Thanks for watching! Do you have any other questions? Ask below. FYI - One of the other popular questions I got asked but didn't mention here was about Sponsorships. I don't take sponsorships because I am still growing my channel and don't know where it's going yet. I don't want to be tied down to a schedule or someone else's business goals. So this is a very personal decision. I have no problem with sponsorships, and artists who do them are making a living in their own way - more power to them! I just work really hard to not HAVE to take sponsorships and do my own thing. To give you an idea, I've been approached by Squarespace and Skillshare, both offered $100-200 per video. I have no idea how that compares to others, but that might help you decide if you are in that situation. OK. Bye for now. Have fun!
Thanks for sharing Sarah... If could only buy you your dream studio I would! Did you notice Vada gave out when you said you would go on adventures😋 he's like nope you won't you stay home with me 💜
so many thanks for the shout out during this video Sarah, that was so kind to list my art channel, cheers Paul. We seem to share so many channels we each follow in Photography, videography and last but by no means least van Life, I follow CAmpervibe, those two lasses are fun to watch, cheers again Paul
I would love to work in a collective studio. I remember visiting somewhere (possibly Longleat Wildlife Park and House) where they had a converted a long brick-built horse stables/ loose boxes. Each box was open fronted and had an individual artist, ceramicist, photographer etc. Visitors could walk along the main passage in front of each box looking at artists working, go into the boxes, chat to the artists and buy things, and the artists could talk to each other too. It looked like an absolute dream. I imagine it had such a buzz because it was part of Longleat, which was the main tourist attraction. Whether it world work as well as a stand alone enterprise who knows.
This sounds like an 'artist in residence' scenario. Captive audience :-) Working in a collective studio sounds so great to me too. Imagine all that creative energy you can tap-into. Bliss !
Sarah I’m one of those taking all your skillshare classes and don’t doing or publishing any of the homework. I didn’t even followed you on RUclips and Instagram. But I love your classes, you are a wonderful teacher. I learned a lot about drawing with you (and I had 4 semestres of drawing on university). You are an inspiration. Now I ´m following you everywhere 😊Thank you so much
Well done. I’ve been doing portraits of older women with such character for the past year. I give them away. I love the freedom of no deadlines, and painting my way without regard to what others think. Your own style was validating…and your work is lovely.
It's so exciting to hear about your goal of hosting workshops and plein air painting trips at your studio!! Whether it's five or ten years from now, I'd love to fly out to join! Plus I'll actually be a proper adult out of college who can hopefully afford it then Also, "you can press the thumbs down button twice" 🤣
You are just so friggin precious! You always make me laugh and on days when I'm in a lot of pain your videos have given me hope and inspired me to keep going, so thank you! And you've made me cry (your nature videography MOVES me!) more than once lol! Also, I will be there when you open you're own studio and have plein air classes! The timeline works perfectly for me, I'll be able to afford it in 10 years lol! Thank you for you, now rest that throat!
Sarah you don't need to wait for a full-on studio to teach plein aire groups. I know there are many that would love to spend a few days in Scotland painting with you outside and then spend time on their own touring. I've done this many times over the years. Sign me up! I've loved learning from you over the years. Keep up the great work, you're making a difference for us.
I know you're right. At this time in my life I'm still OK with my plan, since I'm still learning and growing as an artist and teacher. I don't want to rush the process. But when the time comes I will definitely share if I can take groups out and join me for painting adventures!!
Wow, what a great list of RUclips channels to watch. I love that they are not all art focused as well. I think that is important. I can't wait to check them out. Thanks for answering my question!
I wish you the best of luck in creating your studio! I can imagine how many people would love to join you in making art. My dream is to visit Scotland some day and if I could attend your workshop at the same time, that would be a perfect combo!
Thank you Sarah! Sharing your art and your everyday art life (struggles, successes, practical advice) have given so many of us true inspiration and hope.💕
Great video. Thank you for this. A piece of advice I would give to people starting a new business... learn to live lean. Before I started my business I looked at how I was living and looked for ways to cut down my monthly expenses... like get a room mate or make a budget for groceries and stick to it. This helped me a lot.
Yes great device. I didn’t talk about that but it’s true. I lived extremely frugal for along time (and still mostly do). I cut out so many things that were holding me back.
Hi Sarah! Just wanted to say thank you so much for sharing the ins and outs of your business. As I'm starting out my photograhy print shop, I realised I subconsciously absorbed some "best practices" from you, from how you pack photographs to searching for eco-friendly packaging. You've really inspired me (and some countless others!) to do it the eco-friendly way, thanks so much for spreading that energy!
Thank you for sharing your insights, Sarah!! I am a cardiology nurse, but recent physical disability changed my entire professional trajectory. I also paint using watercolor media, it is my creative outlet. For the past few months I began posting reels on instagram and feel like I could thrive by doing what I love. Your post couldn’t have come at a better time. Thank you!!
@@SarahBurnsStudio Thank you, Sarah!! I would love to participate in one of your community events if I am ever in your part of the world :) I am wishing all the best in your creative ventures!!
You answered my Question!! yay! hahaha! I love your videos out and about! Being in Nature is so healing for the soul.. I Know what you mean about feeling guilty for not using RUclips and social media.. It's a shame that we end up feeling like that. Loved this video! Was really interesting and helpful! 💚
Thank you Sarah for such a precious gem of knowledge and also generously sharing it with us. I have learnt so much from you over the past year and seriously kudos to posting everyday to please the algorithm for ‘add link’ option to your stories - mad respect. I personally felt hurt when I realized that ig kinda gave it away to everyone literally few days after you almost burnt out for it. But I’m really glad that you decided to change the course of your relationship with social media. Go get that dream studio of yours, I’m so here for it _/\_
Thank you for answering my question ☺️ I'm so happy I found your channel. You got me into gouache. I even did a little landscape challenge for myself to kickstart my skill.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom and insights. One of my goals for 2022 is to make my art available for sale (and if someone buys my art that would be a really awesome bonus). Im definitely not at the full-time artist stage yet, but it sure is fun to think about.
Great video Sarah! I have no intention of having an art business, I am happily retired. I am here for your art, and photography and whatever great art tips I can pick up for my personal artwork. I am also here because of your persona, I think you could “read the phonebook” and make it interesting to me. Your transparency is so absolutely refreshing. I can only hope that someday, I will travel to beautiful Scotland and make a stop at Sarah Burns Studio. ❤️
Thank you Sarah, this was a very interesting video, I listened to it while cleaning my apartment (carrying you around with me)! :) There were many good tips and thoughts that I loved, especially how you approach goals by making a "backwards" plan. That was very interesting and useful, I will do that myself from now on! Also, I have always had a tiny tiny dream of doing art as a part time job along with my psychology degree (I have year left in my studies!). It's so useful to hear very practical tips about how you manage your art business, how you have got where you are now and what are your future plans. I'm so glad to hear you are doing better now :) My mother always says we need to go the bottom to be able to learn something and grow as humans, and even if that's hard, I guess that's life. I have always liked that you share about your everyday life, with all its positivity but also the challenges and struggles you meet. It connects us as humans to know we are not alone in our struggles, and it makes your videos more humane and intime and warm. Also I think normalizing mental health is really important, especially in our modern, hectic society. I just joined your Patreon for the first time ever and really love it!!!! I'm already waiting for the upcoming paint along! ♡ See you there!
The video ending was FANTASTIC. I chuckled at least twice. "You can press the thumbs down button, twice." and "I'm just gonna sit here until you click the next video". But also, as someone who hopes to be a professional artist some day, I really really appreciate all of this advice. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Loved this video, even though I don't aspire to be a professional artist it was still great to learn your journey and advice for it. And I confess that my favorite videos are your plein air adventures, I could watch hour long plein air videos of yours 😄
Hello Sarah thank you for answering my question it was really helpful not just for my question but all the amount of information you shared and with your honesty it's very beneficial! I was typing my story but I realized it's way long 😂 ! Thank you for this ❤️ you and your art are amazing
Oh this was a very informative & inspirational video covering quite a number of questions I have had. Definitely give me some more details of what actually goes in to opening up my future art business. It gives me plenty of things to think about & decide what I want to do with my art business & things that I might not want to do. Thank you for sharing your honesty & open opinion about doing an art business and mental health issues. Hope you’re enjoying a wonderful week & weekend. Keep up the great videoes & artwork!
Great content! As always :) Many of those questions I have had myself and it's nice to hear them from the perspective of an independent successful artist as yourself. One thing I have been making effort on recently is to minimize the consumption of social media as it has been a great distraction for me. So far going well! All the best in New 2022 from Ireland!
@@SarahBurnsStudio Letterkenny in County Donegal. It beautifully with its drastically changing weather and such a variation in nature. Living on a hill above the town gives me quite the view! I take pictures fanatically and walk around whenever I can. Just stunning. I was I Scotland once on a college trip, in Aberdeen to be exact, and loved it so much! It had this fantastic chill vibe about it. Would definitely love to go back for some proper sightseeing.
I agree save up for a one year buffer. Mostly since job hiring cycles may be off cycle if you need to get back into the workforce and the area of work is not hiring yet. Like at the end of the year as budgets are being approved and compensation are being divided up.
Lots of great information here, Sarah, and thank you for sharing. I've always wanted to know more about the artists that inspire you or that you follow. I would eventually like to paint... maybe not for a living, but at least to host classes, but I would worry that I would start to loathe my passion. Art is after all one of the few ways that I cope with life, and I get incredible flow whenever I'm painting. It's actually one of my goals for 2022 to start a YT channel centered on my art but my art isn't consistently... good and also I still have SO MUCH to learn- and I'm not sure I'll ever understand perspective, hahah! xD Anyways, I hope you're taking care and wishing a happier and healthier 2022 for you!
I've known people who start turning art into a career and end up hating it as a business. You never know...you definitely want to avoid resenting it! I think its the same for any passion
Hi Sarah, I don't know if it's been asked before, or if there is a video you can point to, but I would love to learn the story of how you got into painting/drawing. What prompted you to try... & then the whole falling in love with this art part... would love to know that part of your story. Thank you - I really enjoy your videos & your art. I only recently found them so I have many more to enjoy & catch up on. Take care
Hello Dan. I have a few Q&A vidoes, this is the first which kinda touches on that. ruclips.net/video/BAWdbi2Ij4w/видео.html But you reminded me I don't think I have a single video dedicated to my full journey story. I have an art book called "Brush Mileage" which goes in depth into my journey. Maybe it's time for another Q&A
Thank you so much Sarah! This is very helpful! Have you done a video about photographing your artwork? I would really like to improve my photos of my art work.
Once again you made a video that is so useful. I was wondering what has been your best source for creating a following? Is it RUclips some other platform ? Maybe it’s lots of other sources. Another question is , besides Skillshare what other passive income sources have you tried?
At the beginning (2015) I was streaming full time on Twitch, within a year I had 10,000 followers and was making minimum wage. I was also growing my instagram but that grew way slower..maybe like 500-1000. I continued to stream full time for a couple more years but dipped my toes into youtube and realized I could reach more people, and I enjoyed the process of making thoughtful videos more than doing a live stream. So i started to transition to youtube in late 2019-2020. By then I had around 3,000 subs on youtube. In 2020 I started posting weekly on youtube, and gained another 5,000 by the end of the year, in 2021 I posted weekly again, and now you can see the numbers for today. By far youtube has been the most successful but also the most FUN source of connecting to my audience. It took over 5 years for my to hit 10k on instagram, and that's pretty much the only other place I post my work. It has changed a lot (not for the better) and I don't really enjoy it anymore. For passive income I also have Patreon..it's more of a combo between active/passive but many people join it and get to watch all my past content (it's a good perk) and that's passive. Otherwise I've offer my tutorials on Gumroad and tried a couple other places but it results in minimal income. Stock photography is another place I've played but not enough to make any money..it requires a lot of time and research.
Aww thank you so much for this video this was really helpful. I’m just at the very beginning of making art. I have had several different jobs not related to art at all and I’ve found art again and wanted to make a go of it. I’m still learning what media works best for me. All of my work is pastel pencil but I get so frustrated with my scanner and printer because it just comes out so grainy. I’m interested to hear you do your own prints too. The printing of the artwork is probably the most irritating thing. I have a Epson p700 and I’m trying so many papers. I started with Somerset enhanced then went to Epson archival matte then to the fine art stuff but honestly the fine art stuff looks nice but you loose so much detail. It seems that every piece of art has its only colour settings that I need to change. Are you like this too with your printing? Would love to see a video of you making up our prints and your process. Even just to share the frustration of it all 😂❤️your paintings are beautiful by the way. Xxxxxxx
Thanks! I just did the math, out of 7.9 billion people in the world, artists make up 4%. If you look at just the ages of 15-65 (the working population, which are 5.15 billion people, artists make up 6.2% of the world. That's a pretty small number!
Thank you for your honest comments and thoughts. As a professional artist, I agree with many of the things you said. I have two technical questions. Which camera do you use to make RUclips videos? Is it the same camera you take along when you go out for plein air painting? Which art scanner do you use? Thank you for your time!
@@SarahBurnsStudio thank you so much for your reply. Can I ask one more question? Which camera do you use to photograph your artwork? Thank you for your time!
This video was so useful! I’m at a point where I’m still growing my skills and wanting to take a new step of putting my art out in the universe and grow an audience. Your advice has helped, but I have no video skills to edit video’s, so I don’t think I can be a you tuber. Are there other ways to grow an audience and protect your art from theft?
Thank you for doing this. I took the leap and left my job in Sept. 2021, and especially appreciate your advice to have multiple income streams. Do you have a physical gallery where your work is for sale, and if so, how did you select/get into it? If not, what is your alternative?
Yes, I work with two galleries here in Scotland - but one of them is seasonal (they aren't open during winter). I simply asked if they are interested, send them PDF with some images of my work, and when they agreed, went from there. I have a contract with them. But I don't sell as much in galleries because I pursue my online income much more (it feels more stable)
Hopefully you see this so I can get an answer as my online researching is getting me no where and google doesn’t know what I’m talking about lmfao anyways When you’re out during your plein air painting stuff, I noticed at least in this video, where you’re standing up and painting. At that point I noticed you had a surface you were painting on, but it looked like you had something on the front, like a portable easel almost, that wasn’t being held up by legs but rather your own body. Like those people at baseball games and they walk around with that thing hanging off their neck asking people if they want popcorn. And I’m curious what the heck that is and where one could get one!
we dont have the space for all my old art, even what we have it stashed in portfolios hidden around the house lol and its at the point i cant open the closet door without getting squished by old art lol and what is this word 'savings'?? lol
Thank you, dream your dream done, listen to Neville Goddard, I did visit your future studio, in my imagination, imagination is creating the reality, dream nice dreams for a nice reality. Try acrylics?
Good stuff. Really interesting to hear your thoughts and about your journey so far. I've only recently found your channel, but I'm hooked! Having come back to art later in life I am at the start of my journey, and what began as relearning everything has morphed into a small business. Not enough to financially sustain me, but still, its unexpected. My question is about teaching/tutorials.... is there a right time to call yourself qualified to teach? I'm asking because I feel my skills are there and I have a lot of knowledge, but I have that nagging feeling that I can't possibly know more than the next person.,,, Is it best to just try it, or is there a step or two before jumping in?
I started "teaching" when I was a year into it, but mainly just as casual demos on stream. Very little pressure and low key. Free. I'd say start with something like that and get a feel for it. You also learn a ton by teaching!
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Thanks for watching! Do you have any other questions? Ask below.
FYI - One of the other popular questions I got asked but didn't mention here was about Sponsorships. I don't take sponsorships because I am still growing my channel and don't know where it's going yet. I don't want to be tied down to a schedule or someone else's business goals. So this is a very personal decision. I have no problem with sponsorships, and artists who do them are making a living in their own way - more power to them! I just work really hard to not HAVE to take sponsorships and do my own thing.
To give you an idea, I've been approached by Squarespace and Skillshare, both offered $100-200 per video. I have no idea how that compares to others, but that might help you decide if you are in that situation.
OK. Bye for now. Have fun!
Thanks for sharing Sarah... If could only buy you your dream studio I would! Did you notice Vada gave out when you said you would go on adventures😋 he's like nope you won't you stay home with me 💜
Do you do master's studies? If you had to give up one painting medium, which would it be? xD
so many thanks for the shout out during this video Sarah, that was so kind to list my art channel, cheers Paul. We seem to share so many channels we each follow in Photography, videography and last but by no means least van Life, I follow CAmpervibe, those two lasses are fun to watch, cheers again Paul
I would love to work in a collective studio. I remember visiting somewhere (possibly Longleat Wildlife Park and House) where they had a converted a long brick-built horse stables/ loose boxes. Each box was open fronted and had an individual artist, ceramicist, photographer etc. Visitors could walk along the main passage in front of each box looking at artists working, go into the boxes, chat to the artists and buy things, and the artists could talk to each other too. It looked like an absolute dream. I imagine it had such a buzz because it was part of Longleat, which was the main tourist attraction. Whether it world work as well as a stand alone enterprise who knows.
Ahh those types of studios are so cool! I love repurposed buildings with character, perfect for artists!
@@SarahBurnsStudio oh I know! 😍
This sounds like an 'artist in residence' scenario. Captive audience :-) Working in a collective studio sounds so great to me too. Imagine all that creative energy you can tap-into. Bliss !
Sarah I’m one of those taking all your skillshare classes and don’t doing or publishing any of the homework. I didn’t even followed you on RUclips and Instagram. But I love your classes, you are a wonderful teacher. I learned a lot about drawing with you (and I had 4 semestres of drawing on university). You are an inspiration. Now I ´m following you everywhere 😊Thank you so much
Wow thank you so much Helena!
Well done. I’ve been doing portraits of older women with such character for the past year. I give them away. I love the freedom of no deadlines, and painting my way without regard to what others think. Your own style was validating…and your work is lovely.
It's so exciting to hear about your goal of hosting workshops and plein air painting trips at your studio!! Whether it's five or ten years from now, I'd love to fly out to join! Plus I'll actually be a proper adult out of college who can hopefully afford it then
Also, "you can press the thumbs down button twice" 🤣
You are just so friggin precious! You always make me laugh and on days when I'm in a lot of pain your videos have given me hope and inspired me to keep going, so thank you! And you've made me cry (your nature videography MOVES me!) more than once lol! Also, I will be there when you open you're own studio and have plein air classes! The timeline works perfectly for me, I'll be able to afford it in 10 years lol! Thank you for you, now rest that throat!
Sarah you don't need to wait for a full-on studio to teach plein aire groups. I know there are many that would love to spend a few days in Scotland painting with you outside and then spend time on their own touring. I've done this many times over the years. Sign me up! I've loved learning from you over the years. Keep up the great work, you're making a difference for us.
I know you're right. At this time in my life I'm still OK with my plan, since I'm still learning and growing as an artist and teacher. I don't want to rush the process. But when the time comes I will definitely share if I can take groups out and join me for painting adventures!!
Wow, what a great list of RUclips channels to watch. I love that they are not all art focused as well. I think that is important. I can't wait to check them out. Thanks for answering my question!
I wish you the best of luck in creating your studio! I can imagine how many people would love to join you in making art. My dream is to visit Scotland some day and if I could attend your workshop at the same time, that would be a perfect combo!
Thank you Sarah! Sharing your art and your everyday art life (struggles, successes, practical advice) have given so many of us true inspiration and hope.💕
Very informative and useful video, thank you, new here! :) I like your voice and the way you speak, so peaceful and respectful at the same time 😊👏
Great video. Thank you for this. A piece of advice I would give to people starting a new business... learn to live lean. Before I started my business I looked at how I was living and looked for ways to cut down my monthly expenses... like get a room mate or make a budget for groceries and stick to it. This helped me a lot.
Yes great device. I didn’t talk about that but it’s true. I lived extremely frugal for along time (and still mostly do). I cut out so many things that were holding me back.
Hi Sarah! Just wanted to say thank you so much for sharing the ins and outs of your business. As I'm starting out my photograhy print shop, I realised I subconsciously absorbed some "best practices" from you, from how you pack photographs to searching for eco-friendly packaging. You've really inspired me (and some countless others!) to do it the eco-friendly way, thanks so much for spreading that energy!
+ your bit about pressing the thumbs down button twice. made me chuckle at the end!
Yay that's awesome!! I need to go find your shop 😁
Thank you for sharing your insights, Sarah!! I am a cardiology nurse, but recent physical disability changed my entire professional trajectory. I also paint using watercolor media, it is my creative outlet. For the past few months I began posting reels on instagram and feel like I could thrive by doing what I love. Your post couldn’t have come at a better time. Thank you!!
That's awesome to hear you are finding ways to make your passion a bigger part of your life!
@@SarahBurnsStudio Thank you, Sarah!! I would love to participate in one of your community events if I am ever in your part of the world :) I am wishing all the best in your creative ventures!!
What a great video full of useful advice - thank you for so generously sharing your experience. And thank you so much for the mention too! :)
This was helpful in so many ways - maybe should be incorporated into college art classes for all kinds of professions. I love your art
Thank you so much for your candid honesty. I found it really helpful!
You answered my Question!! yay! hahaha! I love your videos out and about! Being in Nature is so healing for the soul.. I Know what you mean about feeling guilty for not using RUclips and social media.. It's a shame that we end up feeling like that. Loved this video! Was really interesting and helpful! 💚
Yea I really need to maintain my balance, otherwise there’s no point! I’m making it a point to spend more quiet time in nature.
love your confident big brushmarks you make 🥰
Thank you Sarah for such a precious gem of knowledge and also generously sharing it with us. I have learnt so much from you over the past year and seriously kudos to posting everyday to please the algorithm for ‘add link’ option to your stories - mad respect. I personally felt hurt when I realized that ig kinda gave it away to everyone literally few days after you almost burnt out for it. But I’m really glad that you decided to change the course of your relationship with social media.
Go get that dream studio of yours, I’m so here for it _/\_
Yea, that was a rough day (the whole IG thing) LOL. But we live and learn. It was a powerful lesson and feel much better now.
Thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you Sarah!
Thank you for answering my question ☺️ I'm so happy I found your channel. You got me into gouache. I even did a little landscape challenge for myself to kickstart my skill.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom and insights. One of my goals for 2022 is to make my art available for sale (and if someone buys my art that would be a really awesome bonus). Im definitely not at the full-time artist stage yet, but it sure is fun to think about.
Its good to start little by little, it helps you get a feel for the process and handling clients and money
Hi Sarah I’ve just discovered your channel and I’m really enjoying your content and great advice.
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for this video, such genuine and valuable information!
Sarah, your channel is amazing. I enjoy your work and your art. Remember that: if you can imagine, you can create.
Great video Sarah! I have no intention of having an art business, I am happily retired. I am here for your art, and photography and whatever great art tips I can pick up for my personal artwork. I am also here because of your persona, I think you could “read the phonebook” and make it interesting to me. Your transparency is so absolutely refreshing. I can only hope that someday, I will travel to beautiful Scotland and make a stop at Sarah Burns Studio. ❤️
I would love to show you my favorite places here!
@@SarahBurnsStudio I'll hold you to that!
Thank you Sarah, this was a very interesting video, I listened to it while cleaning my apartment (carrying you around with me)! :)
There were many good tips and thoughts that I loved, especially how you approach goals by making a "backwards" plan. That was very interesting and useful, I will do that myself from now on! Also, I have always had a tiny tiny dream of doing art as a part time job along with my psychology degree (I have year left in my studies!). It's so useful to hear very practical tips about how you manage your art business, how you have got where you are now and what are your future plans.
I'm so glad to hear you are doing better now :) My mother always says we need to go the bottom to be able to learn something and grow as humans, and even if that's hard, I guess that's life. I have always liked that you share about your everyday life, with all its positivity but also the challenges and struggles you meet. It connects us as humans to know we are not alone in our struggles, and it makes your videos more humane and intime and warm. Also I think normalizing mental health is really important, especially in our modern, hectic society.
I just joined your Patreon for the first time ever and really love it!!!! I'm already waiting for the upcoming paint along! ♡ See you there!
Yes! Normalizing mental health - I think as a society we NEED this
The video ending was FANTASTIC. I chuckled at least twice. "You can press the thumbs down button, twice." and "I'm just gonna sit here until you click the next video".
But also, as someone who hopes to be a professional artist some day, I really really appreciate all of this advice.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Glad you understand my humor LOL
Loved this video, even though I don't aspire to be a professional artist it was still great to learn your journey and advice for it. And I confess that my favorite videos are your plein air adventures, I could watch hour long plein air videos of yours 😄
I love making them! And want to make more. Its just a huge challenge 😅
Sarah......yes, you make me happy and inspire me!!!!! Thank you....
Super helpful video, thank you!!
Thank you, Sarah, for being you.
Thanks so much for this. Your thoughts are so incredibly useful. I’d love to know how you (and if you have to) deal with online trolls.
First rule is to ignore them and move on, pretend they don't exist because they aren't worth a second thought. It gets easier with practice
Hello Sarah thank you for answering my question it was really helpful not just for my question but all the amount of information you shared and with your honesty it's very beneficial! I was typing my story but I realized it's way long 😂 ! Thank you for this ❤️ you and your art are amazing
You're welcome!
Oh this was a very informative & inspirational video covering quite a number of questions I have had. Definitely give me some more details of what actually goes in to opening up my future art business. It gives me plenty of things to think about & decide what I want to do with my art business & things that I might not want to do. Thank you for sharing your honesty & open opinion about doing an art business and mental health issues. Hope you’re enjoying a wonderful week & weekend. Keep up the great videoes & artwork!
I will do a Q&A video soon, keep an eye out for a community poll here and on instagram in the coming weeks to collect questions!
I live in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania in the US. Someday I'll be visiting your studio to take a workshop. That's one of my goals. :)
I am working my butt off to make it a reality!
Great content! As always :) Many of those questions I have had myself and it's nice to hear them from the perspective of an independent successful artist as yourself. One thing I have been making effort on recently is to minimize the consumption of social media as it has been a great distraction for me. So far going well! All the best in New 2022 from Ireland!
Ohh which part of Ireland do you live? I’ve been there once and it was gorgeous
@@SarahBurnsStudio Letterkenny in County Donegal. It beautifully with its drastically changing weather and such a variation in nature. Living on a hill above the town gives me quite the view! I take pictures fanatically and walk around whenever I can. Just stunning. I was I Scotland once on a college trip, in Aberdeen to be exact, and loved it so much! It had this fantastic chill vibe about it. Would definitely love to go back for some proper sightseeing.
Great video Sarah! It actually helped me so much with a decision I have been trying to make all day! Thanks for all the inspiration ❤️
I agree save up for a one year buffer. Mostly since job hiring cycles may be off cycle if you need to get back into the workforce and the area of work is not hiring yet. Like at the end of the year as budgets are being approved and compensation are being divided up.
Good point!
Lovely, thanks Sarah.
Thank you so much Sarah x fantastic content 💕 so helped !! Much love 🙏💞✨💚🌄
Lots of great information here, Sarah, and thank you for sharing. I've always wanted to know more about the artists that inspire you or that you follow. I would eventually like to paint... maybe not for a living, but at least to host classes, but I would worry that I would start to loathe my passion. Art is after all one of the few ways that I cope with life, and I get incredible flow whenever I'm painting. It's actually one of my goals for 2022 to start a YT channel centered on my art but my art isn't consistently... good and also I still have SO MUCH to learn- and I'm not sure I'll ever understand perspective, hahah! xD Anyways, I hope you're taking care and wishing a happier and healthier 2022 for you!
I've known people who start turning art into a career and end up hating it as a business. You never know...you definitely want to avoid resenting it! I think its the same for any passion
Hi Sarah thank you for providing all this great information and advise.
Thank you for taking the time to answer the questions! I love how in depth they were.
Thanks again i enjoyed your video Sarah😊
Great info.take care Sara,I really enjoyed all your videos,..best wishes for this new year ..
Beautiful work ans great information. Thanks!
Love your work n James gurney you 2 are my favorite thanks for sharing
Wow, thank you!
very useful , tnx for sharing
Great video
Hi Sarah, I don't know if it's been asked before, or if there is a video you can point to, but I would love to learn the story of how you got into painting/drawing. What prompted you to try... & then the whole falling in love with this art part... would love to know that part of your story. Thank you - I really enjoy your videos & your art. I only recently found them so I have many more to enjoy & catch up on.
Take care
Hello Dan. I have a few Q&A vidoes, this is the first which kinda touches on that. ruclips.net/video/BAWdbi2Ij4w/видео.html
But you reminded me I don't think I have a single video dedicated to my full journey story. I have an art book called "Brush Mileage" which goes in depth into my journey.
Maybe it's time for another Q&A
Thank you so much Sarah! This is very helpful! Have you done a video about photographing your artwork? I would really like to improve my photos of my art work.
Yes I did that in one of my videos called “lighting fir artists”
@Sarah Burns Studio thank you so much, I’ll check it out!
Thank you so much Sarah for this!
You are so welcome!
Once again you made a video that is so useful. I was wondering what has been your best source for creating a following? Is it RUclips some other platform ? Maybe it’s lots of other sources. Another question is , besides Skillshare what other passive income sources have you tried?
At the beginning (2015) I was streaming full time on Twitch, within a year I had 10,000 followers and was making minimum wage. I was also growing my instagram but that grew way slower..maybe like 500-1000.
I continued to stream full time for a couple more years but dipped my toes into youtube and realized I could reach more people, and I enjoyed the process of making thoughtful videos more than doing a live stream. So i started to transition to youtube in late 2019-2020. By then I had around 3,000 subs on youtube. In 2020 I started posting weekly on youtube, and gained another 5,000 by the end of the year, in 2021 I posted weekly again, and now you can see the numbers for today. By far youtube has been the most successful but also the most FUN source of connecting to my audience.
It took over 5 years for my to hit 10k on instagram, and that's pretty much the only other place I post my work. It has changed a lot (not for the better) and I don't really enjoy it anymore.
For passive income I also have Patreon..it's more of a combo between active/passive but many people join it and get to watch all my past content (it's a good perk) and that's passive. Otherwise I've offer my tutorials on Gumroad and tried a couple other places but it results in minimal income. Stock photography is another place I've played but not enough to make any money..it requires a lot of time and research.
Aww thank you so much for this video this was really helpful. I’m just at the very beginning of making art. I have had several different jobs not related to art at all and I’ve found art again and wanted to make a go of it. I’m still learning what media works best for me. All of my work is pastel pencil but I get so frustrated with my scanner and printer because it just comes out so grainy. I’m interested to hear you do your own prints too. The printing of the artwork is probably the most irritating thing. I have a Epson p700 and I’m trying so many papers. I started with Somerset enhanced then went to Epson archival matte then to the fine art stuff but honestly the fine art stuff looks nice but you loose so much detail. It seems that every piece of art has its only colour settings that I need to change. Are you like this too with your printing? Would love to see a video of you making up our prints and your process. Even just to share the frustration of it all 😂❤️your paintings are beautiful by the way. Xxxxxxx
I’ve been using Olmec and Marrutt papers and love them. I photograph my artwork with a high resolution camera.
Thanks! I just did the math, out of 7.9 billion people in the world, artists make up 4%. If you look at just the ages of 15-65 (the working population, which are 5.15 billion people, artists make up 6.2% of the world. That's a pretty small number!
Yep! Very small!
Thank you for your honest comments and thoughts. As a professional artist, I agree with many of the things you said. I have two technical questions. Which camera do you use to make RUclips videos? Is it the same camera you take along when you go out for plein air painting? Which art scanner do you use? Thank you for your time!
My scanner broke so I won’t recommend it 😅 I use camera phone for half of my video content, and a Sony zv1
@@SarahBurnsStudio thank you so much for your reply. Can I ask one more question? Which camera do you use to photograph your artwork? Thank you for your time!
@@watercolorfunwithkim3324 Fuji xt4
This video was so useful! I’m at a point where I’m still growing my skills and wanting to take a new step of putting my art out in the universe and grow an audience. Your advice has helped, but I have no video skills to edit video’s, so I don’t think I can be a you tuber. Are there other ways to grow an audience and protect your art from theft?
I heard Deviantart is really good for artists! I used them many years ago but I heard they've refreshed their site and it's better.
@@SarahBurnsStudio thanks for the information.
lol You’re so funny Sarah, thanks for the insightful video. =)
Fantastic
Thank you for doing this. I took the leap and left my job in Sept. 2021, and especially appreciate your advice to have multiple income streams. Do you have a physical gallery where your work is for sale, and if so, how did you select/get into it? If not, what is your alternative?
Yes, I work with two galleries here in Scotland - but one of them is seasonal (they aren't open during winter). I simply asked if they are interested, send them PDF with some images of my work, and when they agreed, went from there. I have a contract with them. But I don't sell as much in galleries because I pursue my online income much more (it feels more stable)
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Thank you for the side by side Q and A and the painting session. I listen better when I have something to watch besides a pretty lady talking.
Hopefully you see this so I can get an answer as my online researching is getting me no where and google doesn’t know what I’m talking about lmfao anyways
When you’re out during your plein air painting stuff, I noticed at least in this video, where you’re standing up and painting. At that point I noticed you had a surface you were painting on, but it looked like you had something on the front, like a portable easel almost, that wasn’t being held up by legs but rather your own body. Like those people at baseball games and they walk around with that thing hanging off their neck asking people if they want popcorn. And I’m curious what the heck that is and where one could get one!
It’s the Etchr Slate Mini
@@SarahBurnsStudio I’m so glad all that rambling made sense!! Haha thanks for getting back super quick! (:
@@Kayr6a No prob!
"there is still so much room for you"...
If you didn't like the video hit the thumbs down button twice! That's hilarious and I love it!
Gotta have a sense of humor when you share things online!
I have to work on my business because I hate my 9-5 job and it s time for me to leave! 🤦🏽♀️🙏🏾
we dont have the space for all my old art, even what we have it stashed in portfolios hidden around the house lol and its at the point i cant open the closet door without getting squished by old art lol
and what is this word 'savings'?? lol
I keep mine tucked away in all sorts of weird places around the house!
Thank you, dream your dream done, listen to Neville Goddard, I did visit your future studio, in my imagination, imagination is creating the reality, dream nice dreams for a nice reality. Try acrylics?
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 savings...
I laugh and cry at the same time too
Good stuff. Really interesting to hear your thoughts and about your journey so far. I've only recently found your channel, but I'm hooked! Having come back to art later in life I am at the start of my journey, and what began as relearning everything has morphed into a small business. Not enough to financially sustain me, but still, its unexpected.
My question is about teaching/tutorials.... is there a right time to call yourself qualified to teach? I'm asking because I feel my skills are there and I have a lot of knowledge, but I have that nagging feeling that I can't possibly know more than the next person.,,, Is it best to just try it, or is there a step or two before jumping in?
I started "teaching" when I was a year into it, but mainly just as casual demos on stream. Very little pressure and low key. Free. I'd say start with something like that and get a feel for it. You also learn a ton by teaching!
@@SarahBurnsStudio Thankyou.