Adulting for Artists Timmie Boose

This week my guest is native New Yorker, now Tampa Florida art teacher, Frank Bonanno.
 Frank tells us his experiences as a tattoo artist, a production designer in LA, and a grade school art teacher.
We also talk about art, colors of paint and deciding whether or not you should paint crazy stuff on your apartment walls.

You can find Frank online at www.brushandbladeart.com

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Episode #25 is an interview with St. Petersburg photographer Jerry Mitchell. He started the Framed Artist's Group , where artists combine their mediums to create new art.
We talk about the benefits of collaborating with other artists, mediums to print on, tracking expenses, art photography vs wedding photography, photographic equipment and other subjects that revolve around being an independent artist.

Just because you have a camera doesn't make you a photographer. Learn to use your equipment.

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Brandy Stark investigates ghosts, teaches humanities as a college professor and makes wire sculptures in St. Petersburg, Florida.
In this episode we discuss ghosts and the supernatural world, doing art without an art degree, different types of mermaids, applying for art grants, setting up your own shows and  good and bad ambition.
She also owns a bunch of pugs.

You can find her at http://www.bstarkart.com and @bstarkart on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok.

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Conversation with Graphic Designer, Kevin Barth about:

• Freelancing vs. working for a corporation
• Clients
• Networking
• Getting the hang of digital drawing
• Expanding your skillset
• Online courses versus college classes
• Getting out of your comfort zone.
• When to use different computer programs
• Is it cheating to use a template?
• Timmie's rubber cement nightmare during college midterm


See if he got his site back up at www.kevinbarth.com

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This episode is all about our need to balance creating and consuming.

In order to live our best lives, we need to meet our needs and as creators, we have a NEED to create! It is easy to put off or even forget about when we get caught up in endless scrolling, tv watching or overloading on tutorials.  We need to find time for ourselves to fulfill our needs and desires. Consuming isn't all bad - we learn by consuming, and most of us want our creations to be consumed/appreciated/listened to /seen.

What did you create today? Did you create work that is in line with your goals? Are you happy with your production? Did you at least doodle for 5 minutes?

What did you consume? Did you consume information that helped you learn something new?  Were you inspired? Did you waste time? Did you just need to relax? How do you feel about what you consumed?

It’s like yin and yang - dark & light - you can’t have one without the other.  It is something that needs balance. 

Take time to reflect on what you are creating and consuming .

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Reading, Writing, Connecting.... You want to go somewhere - you don't have to know why - you just want to go.
Once you get there the things you need will reveal themselves to you.
 
Recording this episode led me to leaving a book review of "Consider This" by Chuck Palahniuk. Is it best to write in 1st, 2nd or 3rd person? 

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