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Creatives Get Real

Creatives Get Real

By: Roben-Marie Smith and Sandi Keene
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 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.© 2023 Creatives Get Real Art Economics
Episodes
  • 071: Mental Health & Art - Update Episode

    071: Mental Health & Art - Update Episode
    Jun 8 2021

    Join Roben-Marie and Sandi as we catch up on the past 6 months in our creative lives. Then we discuss the relationship between art and mental health.

    TOPICS:
    - Social Sabbaticals
    - Creating Content vs. Creating Art
    - #TrashyTuesday
    - creating without expectation vs. productivity mindset
    - walking away from the table vs. a finishing mindset
    - connecting with other creatives

    MENTIONS:
    - Colorlogue with Sandi Keene & Rae Missigman
    - Maker's Tech U with Roben-Marie Smith
    - Perfectly Imperfect with Lorna Crane (the class with the handmade brushes)

    LINKS
    Roben-Marie:
    Website
    Courses
    Maker's Tech U

    Sandi Keene:
    Website
    Popup Art Classes
    Coaching
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    43 mins
  • 070: How to Make a Difference in Your Community

    070: How to Make a Difference in Your Community
    Dec 10 2020

     In this episode of the Creatives Get Real podcast, Sandi & Roben-Marie take a look at the ways to impact your community.

    - First, find your community and be present!
    - Post! It does not matter where you are in your journey - you are inspiring someone just be posting
    - Join in conversations
    - Support and encourage everyone not matter if they have 3 followers or 100K - they need your support
    - Do scary things - join a challenge, comment, ask for a collaboration, post WIPs
    - Show up for each other - buy from small businesses, share posts, talk about the class, product, tutorial you saw or purchased that was important to  you.  Help build audiences.
    - Handle problems with grace
    - Do not COPY!! Be inspired by and give credit.
    -  Start a group, mastermind, challenge etc.  Work together

    Thank you for listening! We appreciate every comment and our wonderful community! 

    LINKS
    Roben-Marie:
    Website
    Courses
    Maker's Tech U

    Sandi Keene:
    Website
    Popup Art Classes
    Coaching
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    23 mins
  • 069: The Basics of Selling Your Products for Success

    069: The Basics of Selling Your Products for Success
    Dec 3 2020

    In this episode of the Creatives Get Real podcast, Roben-Marie and Sandi are talking about selling products for beginners.

    You made journals, greeting cards, or art pouch and someone wants to buy it. Hey, I could sell these! Ummm, how?

    • Will you be selling on Instagram? How does that work?
    • Sell on your website - how does that work?
    • Listen to episode 34 - Tips for Pricing Your Products
    • Keep great records
    • Shipping woes
    • Store up all the time or open/close approach?
    • Is that how you want to spend your time?

    MENTIONED:

    034: Tips for Pricing Your Products



    LINKS
    Roben-Marie:
    Website
    Courses
    Maker's Tech U

    Sandi Keene:
    Website
    Popup Art Classes
    Coaching
    Show More Show Less
    32 mins

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