The SneakyArt Podcast

California-based illustrator Nina Khashchina speaks about her childhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, growing up in the former USSR, her lifelong journey with art, and how she documents her life through sketchbooks. . This is the first of a two-part conversation. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider (grab the summer discount!) 💡 For all the good ideas from this episode, join 9000+ people and become a reader of the SneakyArt Post. 📲 Follow Nina Khashchina on Instagram and check out her Substack newsletter. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok.

Cincinatti-based Christina Wald speaks about how to live and thrive as an independent artist and illustrator. They discuss Kickstarter, Patreon, and ways to keep the creative process at the heart of your practice, and the creator in the economy. This episode is the second part of the conversation from Ep 62. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider. 💡 For all the good ideas from this podcast, join 8000+ people to become a reader of the SneakyArt Post. 📲 Follow Christina Wald on Instagram and check out her linktree for the latest projects. ✅ Catch the Kickstarter discussion supercut ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok.

Cincinatti-based Christina Wald speaks about how to live as, and making a living from, being an independent artist and illustrator. This is a conversation about how to work for yourself while meeting client expectations. It is about Christina's multiple successful Kickstarter projects, including her latest book (link below). This episode is for anyone eager to chart their own path as an independent creator. Lots of practical advice, listen carefully! 💡 For all the good ideas from this conversation, become a reader and join 8000+ readers of the SneakyArt Post. 📲 Follow Christina Wald on Instagram and check out her linktree for the latest projects. 📚 Buy Sketching Here & Everywhere: My Sketching Obsession by Christina Wald. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. (and say hello!) 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider. (and join the Kickstarter discussion next week!)

Utrecht-based sketcher, illustrator and educator Ellen Vesters speaks about the design-thinking approach to life and all the things she does. After practicing as a psychologist, and getting an MA in Illustration, Ellen founded the Venster Academy to teach art and illustration. Nishant also shares the story of how he accidentally became an artist while trying to become a writer after quitting his PhD program in Neuroscience. If you have wondered about taking a big leap in your life, this conversation will give you some ideas! 💡 For all the links and ideas from this conversation, read the show notes. 📲 Follow Ellen's work on Instagram and check out her website. 🏫 Visit the Venster Academy. 🎙 Listen to Ellen and Nishant's conversation while sketching in Utrecht, Netherlands. 💌 Join 8000+ readers, add SneakyArt to your inbox. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. (and say hello!) 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider. (and support my work!)

Host Nishant Jain presents the idea that writing and drawing are literally the same thing. If you can do one, you can also do the other. This episode was recorded for paid subscribers of SneakyArt. ❤️ Love this show? Become a SneakyArt Insider to support it! More good ideas: 💻 Read The Role of Art in the Age of AI. 📖 Learn why Nishant self-published his first book of art 🔁 Play Finite v Infinite Games and take the Long Path to success 💻 Watch the latest Zoom demo for SneakyArt Insiders 📚 Celebrate Little Free Library Week ✍🏼 For more good ideas every week, add SneakyArt to your inbox.

Host Nishant Jain takes a look at Goodhart's Law, originally coined to describe monetary policy, but applies it instead to the business of being an artist today. No matter how successful (or unsuccessful) you are at social media, here are some good reasons to never look at the numbers. "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a useful measure." - Goodhart's Law. ❤️ Love this episode? Become a SneakyArt Insider and get future Insider episodes directly in your inbox. 👂 Listen to the latest episode shared with Insiders! 🎙 Listen to Ep 43 with Jim Richards 🎯 Read Nishant's plans for an ambitious 2023 without setting any goals ✍🏼 Read the show notes, best ideas, and tangents from the episode.

Author, artist, and designer George McCalman speaks about making his award-winning book (Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen) at the intersection of twin curiosities - to learn more about black history, and to find out if he could be an artist. This is a conversation about curiosity, the importance of following your own compass, and the need for every artist to be a work-in-progress. 💡 For all the links and ideas from this conversation, read the show notes. 📲 Follow George's work on Instagram 📚 Learn more about his art/design work and buy the book! 💌 Join 7000+ readers, add SneakyArt to your inbox. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. (and say hello!) 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider. (and support my work!)

San Francisco based artist, naturalist and educator John Muir Laws talks about nature-journaling and the many benefits of paying deep attention to our natural environment. (00:13:50) Sketching in the wild (00:43:21) Ways to keep a nature journal. (00:59:23) John's lifelong obsession with field guides and nature conservancy. (01:24:13) They read poems to each other. Aww. (1:34:40) BREAK (1:44:21) How to draw a bird (2:28:55) Nature stewardship, the role of the amateur, and the Wild Wonder Foundation 💡 For all the links and ideas from this conversation, read the show notes. 📲 Follow John's work on Instagram, visit his website, and learn more about the Wild Wonder Foundation. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. (and say hello!) 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider. (and support my work!)

The SneakyArt Podcast returns for a new season. Host Nishant Jain speaks about his recent art residency aboard the TransLink, Vancouver's public transit system. What can be learned from drawing on trains? Nishant speaks about pushing outside his comfort zone, engaging with the public, and facing his fears. ✍🏼 Read about his experience and see all the drawings. 📺 Catch his TV segment on CBC Vancouver Evening News 📻 Listen to his radio spot on CBC Early Morning Edition with Stephen Quinn. ☕️ Like this episode? Buy Nishant a coffee! ❤️ Love his work? Become a SneakyArt Insider!

Seattle-based artist and traveller Sunil Shinde speaks about retracing the 1839 expedition of British artist David Roberts through the biblical Holy Land. This conversation is at the intersection of travel, history, and art. In this respect, it is really about three distinct journeys - Sunil's journey through the Middle East, the 1839 expedition of David Roberts, and Sunil's effort to combine his words and lines into an excellent book - "From Cairo to Beirut". 📚 BUY THE BOOK, "From Cairo to Beirut" - (Amazon US) (Amazon CA) 🔍 (5:05) The first journey - the origins of Sunil's curiosities - how history led to travel, and how both led to sketching. 🔍 (33:55) The second journey - retracing an expedition nearly 200 years ago, noting what has changed and what has stayed the same. 🔍 (1:53:40)The third journey - writing the book, approaching agents and publishers. 💡 For more detailed notes (with timestamps) and the best ideas from this conversation, read the show notes. 🙌🏽 Follow Sunil Shinde on Instagram. ✍🏼 Follow SneakyArt on IG, Twitter, and TikTok. ☕ Like this episode? Buy me a coffee. (and say hello!) 🔥 Love the show? Become a SneakyArt Insider. (and support my work!)