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Ask An Artist

155 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 42 ratings

Professional artists Peter Keegan and Tom Shepherd discuss the practical issues of making art your career. Drawing on their own experiences they offer candid advice for artists who want to make a living from their work. Peter is a portrait painter working predominantly to commission for both private and public clients and he also teaches in-person and online. Tom is a watercolour artist with a passion for wildlife and conservation and he also teaches in-person and online. Both Tom and Peter treat their art as a business, always practicing what they preach! Throughout season 1 and 2, renowned printmaker, Laura Boswell was the co-host. Laura is a printmaker working in Linocut and Japanese woodblock, with work is in several public collections. She writes a monthly advice column for Artists and Illustrators Magazine. 

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Episodes

Galleries - value and etiquette.

November 15, 2019 10:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

So, you have some art you would like to sell... Working with a gallery can be hugely beneficial, but only if it is the right gallery for your work.  Peter and Laura talk about the business of negotiating your way through the minefield of gallery relationships and the etiquette of approaching a galley.

Introducing Peter Keegan

November 08, 2019 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MB

Peter Keegan is a professional Portrait painter, he studied at university and went very quickly into painting portraits for clients, initially doing other jobs at the same time, but now he also runs an art school teaching adult learners various art practices

Introducing Laura Boswell

November 08, 2019 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

Ask an Artist is a podcast offering advice for people who would like to make their art into a career. But who are Laura and Peter to be giving this advice?  In this episode Laura talks about her journey, explaining how she has developed into being a successful artist and how she has used all of her life experiences to shape her artistic practice and has built a career in art that include printmaking, teaching, magazine journalism and writing books.

Getting Started

November 08, 2019 08:00 - 12 minutes - 8.89 MB

So, yopu have the creative urge, but you are unsure what to do to start developing your art into something more...  Peter and Laura talk in this episode about ways of getting started.  

Ask an Artist - Trailer

October 24, 2019 08:00 - 8 minutes - 5.74 MB

Peter Keegan and Laura Boswell introduce the Ask an Artist Podcast.  Do you treat art as a hobby, but dream of making it your job?  Laura and Peter are both full time, professional artists, paying the bills by making art. In Ask an Artist, Laura and Peter share their experience, giving candid advice to help you into a career in art. They'll be covering topics like pricing work, approaching galleries, social media, artist statements, self doubt, finding your own style and many other things.