Leana Fischer discovered her love of painting in 2013 when she left her job as an architect and moved from Virginia to Arkansas. While Leana was in-between jobs she had a bit of time or as Leana calls it ‘white space’. She broke out her watercolour paints and quickly realised that this was what she really wanted to do.
In 2014 she opened her online shop (May We Fly). Little by little, one painting at a time, it slowly became her full-time career.
In this episode, Leana talks about building skills through rigorous practice, creating breakthrough products, setting up multiple income streams and building a small and faithful audience.
If you are thinking about starting an art business or you are in the early stages of your career, this is such a helpful conversation!
Find the show notes for this episode with all the links at https://www.laurahornart.com/thepodcast/131
Find Helen on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/mayweflydesign/
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110. Tips for Painting a Series + Moving House Update!
109. Lesley Grainger - Finding Freedom in Your Art
108. How to Find Your Style When You Love Too Many Things
107. Carrie Schmitt - On Writing Books and Manifesting Your Creative Dreams
106. Stress, Sketchbooks and Sustainability
105. The Pausecast - Taking a Break to Save Our Sanity!
104. Richie's Story - Encouraging Creativity in Others
103. Reigniting Creativity with Process-focused Art
102. Guest Artists (Revisited) - Andrea Soos, Ange Miller & Wendy Solganik
101. Are You Playing the Long Game?
100 - What it is Really Like to Host a Podcast!
99. A Message for Discouraged Artists
98. My Favourite Art Supplies (Updated)
97. Creating Our First In-Depth Ecourse
96. Phoebe Gander - Permission to Paint and Embrace My True Self
95. Tips for Being on Camera
94. Sharing Our Biggest Failures (so far)
93. Q&A with Laura Horn & Susan Nethercote (Part 2)
92. Q&A with Laura Horn & Susan Nethercote (Part 1)
91. If I Was Starting an Art Business Now!
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