VIDEO 1 

In this video {questions start at 1:29}:

1. Where to find inspiration and how
2. How to part with your art
3. If and how my artist residency earlier this year changed my art
4. How to focus and/or start with ‘too much’ – too many ideas, techniques, distractions etc
5. How to find your style
6. Thoughts on procrastination and mindset
7. On finding it difficult to ask for money for your work, and where you can sell it

Here are the posts and other resources I mentioned:

• Finding inspiration in unusual places
• Are your inspirations supporting or limiting your art process?
• Finding inspiration that won’t lead to copying
• How to let your paintings go
• My essay on the artist residency
• Thoughts on finding your style as an artist, and why it might not mean what you think
• The Happy Artist Studio

 VIDEO 2 

In this video:

1. Why it feels so ‘loaded with expectation’ to call oneself an artist?
2. Have you ever seriously thought about making art in other techniques apart from painting?
3. Maybe details of a starting ritual, if you have one?
4. How do you feel about spending so much time and effort beforehand to be able to rent out your house for 4 months?
5. Does an artist really need world-wide connection with other artists?  Can’t I paint in my little studio and just be me, working locally?
6. An email format to use/adapt in initially approaching galleries./ How you went about getting into galleries and where and how else you sell your works?

Here are the posts and other resources I mentioned:

• The blog post that lists all the things I’ve tried {that I can remember!}
• 4 ways with blind contour drawing {& 12 reasons to love it!}
• Make a blind contour drawing with colour {demo}
• Using old art to inspire new art
• Download the email templates for approaching galleries

 VIDEO 3 

In this video:

1. Where are you spending the summer?
2.  Struggling with editing after the initial mark making and play
3. How can I keep my space tidy? Is it ok to have 2 or 3 projects going on at the same time?
4. How to navigate lots of ideas and painting starts, and actually finish them?
5. Offering in studio teaching or art workshops
6. Are any of your courses helpful for a season of shedding?
7. How do you fund your life, and do you have to teach and hustle to ‘make it’ as an artist?
8. What prompted you to leave your shell {home}?
9. What to do with work I don’t like and don’t want to promote but want to sell?
10. Is hoarding online classes a common thing? And is watching ‘too many’ other artists detrimental to developing my own style?

Here are the posts and other resources I mention:

• Rose Wylie studio video
• How to make art in a small space
• The Happy Artist Studio

 VIDEO 4 

In this video:

1. Since you’re about 6 months in with your year of experiments, what has been the most surprising discovery you have made and will you continue to implement any of your discoveries after the year is complete? 
2. How do you think your art will reflect your Year of Experiments when you are back in the studio this year?
3. A couple of questions on the ins and outs of finishing work vs painting over it, comparing and not wanting to share our work. 
4. How do you manage your time with business, art, and life?  
5. What is your favourite thing to paint as a warm up or when you are lacking inspiration, but just have the itch to put paint on paper?
6. How do we stop being small and allow ourselves to step out into the light to show ourselves and our work without being obnoxiously irritating/over showy and without appearing to blow our own trumpet?
7. How do you make peace / stay inspired & dedicated with the fact that so much of (everything?) what you offer is so very personal?  
8.  How do I find time for making art with a 7 days a week job?

Here are the posts and other resources I mention:

• How do you know when a painting is finished?
• How to work out what your unfinished painting needs
•  Asia Suler’s podcast episode on right sizing your life

 VIDEO 5 

In this video:

1. What mindset and practice do you need to abstract the landscape?
2. Does having your art studio change the way you operate in terms of business-like-mind? would love to hear both yes and no answers. Thank you.
3. “How can I overcome my inner blocks to creating art? Where can I find the courage to openly share my art and try to make money with it?”
4. I’m a newbie here, and I feel like a beginner artist, though I realized the other day that I started taking classes almost 5 years ago! How do you overcome the fear of ruining the paper and becoming courageous enough to dive in, even if you make mistakes?
5. What do you think about a personal aversion to exhibiting work publicly (not necessarily to sell) ? Is it enough to feel satisfaction with a collection of work ONLY completed for yourself and not just for yourself FIRST. Do you think about bringing a collection of work together in a book form (maybe using a digital platform) is a good enough substitute for exhibiting with other artists in ‘real life.’
6. I really enjoy expressionist painting, so it would be good to discuss how to paint in this style. Thank you.
7. Do you use AI in building your social media? if yes, then how? 
8. Are you referring to AI in any way at all (eg research) and if so, does it influence your own practice. What do you say to those who think art work produced by AI, even in the future, will only ever be “generic” in nature?
9. I’d be interested to know which particular historical/contemporary artists most definitely influence your own practice (if relevant) and the reasons why you are specifically drawn to them. For example, is it similar media/processes or is there something else going on (eg. Biographical empathy).
10. You may have covered this a zillion times already, but I am preparing for yet another studio tour adventure … this will be my 3rd year of doing so (2 different tours per year) and while I think I have a pretty good handle on all the prep that’s involved I think there are always things to learn from others in their experiences with this.  Perhaps an art note dealing with “Getting Ready for the Studio Tour” or something.  There may be other Art Notes enthusiasts who would also benefit.

Mentioned in the video:

• Egon Schiele
• Henri Matisse
• Kerry Harding

 VIDEO 6 

In this video:

• I find the struggles with the ‘angst’ around art making the most tricky, so all those kind of mindset related things. Useful to be reminded of how to flip your own thinking. 
• Right now I am actively pursuing a life that would balance all the things that make me feel most alive.  That includes playing outside, making & sharing art, meaningful conversations with my coaching clients, creating home, and enjoying family.  (Friends would be another whole different pursuit, outside of this balance I am talking about).  The trouble is, I am finding it so very tricky to pursue “the balance” and not just do the things I know would take each individual category to its optimized state.  The latter can make me feel, in retrospect, like I have wasted my time working on that one thing to the exclusion of everything else (there is not time enough to pursue each category that thoroughly).   But the former can make me feel like nothing is really “going” anywhere.  The sweet spot continues to ellude me.  Have you ever struggled with that? 
• Do you or others find that pursuing art projects on your own or painting alone is not as fun or maybe harder to get started than when in a group. I guess as a newer artist I feel it is hard to get started. If someone says let’s go outside and paint today, I jump on it. Or do you want to take this class and I say yes. 
• Are you still doing something that I think you called a studio journal? If so, I would love a window into how that practice is going/shifting/supporting in your current season. 
• What are you most used art supplies, other than paper and paint? 
• How do I change medium and style (from coloured pencil realism to abstract art (not oils or coloured pencils) to do what I would like to do, instead of what I already can do?
• I’d love to hear about thoughts on ‘artist sisterhood’ (well, we can include men in it too…) – how do we support each other when we all try to be the best artists we can, without jealousy and feelings that the other one’s success takes something away from us etc. Outside artist communities (which I love 😊) there’s small practical tactical ways we could do this on our own: show up in the openings of other’s exhibitions, show support on social media, if possible consider purchasing a piece of work from fellow artists… I’m sure there’s lots of ways to do this, so I’m interested in hearing ideas on it and learning from others. ☺️

Mentioned in the video:

• The Way of the Happy Artist {currently available inside the Happy Artist Studio}
• Byron Katie’s ‘The Work’ 
  {I would also add to my answer to that question, try asking yourself “What am I making this mean?” – it can be very revealing!}
• Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way {Morning Pages} {aff. link}
• How to create and use a studio journal
• Favourite supplies {aff. links}: 
  – Wood panels
  – Golden Fluid Acrylics
  – Liquitex Acrylic Inks
  – Walnut ink
  – Sumi ink
  – Inktense blocks