Creatives Get Real

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**Creatives Get Real**

Real conversations about the creative life. Join us for mostly weekly episodes about what it’s like to live a creative, handmade, and online art life. We’ll talk frankly about the highs and lows of designing art pieces, product lines, and popular online classes while sharing it with the world. Roben-Marie Smith is a mixed media artist, instructor and creator of Maker’s Tech U membership site teaching tech to artists and hobbyists. Sandi Keene is a watercolor artist, online instructor and collaborative coach to artists and aspiring artists. Together they are friends sharing stories in the art studio.

Latest Episodes:

011: Branding as Storytelling Jul 18, 2019

Show notes

Roben-Marie & Sandi take a tiny bite out of the huge topic of Branding.
Take-Aways:

Many hobbyists may need a brand.
If you have a dream, you need a brand.
Branding is storytelling.
You are the brand.
There is a huge difference between An audience and Your audience.

LINKS
Roben-Marie:
Website
Courses
Maker's Tech U
Sandi Keene:
Website
Popup Art Classes
Coaching

010: Box of Transparency Jul 11, 2019

Show notes

We discuss Sandi's Box of Transparency Theory regarding sharing on social media. It focuses on deciding what personal information you will share online before you start sharing.
Take-Aways:

Make a conscious decision about what is shareable and what's private.
Don't confuse your followers with multiple subject streams.
When do you start a secondary account for a different subject.
Evaluate your box contents on an annual basis.

LINKS
Sandi Keene:
Website
Popup Art Classes
Coaching
Roben-Marie:
Website
Courses
Maker's Tech U

009: The 24 Hour Rule Jul 04, 2019

Show notes

Roben-Marie and Sandi discuss saying no gracefully yet effectively.
Take Aways:

Use the 24 Hour Rule to give yourself time to consider all the facts.
A new obligation goes to the bottom of the list rather than the top.
Saying no gets easier with practice.
Should you do things for "exposure"?

LINKS
Roben-Marie:
Website
Courses
Maker's Tech U
Sandi Keene:
Website
Popup Art Classes
Coaching

008: Give Me the Bad News First Jun 27, 2019

Show notes

Roben-Marie and Sandi discuss the pros and cons of turning your hobby into a business. It is a decision that many people are considering.

Take-Aways:
•Being your own boss is our favorite pro
•Being a business person is our biggest con

...and the conversation continues.
LINKS
Sandi Keene:
Website
Popup Art Classes
Coaching
Roben-Marie:
Website
Courses
Maker's Tech U

007: It's A Lot Like Dating Jun 19, 2019

Show notes

Roben-Marie & Sandi discuss their very different viewpoints on collaboration. One of us is a spoon and one is a fork. A teeny tiny fork.
Take-Aways:
Benefits of collaboration:

learn new techniques and products
reach new audiences
uniting communities
building confidence

How to choose a collaboration partner:

setting a limit just in case it doesn't work out
choose someone who is friendly, encouraging and showing up
have an idea ready to present
keep an eye out for collaboration partners

Then be brave...
LINKS
Roben-Marie:
Website
Courses
Maker's Tech U
Sandi Keene:
Website
Popup Art Classes
Coaching

006: Art Supplies Castaway Style Jun 13, 2019

Show notes

Roben-Marie & Sandi are stranded on a tropical island with a small art kit. What are their must have items and why?
Take Aways:

Our favorites are the things that we reach for again and again.
Having less can be very freeing.
Less stuff equals less decisions
One of us is going to need solar power! Or a really long extension cord.

LINKS
Sandi Keene:
Website
Popup Art Classes
Coaching
Roben-Marie:
Website
Courses
Maker's Tech U

005: It's Real and Highly Contagious Jun 05, 2019

Show notes

Today we are discussing FOMO (fear of missing out). It is hard to treat and a cure seems unlikely in our social media world. We are all tempted by that new shiny product, cool new technique or the challenge that "everyone" is doing.

Take Aways:

FOMO can derail your progress and take you down the wrong path
FOMO can cause magical thinking when you think the newest thing can change the way you do art.
Understanding your art self is the best defense.
Stay in your lane. Be true to your art self and say no to those impulses.

LINKS
Roben-Marie:
Website
Courses
Maker's Tech U
Sandi Keene:
Website
Popup Art Classes
Coaching

004 Did You Just Unfollow Me? May 29, 2019

Show notes

Social media can be very inspiring AND so scary. We discuss how to overcome the fear of sharing your work online. And why DID Sandi unfollow Roben-Marie on Pinterest?
TAKE AWAYS:

Pick the platform you love & start sharing.
If you make art, you are an artist. Own it.
It's 99% encouragement and 1% negative judgement.
There is room for everyone. Be Brave!

LINKS
Sandi Keene:
Website
Popup Art Classes
Coaching
Roben-Marie:
Website
Courses
Maker's Tech U

003: Big and Scary Happens to Everyone May 20, 2019

Show notes

That scary event in every creative life - the Creative Block. We talk survival tips sharing what we do, what we won’t do and how we close the door to our studios finding creativity in other arenas. Keys to a successful re-entry when the time is right.
Take Aways:

Be gentle with yourself in words and thoughts.
Stay creative in other arenas.
Never compare yourself during a slump to someone who is on fire.
Reach out to a friend for support and reassurance.

LINKS
Roben-Marie:
Website
Courses
Maker's Tech U
Sandi Keene:
Website
Popup Art Classes
Coaching

002: That is Not a Real Job May 20, 2019

Show notes

We discuss how creativity showed up in our childhoods and started us in the creative life. We share the mediums we have tried, enjoyed and sometimes abandoned when our true loves were discovered.
Take Aways -

Art is a shifting path that changes you as a creative and as a human.
Experimentation & education were vital to our growth.
Sometimes ignorance IS bliss.

LINKS
Sandi Keene:
Website
Popup Art Classes
Coaching
Roben-Marie:
Website
Courses
Maker's Tech U

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