Category: Artistic Career

This category deals with the topic of building and sustaining a successful artistic career.

My Morning Routine | Liron Yanconsky’s Podcast – Episode 38

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Hi there! Today I want to share with you my morning routine, and talk about how it saves my life on a regular basis.

Morning Routine

My morning routine is something that slowly and naturally developed over the last 2 years.

Here’s what it ended up being like.

  • I meditate for as long as I feel like it (usually 10-20 minutes). I try to observe my thoughts without judging them.
  • Then I write down anything and everything that came and comes to mind in my notebook. This helps me revisit memories in a more emotionally detached state of mind, and learn about myself.
  • I write down things I’m grateful for. This is my daily exercise in gratitude, and I find it to be incredibly important.
  • I watch a Gary Vee video (usually close it after 5 minutes because I have to start working).

This morning routine is really helpful in getting me started with my day, and organizing my thoughts.

How My Morning Routine Saves My Life

When you are your own boss, there are challenges that accompany that.

I am very grateful for having the freedom in time, and doing what I want. This is not to be taken for granted. But with that, sometimes it’s a challenge staying on the right path. Sometimes it’s a challenge even knowing where to go.

This is what this routine helps me with. It helps me observe myself and understand my patterns, thoughts and fears. It also helps me practice gratitude.

This is crucial when you are the person at the top / independent. It’s a lonely place at times, and you need all the strength you can get.

Artist Corner – Fabio Cambranelli

Today I featured Fabio Cambranelli, who’s an incredible Brazilian watercolor and acrylics painter.

He does many florals, and has a very interesting technique. He lifts A LOT, uses wet-in-wet a lot, and makes the most out of each wash. He works with watercolor the way they were meant to be used, pushing them to their limits.

You can check out his work here:

And Here’s where you can find me (:

You can support me on Patreon

Check out my YouTube Channel – Liron Yanconsky

Or ask me questions on Instagram – @LironYanIL or Snapchat – @LironYan3

And this is it. I hope you enjoyed this episode, and I’ll talk to you again real soon!

– Liron

I’m Visiting The USA | Liron Yanconsky’s Podcast – Episode 37

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Hi there! Today’s podcast episode is a personal / blog update about my upcoming visit to the USA, and some additional updates.

Visiting the USA

I will be visiting for the entirety of August (2nd – 29th). I’m visiting family in Cleveland, Ohio.

I’m really looking forward to this time. It will give me an opportunity to recharge and reset, and perhaps refresh my vision for the future.

In addition, I’m pretty happy to visit my family! (: We may also visit Canada.

YouTube Channel VS Painting

This is something that’s been on my mind for a while now.

I feel like I’m putting A LOT of work into the YouTube channel, and not enough time into painting and making art.

I think I need to rebalance this. I’m unsure if this means going down to 2 vids a week, or less, but it’s something in that range.

I’m actually considering taking 2 weeks of a complete break from YouTube for a hard reset, but we’ll see.

I don’t want to give up the possible upside / potential, but I do want to make sure I don’t burn myself out.

Results VS Expectations

This is something that pops from time to time. I sometimes feel like my progress isn’t “fast enough”, or that I’m not getting better as fast as I can.

This is of course a little ridiculous. I am working as hard as I can, and I am doing my best. I need to re-sharpen my gratitude and acceptance skills! (:

IGTV

Finally, just wanted to mention this awesome platform.

Instagram created an additional app called IGTV. It’s like YouTube, or a TV, only made for mobile. The videos are vertical, and it’s just fun to use.

I’m posting A LOT there (almost every day), so make sure to check it out. You can get there by visiting my Instagram page, and clicking where it says IGTV.

Artist Corner – Tim Wilmot

Finally, today I mentioned Tim Wilmot. He is an incredible watercolor painter from the UK.

He has – what I think are – some of the best YouTube tutorials out there. Be sure to check out his work:

And Here’s where you can find me (:

You can support me on Patreon

Check out my YouTube Channel – Liron Yanconsky

Or ask me questions on Instagram – @LironYanIL or Snapchat – @LironYan3

And this is it for today, I hope you enjoyed this one, and we’ll talk soon!

– Liron

Interviewing Nitin Singh | Liron Yanconsky’s Podcast – Episode 36

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What’s up? Liron here, and today I’m interviewing Nitin Singh!

Nitin’s a super-talented watercolor painter from Bangalore, India. I cam across him and his work by finding his YouTube channel.

I think he is a rare find, in that he is very skilled with the medium of watercolor, but also has a lot of interesting insights and ideas that are fresh in his mind. That’s because he’s been seriously painting as long as I have been, for about 3 years now.

The Interview With Nitin Singh

In the interview we touched upon many topics I think are important, in regards to approaching an artistic career, improving with a medium, overcoming hardships and so on.

I hope you enjoy this one!

Also, if you want to see the video version, be sure to check it out here – Interview With Nitin Singh on YouTube

Artist Corner – Nitin Singh

So obviously, today’s artist IS Nitin Singh. Here are a few useful links:

And Here’s where you can find me (:

You can support me on Patreon

Check out my YouTube Channel – Liron Yanconsky

Or ask me questions on Instagram – @LironYanIL or Snapchat – @LironYan3

And this is it. I hope you enjoyed this episode, and I’ll talk to you again real soon!

– Liron

 

Interviewing Steve Mitchell | Liron Yanconsky’s Podcast – Episode 33

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Hi there! In today’s episode I interview Steve Mitchell, of The Mind of Watercolor!

If you are interested in watercolor painting I’m sure you came across Steve Mitchell’s YouTube channel – The Mind of Watercolor – at some point.

He has incredible tutorials and lessons on painting.

Interviewing Other Artists

I talked a bit about my idea of interviewing other artists.

I think this will work great to encourage channel growth on YouTube. I also think this will create amazing content that viewers will really enjoy.

I made a list of artists I want to get to next, so expect updates in the near future!

Steve Mitchell Interview

Steve was the first creator I thought about reaching out to.

I’ve been following him for several years now, and learned A LOT from him. His fun personality and sense of humor make his videos not only educational, but also entertaining.

And as luck would have it, I noticed he started following me on Instagram, and even commenting and liking some of my posts!

As soon as I saw that I decided to reach out to him. He was super-cool about it, and the result is this interview!

I’m not going to transcribe the entire interview / questions (mainly because it’s a bit long).

But I do recommend you listen (or watch on YouTube – Steve Mitchell Interview). We talked about creating, being an artist, his career, and even Reese! (; You don’t want to miss that.

So sit back, relax and enjoy this one (or listen to it while doing something else!).

Artist Corner

As expected, today I mentioned Steve Mitchell! Haha.

It felt stupid choosing a different artist for this part, so I decided to go with the most relevant one – Steve!

You can check out his YouTube channel here: The Mind of Watercolor
And his website here: http://SteveMitchellDesign.com/

And Here’s where you can find me (:

You can support me on Patreon

Check out my YouTube Channel – Liron Yanconsky

Or ask me questions on Instagram – @LironYanIL or Snapchat – @LironYan3

And this is it. I hope you enjoyed this episode, and I’ll talk to you again real soon!

– Liron

 

Interviews With Other YouTubers and Artists | Liron Yanconsky’s Podcast – Episode 32

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Hi there! In this episode I want to talk to you about my desire to make interview other artists, and build connections in the watercolor community.

Things I KNOW I Should Do

I got this idea after brainstorming. I felt like, at the back of my head, there are many things I know I should be doing, but don’t.

So I made a list and 2 main things popped:

  1. Do LIVE videos!
  2. Interview other artists and collaborate!

So I took the 2nd one to hear, and decided to do just that.

Steve Mitchell / The Mind of Watercolor

I already started applying this change. I recently contacted Steve Mitchell of The Mind of Watercolor channel.

He is an amazing artist and I really appreciate his work. I also learned a lot from his videos. He was the first person I wanted to interview.

Luckily he was so cool and friendly about it and immediately said yes. The interview should be out this Thursday on my YouTube channel, and next Tuesday on the podcast as well (:

Benefits of Interviews of Other Artists

I have all the reasons in the world to do this. First – I think this will create AMAZING content for mine and the interviewee’s audience. I want to ask the less obvious questions. I want to open a window into the PERSON I’m interviewing.

Another huge advantage is building a more personal connection with the watercolor community.

And lastly – this will really help our channels grow, by increasing exposures.

Other Artists I Want to Interview

I’ve been thinking about some of the “purer” watercolor artists on YouTube such as Patrick Ley-Grieves, Nitin Singh and Teoh. I hope to reach out to those soon.

But then the more I thought about it the more I realized it doesn’t matter. I can interview ANY artist I want! The content will still be relevant – especially with visual artists (the medium is of less importance).

This is it! Now onto the Artist Corner

Artist Corner

In this episode I mentioned Richard Bolton, a watercolor painter who lives in New-Zealand and has a name sounding like a Game of Thrones character =P

He is an incredible painter, and an author of several books such as Texture and Detail in Watercolor (affiliate link, you pay the same price and I make a small commission).

I highly recommend you check out his artworks. You can do that on his website: http://www.richardbolton.com/

And Here’s where you can find me (:

You can support me on Patreon

Check out my YouTube Channel – Liron Yanconsky

Or ask me questions on Instagram – @LironYanIL or Snapchat – @LironYan3

And this is it. I hope you enjoyed this episode, and I’ll talk to you again real soon!

– Liron