Nikki and Laura are excited to introduce you to startist, Trupti Karjinni!

Trupti is an internationally-recognized artist and creative entrepreneur from Belgaum, India. She wears the hats of a painter, paintmaker, and educator. She is the creator of Thrive With Trupti, a membership and community where she teaches watercolor enthusiasts the skills and mindset they need to create confidently. Trupti is also the founder and owner of Blue Pine Arts, a small-batch company where she and her team make their world-renowned handmade watercolor paints, sketchbooks, and other art materials.

Since she began painting with watercolors in 2017 on the side, she quickly grew her art practice to build a multi-faceted six-figure business. Her mission is to show artists they can live an abundant life doing what they love.

TOPICS DISCUSSED

• Trupti shares her transition from software engineer to artist and creative entrepreneur (2:06)
• Trupti's 31-day painting project that helped grow her Instagram and make friends across the ocean (7:33)
• Finding her purpose in painting and making watercolors (9:31)
• Birth of Blue Pine Arts (13:21)
• Quitting her day job (15:02)
• Trupti’s first experience teaching (18:30)
• How she grew engagement on Instagram and how it led to incredible opportunities (20:57)
• Trupti gives us some great advice about vulnerability (23:46)
• Trupti’s experience with teaching on Skillshare (29:07)
• Getting past fear of failure and being open to abundance (30:50)
• Advice for just getting started (32:07)
• Resources she's found helpful along the way (35:44)
• Experiencing and getting through burnout (35:56)
• Dealing with growing pains (39:39)
• Growing a team  (41:40)
• Trupti's watercolor membership, Thrive with Trupti (43:47)
• Working with her spouse (50:32)
• Plans for a new course and mastermind on creating art courses (53:54)
• Finding balance and gratitude (56:50)

Read more and find links to all mentioned resources in the Startist Society show notes at startistsociety.com/trupti/

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