The Artist’s Journey

In today's episode Julia & Erin talk all about their upcoming projects. For Erin that's launching a clothing line and for Julia it's a new floral series! Both Gesso Girls talk through what goes into all the behind the scenes of this process, but mostly this is a casual conversation between two friends and we hope you find it fun and entertaining! 

Today Julia talks through the extremely normal event of when our work doesn't sell right away. She discusses how she has personally reframed this situation for herself, and some helpful ways to move past it.  

Today the Gesso Girls discuss Patreon - what it is & how to use it! If you've been considering making a Patreon but haven't been sure if it was right for you, we hope this episode helps. If you have any further questions about the episode or about Patreon, please reach out to us @gessogirls on instagram. 

We can't believe it's been nearly 8 months of Gesso Girls and we have yet to record an episode actually talking about gesso! So we decided it was time to fix that, and this week Julia explains what gesso is and how to use it. If you have any further questions don't hesitate to reach out and DM us @gessogirls on Instagram!

In today's episode Julia and Erin discuss how comparison can creep into most artist's psyche and mess with out creative practice and sense of worth. They point towards ways to reframe our urge to compare ourselves rather than trying to eliminate this very human tendency.  

Today Julia gives a general overview about Art Festivals. She'll broadly discuss applying for festivals, preparing for festival season, best practices for the day of the festival and more. But there was more info about Art Festivals than Julia could put in one episode, so if you want to dive deeper into this topic, join Julia on Patreon for 3 exclusive podcast episodes and checklists that will prepare you Festivals. 

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Julia's tent discussed in this Episode is from Flourish, and is the Trim Line series: http://www.flourishdisplays.com/trimline_features

Today Julia speak honestly about how overwhelming this past month has been. Though maybe not an inspiring story, we do hope it encourages you to take some things off your plate! Because when you reach a breaking point, somethings gotta give! 

Today we have on the podcast the wonderful Jackie Fried! Jackie is a painter and ceramicist living in San Francisco, CA. We talk to her about her journey after art school, how she joined a community gallery, balancing art with other jobs, and turning her art into a career! 

You can find Jackie's work at @Jacqueline.fried.art on Instagram and see more on her website: https://jacquelinefried.com/

Today we recorded a different kind of episode... we dug through the archives and found our old high school and college art and then showed our old work to one another for the first time! Both of us cringe, laugh, and learn from these weird and wild art phases. Follow along with the images on our instagram, even more are included in our story @gessogirls.

Happy Monday! Here are a few instagram 'No Nos" for artists. I'm guilty of doing a few of these myself, so no shame! But I do hope you find this helpful, and realize organic growth is the best growth.