Ep.131: How to make living by doing traditional art with Lioba Brückner

Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Lioba Brückner, a painter based in Germany, most known for portraying young women in a surrealistic manner superimposed by plants or insects. She runs a very popular art YouTube channel full of tutorials.

Get in touch with Lioba

Website: http://lioba.info/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdY_vZeVdjKmcDqdG2HtjlA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liobabrueckner/

Art Side of Life Artletter

Key Takeaways

“Listen to what you really enjoy the most and do everything you can to follow it”

Lioba’s boyfriend had a great importance in her development as an artist. He guided her, taught her fundamentals, anatomy. She used to be very stubborn in the beginning but soon learned that feedback is a good thing and helped her to improve the most.
What is more, Lioba got also a lot of feedback in different areas, personal, professional, e.g. how to present yourself, how to pitch/sell, etc.
Lioba’s most difficult time was when she was in her mid-20s and she learned that every artist she followed had ‘huge income’, everybody was running Kickstarter and she was earning only $300/month. So she set a goal that she will start with selling 1 artwork per month in a gallery, once she reached that, she went to 2 artworks, etc. This step by step progress helped her build the confidence and grow further.

Resources mentioned

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