Three Good Habits Every Artist Can Develop (and a Bad Habit to Avoid)

About this episode

The episode discusses good habits for artists and addresses the challenge of social media distraction.

Artists are creatures of habit, and those habits either help creativity flourish or get in its way. Teresa is sharing the habits that have helped build her metalsmith practice, and Joy is asking for ideas to combat the dreaded bad habit of social media distraction. The episode begins with an anecdote about how the art of Gerald Scarfe made an early impact and ends with a back-and-forth about the merits of high school class rings. Joy has discovered a podcast that focuses on grief, and Teresa has entered the rabbit hole of artist John William Waterhouse. Things wrap up with a surprise profile of one of the creators who follow the artsytypespod Instagram account. ~Show Links and Notes~ Illustrator Gerald Scarfe All There Is with Anderson Cooper John William Waterhouse This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artsytypes.substack.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Teresa, Joy

Topics covered

• habits
• creativity
• social media distraction
• art

Keywords

• metalsmith
• Gerald Scarfe
• John William Waterhouse
• grief podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Products: high school class rings

Books & works: All There Is

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