects, teaching fine art to a growing community, letting go of perfectionism and balancing motherhood with an art career. Plus how to find a niche and stand out on social media. Today’s Drawing Challenge: Exercise #71 - A Horse's Eye In this episode, we’re diving into drawing exercise #71 from the Practice Journal: Pet Portrait Edition. Follow along as we focus on the delicate art of capturing the details of a horse’s eye. Presenter: Sema Martin @artistsemamartin Guest: Andrea Gianchiglia @andreagianchiglia.art To buy your own animal art practice journal, just head to: https://learnmycraft.com/shop/ Enjoy the Podcast in Full HD and Unlock Exclusive Content! Upgrade your experience by joining the Animal Art Membership! By becoming a member, you can watch the podcast in stunning Full HD without any ads. Plus, you'll gain access to a library of exclusive animal art tutorials and resources to take your creativity to the next level. Join our community of artists today: www.learnmycraft.com To become a guest on the podcast, please send an email with some links to your social media accounts or website to: hello@learnmycraft.com Join the Conversation We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts on this episode, ask questions, or suggest topics for future episodes. Connect with us on social media or leave a review! Instagram: @learnmycraft TikTok: @learnmycraft Facebook: @learnmycraft Email: hello@learnmycraft.com

The Best Colored Pencils For Beginners with Gina Leone Middings

How to pick your first colored pencils, why different papers allow for different textures, how to map out your drawings and break past the ‘ugly stage’, experimenting with mixed media and how teaching art actually teaches you about your own process. Today’s Drawing Challenge: Exercise #44 – A Rabbit Ear In this episode, we’re drawing exercise #44 from the Practice Journal: Pet Portrait Edition To buy your own animal art practice journal, just head to: https://learnmycraft.com/shop/ Presenter: Sema Martin @artistsemamartin Guest: Gina Leone Middings @ginaleonefineart Enjoy the Podcast in Full HD and Unlock Exclusive Content! Upgrade your experience by joining the Art Membership! By becoming a member, you can watch the podcast in stunning Full HD without any ads. Plus, you'll gain access to a library of exclusive animal art tutorials and resources to take your creativity to the next level. Join our community of artists today: www.learnmycraft.com To become a guest on the podcast, please send an email with some links to your social media accounts or website to: hello@learnmycraft.com Join the Conversation We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts on this episode, ask questions, or suggest topics for future episodes. Connect with us on social media or leave a review! Instagram: @learnmycraft TikTok: @learnmycraft Facebook: @learnmycraft Email: hello@learnmycraft.com Thanks for listening

Everything You Didn't Know About Earthberry Pastels

In this bonus episode of The Animal Art Podcast, we join Anna from Earthberry Pastels to find out everything you didn’t know about this incredible pastel brand. Discover how this small team create over 300 eco-friendly shades, each one inspired by nature. Learn how to use soft pastels as watercolor paints, and how the new range of ‘Chameleon’ colours will change how you use pastels forever. Plus, an exclusive update on new sets and colors for 2025. To find out more about Earthberry Pastels: Website: https://earthberrypastels.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthberrypastels.eng/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091869040973 Email: earthberrypastels@gmail.com Presenter: Sema Martin @artistsemamartin To buy your own art practice journal, just head to: https://learnmycraft.com/shop/ Enjoy the Podcast in Full HD and Unlock Exclusive Content! Upgrade your experience by joining the Animal Art Membership! By becoming a member, you can watch the podcast in stunning Full HD without any ads. Plus, you'll gain access to a library of exclusive animal art tutorials and resources to take your creativity to the next level. Join our community of artists today: www.learnmycraft.com To become a guest on the podcast, please send an email with some links to your social media accounts or website to: hello@learnmycraft.com Join the Conversation We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts on this episode, ask questions, or suggest topics for future episodes. Connect with us on social media or leave a review! Instagram: @learnmycraft TikTok: @learnmycraft Facebook: @learnmycraft Email: hello@learnmycraft.com

Color Theory For Drawing Fur - S2E1 - Alison Chinn

How color theory adds depth to fur, which art materials are a pet portrait artists secret weapon, picking the perfect paper for colored pencil and the challenges of commission work. Today’s Drawing Challenge: Exercise #99 – Ginger Cat Fur In this episode, we’re drawing exercise #99 from the Practice Journal: Pet Portrait Edition Presenter: Sema Martin @artistsemamartin Guest: Alison Chinn @alisonc_illustration To buy your own animal art practice journal, just head to: https://learnmycraft.com/shop/ Enjoy the Podcast in Full HD and Unlock Exclusive Content! Upgrade your experience by joining the Animal Art Membership! By becoming a member, you can watch the podcast in stunning Full HD without any ads. Plus, you'll gain access to a library of exclusive animal art tutorials and resources to take your creativity to the next level. Join our community of artists today: www.learnmycraft.com To become a guest on the podcast, please send an email with some links to your social media accounts or website to: hello@learnmycraft.com Join the Conversation We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts on this episode, ask questions, or suggest topics for future episodes. Connect with us on social media or leave a review! Instagram: @learnmycraft TikTok: @learnmycraft Facebook: @learnmycraft Email: hello@learnmycraft.com Thanks for listening

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Be Confident In Your Style - #025 - Helen Carter

Developing confidence in your artistic style, using swatch cards for color accuracy every time, choosing the right paper for colored pencils and what it's really like working for big art brands as an ambassador. This is the final episode of Season 1, so a huge thank you to everyone for listening. All of the episodes are now available to watch in HD video for free over on Youtube. We will return for Season 2 on Thursday 13th Februrary. Today’s Drawing Challenge: Exercise #9 – A Blue Tit In this episode, we’re drawing exercise #9 from the Practice Journal: British Wildlife Edition Presenter: Sema Martin @artistsemamartin Guest: Helen Carter @helencarterartist To buy your own animal art practice journal, just head to: https://learnmycraft.com/shop/ Enjoy the Podcast in Full HD and Unlock Exclusive Content! Upgrade your experience by joining the Animal Art Membership! By becoming a member, you can watch the podcast in stunning Full HD without any ads. Plus, you'll gain access to a library of exclusive animal art tutorials and resources to take your creativity to the next level. Join our community of artists today: www.learnmycraft.com To become a guest on the podcast, please send an email with some links to your social media accounts or website to: hello@learnmycraft.com Join the Conversation We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts on this episode, ask questions, or suggest topics for future episodes. Connect with us on social media or leave a review! Instagram: @learnmycraft TikTok: @learnmycraft Facebook: @learnmycraft Email: hello@learnmycraft.com Thanks for listening

Incredible Pastel Pet Portraits - #024 - Naomi Jenkin

Moving from colored pencils to pastels, experimenting with mixed media, evolving your style as an artist and how to create meaningful compositions that clients love. Plus, tips for organizing your commissions, marketing and more with a busy schedule. Today’s Drawing Challenge: Exercise #19 – A Dog Nose In this episode, we’re drawing exercise #19 from the Practice Journal: Pet Portrait Edition. Presenter: Sema Martin @artistsemamartin Guest: Naomi Jenkin @naomijenkinart To buy your own animal art practice journal, just head to: https://learnmycraft.com/shop/ Enjoy the Podcast in Full HD and Unlock Exclusive Content! Upgrade your experience by joining the Animal Art Membership! By becoming a member, you can watch the podcast in stunning Full HD without any ads. Plus, you'll gain access to a library of exclusive animal art tutorials and resources to take your creativity to the next level. Join our community of artists today: www.learnmycraft.com To become a guest on the podcast, please send an email with some links to your social media accounts or website to: hello@learnmycraft.com Join the Conversation We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts on this episode, ask questions, or suggest topics for future episodes. Connect with us on social media or leave a review! Instagram: @learnmycraft TikTok: @learnmycraft Facebook: @learnmycraft Email: hello@learnmycraft.com Thanks for listening

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