As an artist it is likely that you will have to interact with your customers and the persona you adopt when you do this can have a huge effect on your success.  Confidence in your work inspires confidence from your audience so developing and maintaining a comfortable, confident attitude (even if it is not entirely the way you really feel!) can help you to become a respected artist.  Peter and Laura talk about ways to achieve this most difficult of things, your artist's persona!

As an artist it is likely that you will have to interact with your customers and the persona you adopt when you do this can have a huge effect on your success. Confidence in your work inspires confidence from your audience so developing and maintaining a comfortable, confident attitude (even if it is not entirely the way you really feel!) can help you to become a respected artist. Peter and Laura talk about ways to achieve this most difficult of things, your artist's persona!

As an artist it is likely that you will have to interact with your customers and the persona you adopt when you do this can have a huge effect on your success. &nbsp;Confidence in your work inspires confidence from your audience so developing and maintaining a comfortable, confident attitude (even if it is not entirely the way you really feel!) can help you to become a respected artist. &nbsp;Peter and Laura talk about ways to achieve this most difficult of things, your artist's persona!

The Artist's Persona

Professional artists Peter Keegan and Tom Shepherd discuss the practical issues of making art your career. Drawing on their own experiences they offer candid advice for artists who want to make a living from their work. Peter is a portrait painter working predominantly to commission for both private and public clients and he also teaches in-person and online. Tom is a watercolour artist with a passion for wildlife and conservation and he also teaches in-person and online. Both Tom and Peter treat their art as a business, always practicing what they preach! Throughout season 1 and 2, renowned printmaker, Laura Boswell was the co-host. Laura is a printmaker working in Linocut and Japanese woodblock, with work is in several public collections. She writes a monthly advice column for Artists and Illustrators Magazine.&nbsp;

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Professional artists Peter Keegan and Tom Shepherd discuss the practical issues of making art your career. Drawing on their own experiences they offer candid advice for artists who want to make a living from their work. Peter is a portrait painter working predominantly to commission for both private and public clients and he also teaches in-person and online. Tom is a watercolour artist with a passion for wildlife and conservation and he also teaches in-person and online. Both Tom and Peter treat their art as a business, always practicing what they preach! Throughout season 1 and 2, renowned printmaker, Laura Boswell was the co-host. Laura is a printmaker working in Linocut and Japanese woodblock, with work is in several public collections. She writes a monthly advice column for Artists and Illustrators Magazine. 

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