No Backup Plan by Nathaniel Drew

How to make a living as an artist (without selling your soul) - Alex Hillkurtz | #008

Mar 7, 2023

01:10:25

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The Value of Slowing Down

02:43

Do You Draw Digitally?

02:20

Moving Into Painting

01:37

Introduction

3min

Do You Feel Like You're Late in Your Art Career?

2min

Is There a Competing Force Between Art and Social Media?

2min

How Do You Use Social Media to Build Your Audience?

2min

The Golden Cage

2min

Are You Making More Money in Your Previous Career?

3min

How to Launch Yourself Into a New Career

5min

Moving Into Painting

2min

The Value of Slowing Down

3min

10.

I Paint in Watercolor and I'm in a Trance, Right?

2min

11.

Translating a Scene or a Feeling?

3min

12.

You Don't Wanna Make Money From Your Paintings, Right?

4min

13.

You See Your Children as Your Babies, Right?

2min

14.

Is There a Difference Between the Process and the Painting?

3min

15.

Is It Simplifying Things a Little Bit?

2min

16.

How Do I Get More Out of My Paintings?

2min

17.

How Do You Know When You're Done?

2min

18.

What Is It Like to Stop Working on a Painting?

2min

19.

The Power of Time

3min

20.

The Value of Listening

2min

21.

You Wanna Be Original?

2min

22.

Is There a Cap in the Time You Can Spend Painting?

2min

23.

Is There Any Guilt in the Creative World?

2min

24.

The Value of Going Slower

2min

25.

Do You Draw Digitally?

2min

26.

I Love the Tactile Experience in Digital Photography

2min

27.

The Imperfections Are Messages From God

2min

28.

Is There a Lot You Can't Control?

2min

29.

The Inexplicable Colliding of Different Factors

2min

30.

Is There a Connection Between Paper and the Environment?

3min

Alex Hillkurtz is an American professional watercolor painter. He moved to Paris 7 years ago and has dedicated himself to his paintings after a career stretching decades in Hollywood (primarily storyboarding).

You can check out his work here.

& his Instagram.

This became a bit of a philosophical conversation about art and creativity, age and comparison with other artists, the value of working slowly, how to know when to stop and what you learn when you make things.

I hope you enjoy.

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