Painty Mama

If you would love to build a website for your art business but feel stuck or intimidated, this is the episode for you! These are my top tips on how to get started with building your own website.

·      5 Tips to speed up the process when you’re starting to build your website

·      Suggested platforms to easily build your website

·     Why simple design is best for artists and creative entrepreneurs.

DM Keita on instagram, @artbykeita - If this episode inspired you to build your website, I’d love to see it, send me a link!

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A beautiful chat with Emily Harvey, Sharing everything from finding your illustration style, juggling motherhood with working as an illustrator and how grief impacts your art business. Emily is an inspiring and down to earth illustrator, youtuber and content creator and she reminds us in this episode why you don’t have to give up on your dreams when you become a Mum. It was an absolute pleasure to talk so openly with her and I hope you enjoy this encouraging conversation!

·      Juggling motherhood with growing an illustration business

·      Things that help increase productivity as an art making mom

·      How to find your art style

·     How grief can affect all aspects of life, including your creative output + art business.

How to set up your ideal art making space workbook - free download CLICK HERE.

Website + Shop: https://www.eharveyart.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eharveyart/

Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/EmilyHarveyArt

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgL8apX08WJIIYOPtcI5KDw

DM Keita + Emily on instagram, @artbykeita and @eharveyart we’d both love to connect with you!

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In this relaxed and chatty episode, Keita talks about her experience with feeling unmotivated with painting and creativity in real-time and what helps to get you back into your motivated groove again.

·       How Feeling unmotivated is usually a sign of tiredness and fatigue

·       Asking for help when you feel unmotivated

·       How reminding yourself of your bigger “why” can re-motivate you

DM Keita, @artbykeita on instagram to chat when you feel creatively unmotivated - She’ll be there to pep you up!

Don’t forget to leave a review and share with a friend if you found this episode helpful - that way we can reach more painty mamas who would benefit from what we talk about here on the podcast!

You can find all things Art by Keita at www.artbykeita.com

How can the way you feel music, react to a poem or look at a painting generate new art? In this episode Keita discusses how intuition and learning about synesthesia is revolutionary for artists and enhancing your spiritual experience of life and art. Maybe there are no original ideas, but they're certainly are original voices.

·       Defining what intuition is and how it works.

·       How life experiences and using all your senses influences the art you make.

·       What is synesthesia and how you can use it as an artist.

·       Stick around to the end of the episode for how to use many different mediums of art so you’re never short of inspiration for your art.

DM Keita, @artbykeita on instagram with a story about your experiences of intuition, synesthesia or how you generate creative ideas.

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When you’re overwhelmed with ideas and a never ending to-do list, it can feel impossible to move forward in life, home, work and creativity. In this episode, we talk about a simple strategy to create ease and mental clarity so you can move forward intentionally with your ideas.

·       The positives and negatives of having a creative mind flooded with ideas.

·       How brain dumping creates mental clarity.

·       How to sort through your ideas logically so you can move forward with clarity.

DM Keita, @artbykeita on instagram with your process and how this episode helped you.

Don’t forget to leave a review and share with a friend if you found this episode helpful - that way we can reach more painty mamas who would benefit from what we talk about here on the podcast!

If you're an Etsy shop owner or you’re thinking about starting an Etsy business, this is the episode for you! I’m sharing the reality around how long it’s taken me to grow, numbers, Etsy ad investment, money and what I’ve learned so you can reach success faster on Etsy.

In This Episode Keita Discusses:
· How long it took me to reach success on Etsy.
· What really has worked and when.
· When optimizing your Etsy shop is worth the effort.

@artbykeita  -  www.keitathomas.com

As a busy Mom, it can be super hard to find the time to create art and juggle everything when you’re making a million decisions a day and constantly cleaning up your house. Today I’m sharing something that’s changed the way I do things and is the number one thing that’s helped me to find time to do the things I love - Decluttering!

·       Time is your most valuable resource

·       Helpful tips on how to get started with decluttering your home + why it’s worth it

·       Combatting decision fatigue by decluttering

Someone who has really helped me on this journey is Allie Casazza, You can find her at alliecasazza.com -  I’d really encourage you to check her out if you’d like to go deeper into decluttering your home!

(Allie also has a Podcast here called "The Purpose Show" )

There are huge benefits to merging your art making, motherhood and business together - they don’t always have to be totally separate parts of life. In this episode I’m sharing my experiences on how I’ve blended motherhood with artistry and business and hope this episode leaves you feeling inspired and empowered to involve your kids in creativity as you move through life together!

·       Ideas on how you can roll in life as a mom with your artistic and creative making process (they don’t have to be mutually exclusive parts of your life)

·       The positive impact that making art around your kids can have on your family.

·       How to build your art skills together with your child.

·       Insights on how involving your kids in the business side of your art making can be a great teacher.

Click Here to Download your FREE WORKBOOK to help you with the next steps for setting up your ideal art making space.

DM me on Instagram @artbykeita - I'd love to hear if you have any tips about how you involve your kids in your art or creative process!

To homeschool or not to homeschool? It’s really tough to make that call and figure out what’s best for your family. In this episode, Keita shares her own experiences of homeschooling and the positive and negative experiences of home schooling through the COVID pandemic.

·       Juggling an art business and homeschooling during the pandemic

·       Honest pros and cons on deciding wether to homeschool v’s public school

Go to keitathomas.com/shownotes/5 to Download your FREE WORKBOOK to help you with the next steps for setting up your ideal art making space.

Welcome to the Painty Mama Podcast!

It takes time to grow an art business and it requires equal doses of patience and passion. In this episode Keita shares how getting to know yourself and your cycles as a creative with a feminine side, can help to cultivate patience, and ways you can ignite your passion for art making even when you’re SO not in the mood!

DM me on instagram @artbykeita - I'd love to know what you're passionate about and how you cultivate it in your creative process

Click Here to check out the “MyFLO” app mentioned in this episode.