In this week's episode, Tom interviews New Zealand based artist, Andrew Tischler.  

Andrew has been a professional artist for the past 17 years.  He is drawn to vast landscapes, people, objects and animals, painting a wide variety of subjects in a realist style. His goal for every painting is to achieve a convincing sense of reality and break the constraints of the two dimensional surface.

His obsession with realist painting led him to study many of the great masters from the past and seek to understand how they made such magnificent pictures. From this, alongside his passion for painting, he has developed a passion for teaching and is eager to share what he has learnt over the years.

He is not only a very successful painter but he has also amassed a huge following on YouTube having started his channel in 2016 which has now grown to over 400k followers. 

Andrew begins by telling Tom a bit about his back story and how he got to be an artist, before he and Tom dive into the world of online content - what is it and how can we create it, alongside creating our art work?

Tom and Andrew discuss the why's and wherefore's, the do's and don'ts and how, if it's ever possible, to create a balance between authentically creating art and creating content. Andrew openly shares his wealth of experience but ultimately concludes by saying that each artist's journey will be unique; in the same way that there isn't just one way to be an Artist, there isn't just one way to create online content as part of your art career.

An insightful interview and a must listen for any Artist or creative considering going into the world of video tutorials.

If you want to find out more about Andrew and his work, you can visit his website: https://www.andrewtischler.com

To support Andrew on Patreon and have access to exclusive content, take a look here: https://www.patreon.com/AndrewTischlerArtist