I quit | Quitting my corporate job to be a full-time artist

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  • @dryan3261
    @dryan3261 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +106

    I was told I could never make it as an artist. I went into an interior design studio and showed them a few things that I had designed. I was hired on the spot. not because I was some great artist. every time I was asked "we need this, can you do it?" I always said yes I'm sure I can figure it out. (before the internet) I started doing murals, trompe-l oeil, and faux finishes. I went out on my own. made a great living. never had to advertise. day started when I dropped my kids off at school and ended when I picked them up. did this for 15 yr.s It was a Blessing from God! congrats! good luck!

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Oh that is so cool that you were able to make a living as a muralist! And great to prove the naysayers wrong, good on you :) Thanks for sharing your story.

    • @te9591
      @te9591 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What city?

    • @Manifesting_Secret_Sketchbook
      @Manifesting_Secret_Sketchbook 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      WELL DONE 😊

  • @jasantana
    @jasantana 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Congrats, I'm in the same boat and one day transition to a full-time writer. I'm reminded of a Joseph Campbell quote, “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank you, and good luck to you! Great quote :)

  • @paulcorfield_artist
    @paulcorfield_artist 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Good luck with your career. March 2002 I left my job to become a full time artist. Best thing I ever did. After years of hard work I'm now earning over a 6 figure yearly income from my paintings. Consistency, effort and a belief that it'll always work out kept me going.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That is awesome and so inspiring to hear, congrats!!

    • @CheHojas
      @CheHojas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow this is awesome! So inspiring

  • @SugarRushTimes2030-gs3qp
    @SugarRushTimes2030-gs3qp 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Congrats! Pursuing your dream is a scary, and courageous thing. I stayed at a good paying factory job for 35 years then retired, and one of my biggest regrets is not trying to pursue my dreams. Your story is inspiring, I wish TH-cam was around in the early 90s

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you! Yeah honestly for me, seeing artist on youtube and instagram really expanded what I thought was possible. I'm very thankful for that. I hope that you can pursue your passions now in retirement though.

  • @just1njello
    @just1njello 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I haven’t found a “journey to full time artist” story as similar to my own until I watched this vid . I work at my local health dept. it’s an extremely stable job, but my dream is to be an artist. Someday I will make the transition. I appreciate your in-depth explanation about the incremental increase of your time in the studio throughout the week. It really is a battle earning your time back. glad you won that battle :).

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm so glad it resonated with you! Best of luck on your path, it can feel slow sometimes but it is possible!

  • @pepostudios
    @pepostudios 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Christina, I’m thanking whatever twists and turns in the TH-cam algorithm brought me to your channel! Our stories are SO similar. My background is in ecology/environmental science. I thought about pursuing a PhD for a long time, but ended up getting a masters degree. I’ve always been creative, but when I was in school I never took my art seriously or really gave it a chance. As soon as I graduated and didn’t have the confines of academia around me, I found that I couldn’t stop painting. I had three months of down time before my full time job started (also in consulting!), and those months were so instrumental in kickstarting this creative dream of mine. Right now, I’m still working full time in environmental consulting, but I’m looking ahead at following a similar path as you did (I.e., slowly going down to 80%, 50%, etc.). It’s so inspiring to hear your story, and I can’t wait to follow along on your journey 🙌🏼

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ahh that's amazing! Good luck, you got this!!

    • @pepostudios
      @pepostudios 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@christinakentart thank you!! You’re an inspiration!!

  • @CheHojas
    @CheHojas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I can relate to this story so much. I was just finishing my THIRD college degree when the pandemic hit. I had been doing art whenever I could during college, but since I couldn’t find a job during the pandemic and I had lots of time I started painting even more. I started getting more followers, opened an Etsy shop, sold some paintings and prints, moved to New York City, kept growing, has a couple of art shows and some more painting sales, and then it became too hard, couldn’t keep living in such a hard city with so many roommates to keep the dream alive, moved to Florida, made some sales but not enough, did all kinds of odd/ stressful jobs that would allow me time to paint. Now I’m in North Carolina, still painting, making money with my own tattoo business, applying to shows, really wanting to make it as a painter.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wow that sounds like a roller coaster! It sounds like most artist careers have lots of ups and downs. I hope you can keep growing your career as a painter and wish you the best of luck!

    • @CheHojas
      @CheHojas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@christinakentart it really has been! I hope too, I appreciate it, thank you so much

  • @douglasriddle6447
    @douglasriddle6447 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Congratulations on the move. The video should be an inspiration to everyone trying to go full time with their art.

  • @Danijjay121
    @Danijjay121 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I can’t absolutely wait to be in this position full time because I also have a lot of ideas as well. I have a 9 to 5 job that I can’t leave yet. Someday I can

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wish you the best of luck in getting there! Focusing on each small step towards my goal helped me a lot when I was working my 9 to 5.

    • @CheHojas
      @CheHojas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same

  • @lulabelle33
    @lulabelle33 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another solution based and useful video!!! Your intelligence in approaching these topics that many of us face is evident, and your tips and revelations of your own journey are very appreciated

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, I'm so glad you found it helpful!

  • @margaretluoart
    @margaretluoart 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Congrats Christina! So excited to hear that you’re pursuing art full-time! 🎉🎉 Thanks for sharing your journey and your thought processes; it’s so insightful to hear other people’s experiences

  • @cybertraveler5334
    @cybertraveler5334 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wishing you the best! Pursuing dreams is (in part) what life is all about!
    Going for your dream is the right thing to do when your job is all consuming. Even if the art does not bring you full time economic sustainability, I believe that it will lead you on a path where you will connect with the income you need while making the art that you enjoy. I remember having a crappy job with crappy pay... I left it and freelanced... loved the work but the pay was still crap because there was not enough of it. But I was introduced to new skills that led me to work that paid decent and allowed me to have day job stability while pursuing my creativity.
    Having the doable day job allow me to do the creative work that I loved. I always had livable money coming in monthly not to mention good benefits. I hope that you have wonderful financial success with your art, but if not I hope that you can supplement your income with work that will allow you to live well and be creative.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! That's awesome that you have found a good balance with your day job and creative practice :)

  • @bex82uk
    @bex82uk 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This was super inspiring thank you, and congrats to you! Have worked in the admin sector for over 10 years and feel like my genuine skills and talents as a creative person are going to waste. Now I'm in my 40s i think it is high time to take that leap of faith! All the best to you :)

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Awesome, best of luck to you!!

  • @emilybarton_paints
    @emilybarton_paints 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you so much for sharing your story. I relate a lot to your wanting to make art full time and understand that “longing.” I’m in a day job that is not terrible by any means, but I’d rather be creating. Hoping to be in a financial position when I can someday make art my career.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I feel you. I hope you can make a career in art as well. It might take time, but it is possible! And in the meantime, kudos to you for holding down a day job while pursuing a creative practice. It's NOT easy, and you have my respect!!

  • @MelMitchJackArt
    @MelMitchJackArt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    👋🏻 fellow corporate life quitter on the path of full time art here in the Bay Area with you! excited to see you grow!

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome, great to meet you! Best of luck to you!

  • @ItsVesperArt
    @ItsVesperArt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I can totally relate to this video. I was also super into art as a kid and even went to animation school when I finished highschool. Then with the very high barrier to entry for jobs in that field, I decided I was being "silly" and having dreams was for kids. It was time to be an adult - and so I went into computer science and became a developer. Last summer, I got laid off from my fancy government job (which I hated, anyway) and tried for months to find a new position, but sadly, the tech market was, and still is, soo bad. Every minute I spent studying and practicing building things, brushing up on new coding languages, practicing interview questions, just felt like a waste of time, and was killing my spirit. My heart wasn't in it. Although I enjoy the challenge and problem-solving of development, and watching ideas be built into real products, I realized that I didn't have the passion for this particular type of creation that I used to, and that it might actually be a blessing in disguise. Since I was in an .. okay.. place financially (I had enough savings to support myself for about a year) I decided to give opening my own small art business a go. To document my progress and help motivate myself, and hopefully others in the same position (there seem to be a lot of us these days) I decided to start on youtube as well. As I'm sure you know, since you've been doing it much longer than I have, it's a ton of work! But doesn't it feel SOO much more satisfying? It's amazing to be building something for myself now, instead of for someone else, and for the first time in a long time, I feel hopeful. Did you get that rush of excitement and satisfaction as well?🌷Anyway, great video, I'll definitely subscribe and follow your journey! Good luck on your path - it seems like you're doing something right! :)

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for sharing your story! So much of this resonated with me. Pursuing art full-time isn't easy, but I agree, it is way more satisfying and exciting! Wishing you the best of luck for your art career!

    • @ItsVesperArt
      @ItsVesperArt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@christinakentart thank you, you too, although you are brimming with talent so I’m positive you don’t need any luck! 🌸

  • @tofolis
    @tofolis 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi Christina, just passing by to leave a cute hug. I admire you girl. 😊

  • @kierrastanley3340
    @kierrastanley3340 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So inspiring Christina - celebrating your success!! I am an Oakland based artist currently in the situation you were in, with a full time job, knowing that I want to transition to being a full time artist, and gradually building/making the shift. It's definitely building my patience and every day I'm holding gratitude for the journey and where am I at this very moment, even if it's not quite where I want to be. Thank you for sharing your story. Looking forward to seeing your work in person!

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi neighbor! I feel you. Patience is a superpower. Sometimes it felt like it would take forever for me to get to this point, but I kept focusing step by step, and finally made it. I wish you the best of luck! And hope to see you at some openings in the Bay in the future :)

  • @justinpollard9706
    @justinpollard9706 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amen! In this video, you are totally singing my song! Lol I am actually 1 week away from the same big transition. I've spent the last 2 years in the same planning, preparing and trying to develop my work 'phase'. After 15 years of teaching, I'm so thankful to finally be able to start focusing on my work and the business of it full-time. ^^ Wishing us both lots of luck as we pursue our dreams!

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh that's awesome!! So excited for you. Best of luck with the transition!

  • @MsMaRo87
    @MsMaRo87 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow 🎉 this has been so encouraging. I’m a full time lawyer (and have been for over a decade now) and this has been the first time I’ve watched someone explain how to make that shift to art become a reality (in a pragmatic and detailed way). Thank you!

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome, glad you found it helpful! :)

  • @EricMoore790
    @EricMoore790 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    She is beautiful and living her dream! I wish I could be an artist!

  • @diegooland1261
    @diegooland1261 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As an aspiring artist I want to hear two things: 1) Where is the money coming from? No really, where is the rent, food, gas, bills money coming from? The Bay Area ain't cheep. 2) health insurance. As a self employed artist, where is your health insurance coming from? Again, it ain't cheep. So how are you managing this expense? We're all motivated to pursue our dream, we just don't have the cash, so we stay in our day job.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Great questions! For the past few months, I've been able to cover my expenses through a mix of original painting sales and commissions. It took me many years of painting and three years of selling my work consistently to get to this point. However, my art sales can fluctuate a lot, so I saved up money before quitting my day job in case of lean months. TH-cam is also a source of revenue for me, but it is a long term plan, and not close to paying my rent at the moment. And yeah, health insurance is expensive. I get mine from Covered California, but it's still a lot.
      The bay area is ridiculously expensive. But the flip side is that that there are a lot of wealthy people here who buy paintings for their homes, so there's a good market here as well.

  • @devernepersonal3636
    @devernepersonal3636 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think it is amazing how you were brave to craft your own life and take your craft your own journey. And I think you are only going to do more amazing things now that this IS your job 100 percent now. On the way to being a future artist in a museum. I need to take inspiration from this to fight my being tired and procrastination to create.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks DeVerne! Good luck with your art practice! Have you read The War of Art? It's a great book about working with creative resistance.

  • @artebello1799
    @artebello1799 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you. I love this!❤ I'm going through this now

  • @nicolasb.henry294
    @nicolasb.henry294 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congrats, I am in the same journey and did the same. It’s challenging as you are your own boss…but you have this freedom to do what you like when you decide to do it…In fact when you are an artist you have a lot of possibilities to make money but people don’t know. The fact you were in the corporate world helps you a lot too. I learn quickly how to sell and value my craft…former account manager here! 😊 I wish you the best.

  • @adriennbaris
    @adriennbaris 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Congratulations! I can relate to this so much, I also went from science (also PhD) to art! Your steps were very well thought through and clever. I did not have this much patience to build up my art career before the big leap... It is very inspiring to see how many different paths exist in the creative field. 😊

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ahh so cool! Congrats on making the leap as well! :)

  • @joegiuffrida6779
    @joegiuffrida6779 16 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    Congratulations on your transition to full time! Your story is phenomenal and very encouraging. I am wondering if you have a video on your Etsy shop experience. I notice that you don't have an Etsy shop link, so I'm thinking you transitioned out of that to your own website. I'm kind of stuck on using Etsy for both print sales and original painting sales, or to just move toward a separate shop or totally separate venue for originals. Anything you might share on this would be much appreciated!

  • @williammcgrady5078
    @williammcgrady5078 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your story sounds so similar to mine. Its comforting to have a reminder that other people can and do experience some of the same things I do. I admire your dedication to self work and working with your feelings as guidance towards your life. High five 👋 to therapy lol (I've learned similar things in therapy).

  • @you_are_welcome97
    @you_are_welcome97 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am so happpy I came across this video. It is just perfect you found a way to articulate something a lot of people can resonate with.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! Glad it resonated :)

  • @jahnome
    @jahnome หลายเดือนก่อน

    So funny this came up after I gave a month notice to leave my job to be a full time screenwriter/filmmaker (leaving mid-September). Nearly had a nervous breakdown today considering that I have debt to pay off but I’m leaving. I have other assets and investments, but I don’t have a cushion like yours (im 28 though). As well, my work takes up so much of my day that I miss so many opportunities in the city for collaboration and networking. I’m
    Really taking a gamble but the universe/God is directing me and I have a great family support. Onwards and upwards (with a few slopes here and there) 🥂

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Congratulations on taking the leap, and best of luck!!

  • @carlkim2577
    @carlkim2577 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is an interesting video since I'm an economist pursuing a study of Russian academic drawing. I'm pursuing this more as a retirement goal, but still fun to hear of your experiences.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh that's awesome! Keep it up!

  • @JohnHarrisonArtist
    @JohnHarrisonArtist 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Firstly, I wish you all the best. I had my own business years ago for about 4 years, totally unrelated to art, but I did well until my health meant I had to stop. People would say it was brave, etc, but I thought nothing of it. If it didn't work, I'd just go back to working for people. All the things like keeping jobs coming in, advertising, taxes etc was scary at first for sure. But if you dont do it, you'll never know if it could work for you, and that would be harder to take. You've shown you can do it, and long may it continue. Having a little money to fall back on is a major help in any ups and downs that any type of business may have, no matter how well it's run / done. I look forward to seeing your journey unfold, and I have no doubt you have what it takes to make it work. You have clearly thought it all through very well.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! I feel the same, I knew if I didn't try, I'd always wonder "what if". Better to try and risk failure than to not try at all.

  • @mauracarta.
    @mauracarta. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So inspiring - I’m very excited for you!

  • @SimonWrigley
    @SimonWrigley 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    good on you Christina, go for it! Such a good video right from the heart, you can use all that analytical knowledge right into your painting career, it helps you choose colours and forms and work ethic, all the behind the scenes. It also helps you translate all the emotions and convey them. Artists are the best developers right at the forefront of new ideas, they combine many unrelated aspects and join them (on one canvas),they convey new ideas, ones being only slightly sensed by the scientific world, they put form on the future possibilities, having an analitical background is good navigation material, thanks for the video.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love that perspective, thank you! :)

  • @dmortelli1
    @dmortelli1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations Christina!!
    I am so excited for you! I’ve been following you for a while now and I always find your story interesting. I think it’s because I believe in you. I like your artwork but I also think you are an intelligent and motivated person. I know you will do well!!
    I’m an architect/artist in my mid 50’s and I have realized that I want to paint full time but have just never made the full jump. I’m very excited to watch your career take off even further than it has!! 🎨🖌️🌎✌️

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! I appreciate the support. That's great to hear, I hope you can go full-time as well!

  • @davidpascolla8460
    @davidpascolla8460 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good on you. You are wise beyond your years. Lovely to watch it all unfold for you 👊🏻

  • @jenniferscott708
    @jenniferscott708 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yay!! Oh my goodness following your journey is so inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing it all here ❤️

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tank you, glad you got some inspiration :)

  • @sam_samedi
    @sam_samedi 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congrats, Christina! 🎉 This is also my dream to become a full time artist. Hopefully, I will be able to follow your path in a few years! Thank you for this very inspiring video 🫶

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, and keep going! It is possible!!

  • @TalaiRain
    @TalaiRain 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Congratulations! Your story is inspiring. ☀

  • @EarthstarAndy
    @EarthstarAndy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Been watching your videos for a while, congrats! Im a couple years behind of you, and this is encouraging

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! Keep going, you can do it! 🙌

  • @KB-ty2gc
    @KB-ty2gc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can relate so much with this. I started painting two years ago, then I got an evening drawing class. I would often come from that class and start painting, also every evening doing a new painting usually after 10PM. Made 200 painting... If I could spent more time in the studio, I would. I have no plan to sell my works but it's really nice to follow your journey from the other side of the world.

    • @KB-ty2gc
      @KB-ty2gc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just love the gears, the texture of oil paint, the magic of lights and shadows that suddenly clicks when the value is right. The accidental beauty in a mistake that we can use...

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's awesome! Sounds like you have developed a great practice :)

  • @CedricWilliamsFineArt
    @CedricWilliamsFineArt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your story!! I found encouragement

  • @dogbark
    @dogbark 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    that's amazing and so inspiring! :) good luck to you!

  • @ScottHebertArt
    @ScottHebertArt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    congrats dude, happy for you! good luck

  • @SerensJourney
    @SerensJourney 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing your story❤ keep rocking

  • @angelmalvarezart
    @angelmalvarezart 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love hearing these stories !!! ❤️❤️

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you liked it! Best of luck with your art practice!

  • @dvgcreative2206
    @dvgcreative2206 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best of luck! I enjoy your art and your videos!

  • @nightnol
    @nightnol 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing your story. It's inspiring!

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you found it inspiring! Wishing you the best for your creative practice ❤️

  • @starhuh
    @starhuh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations! So exciting and inspiring!

  • @JanSoendermann
    @JanSoendermann 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations and best of luck!

  • @su_artsandcrafts
    @su_artsandcrafts 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    HI! I'm a new subscriber! This was a very helpful and inspirational video! YOHOOO! congrats on pursuing your dream on being a full time artist! It is also my dream and hopefully soon I can do the same. So happy for you!

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! I wish the same for you!

  • @alokasiablackmagic3444
    @alokasiablackmagic3444 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I paused my job in a company to relax and slow down, but mainly to try to be a full time artist. I have a plan that will take about a year so I'm thinking whether to go back to work or not

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's great that you can take a pause from work! I hope you enjoy this chance to be a full-time artist and get some clarity on what to do next.

  • @Theimpromptulife
    @Theimpromptulife 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for sharing your journey

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For sure! Hope you found it helpful :)

  • @theresaRD
    @theresaRD 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved this video! So much of it resonated with me. What/who are some of the podcasts and artists that you follow?

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you loved it! For podcasts, I like artist interviews like The Savvy Painter and John Dalton's Gently Does It podcast. And I follow so many artists, it is so hard to list them all! But one in particular is Nicolas Uribe, he also has a great youtube channel called Our Painted Lives. You can see more about the artists who inspire me in my sketchbook tour videos as well.

    • @theresaRD
      @theresaRD 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks so much, I will check those out! new subscriber here 😊

  • @omgname
    @omgname 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Christina, nice to see that you are doing what you love. You are in San Francisco and I am in Boston. I am in the same decision point you were in. I became an engineer because of the staving artist story you heard when you were young. Similarly, I dream about being a full time artist like you. But I have many worries that prevent me from doing what you did. For example, what am I going to do with health care coverage? I am not as good as you at business. I don’t have any connection with studio and collectors. I did recently put myself on the waitlist for a studio. But I plan to just set it up for painting, not so much for selling. I am also still working my day job. One day I want to quit my job and do art full time. But right now I can only fantasize.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I feel you, the business side takes a lot of work and luck. I also had your same worries about health insurance and other aspects of the business. For me, it was really helpful to meet other full-time artists (whether in person or watching their youtube videos) and hear how they did it. Once you see how others did it, it becomes easier to do it yourself. I'll also be posting more videos about the business side of things that I hope will help demystify the process. Good luck!

    • @ichadc
      @ichadc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "But I have many worries that prevent me from doing what you did" - you are not alone, and there is no shame in being conservative before taking a leap. I'm an extremely risk-averse person, and also a recluse of sorts. I live in the global south, with high unemployment(30%+), no social secuity and most importantly - an extremely small art 'middle-market'. Back in the 2000s I turned down an art scholarship, because of these reasons(this was before social media), and still today my biggest fear is...logistics. There is high-end market logistics i.e. 'white glove' but no single company that can reliably transport and insure middle-market art, especially the insurance is a pain(they only insure the value of the supplies not the value of the art itself), and you also need fumigation certificates if your canvas is on a wood stretcher. That being said, I am super proud of anybody who makes a living out of their art! And I hope that videos like these give more people courage to do so. My only real mission for the year is to actually post some(like 8 at least) finished painting to Instagram this year, and that would be enough for me. The most important thing for me about art is doing the art itself. I hope you find joy in making your art too!

  • @socorrohernandez2025
    @socorrohernandez2025 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is exactly how I have been feeling.

  • @Kmaia.art1
    @Kmaia.art1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    omg tk for this video

  • @alidalavezzari4103
    @alidalavezzari4103 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am becoming a professional artist because I need money, if it wasn't for this reason I was keeping to do as my hobby, as my meditative tecnic: sacred geometry. I wanted to be a freelance translator and editor but to much competition, and I don't have a certification also if I am very good at it. so for this reason my art became my job. I am sure it happened to many before. have a nice life.

  • @Slumberprince
    @Slumberprince 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I left healthcare, crashed and burned as a full-time artist. I found out I needed a whole lifestyle change that required balance. I was homeless and found alternative lifestyles to be freeing.

  • @princepython701
    @princepython701 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i wish you nothing but the best, I understand exactly why corporate world is soulless. I am honestly on the opposite journey you a taking. I am trying to get into the corporate job as a opposed to being an artist.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, and best of luck on your career path!

  • @goat1408
    @goat1408 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wish I could....I have to have clientele to do that.....If I could find my clientele I would be straight.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I feel you. For me, finding my clientele happened gradually over time. I hope you find yours soon!

  • @Ran_G
    @Ran_G 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Useful and inspiring. Thank you

  • @mockingbirdex3450
    @mockingbirdex3450 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks a lot for sharing.
    :0)
    (You´ve got yourself a new subs.)

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Awesome, thanks for subscribing!

  • @annawozniak6807
    @annawozniak6807 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i don't like my job...but can't quit because i need to pay the bills....I would starve lol if i would relay on selling my art. You are lucky that you can do that. Hope it will be a very creative and succesfull path . Good luck

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sorry to hear that. I know how it feels to be stuck in a job you don't like because you have to pay the bills. I also think it is very honorable to be your own art patron, to be able to keep a day job so that you can support your art. You have my respect!

  • @indigo_diary
    @indigo_diary 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So interesting! Subscribed !

  • @ordo2dan
    @ordo2dan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for sharing. I'm so glad you followed your heart. So often cultural expectations stifle the inner artist in us all. :) But for real thanks again. I picked up the book as soon as you suggested it. How has going full time effected the joy for making art for you. Has it turned into a "job" or is it still a passion. Do you have any suggestions on how to keep the artistic passion alive while also turning it into a job? I started creating art consecutively a year ago and I am trying my best to cultivate and care for that daily habit and I think a part of me is scared to turn it into a "job" or make money with it because it might effect my current output. Anyways. I hope that makes sense. Keep up the good work. And for real....wonderful art and videos!

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! It's been great so far. Before going full-time, I had all of these ideas for painting and felt like I never had enough time to work on them. Now I have so much time in the studio and feel like I can actually develop my ideas. It doesn't feel like a job - I feel very grateful to be able to paint for hours each day.
      However it does seem risky to try to live off your art before it is ready. I have been careful to grow my career sustainably, working a day job for several years while my art gradually matured. It is a slower path to growth, but I think it is what has kept my passion alive. I talk more about it in the video here: th-cam.com/video/G2SVGTKqPxg/w-d-xo.html

  • @robertb3842
    @robertb3842 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best of luck! Thanks for sharing your story and experience with burnout. I finished my econ phd, then joined the government (leaving my economics background behind) working on international development, and am now turning to an art career. It sounds like you’re so reflective and intentional about your path… we know you’ll succeed!

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh hat's cool that you have an econ PhD background as well! When I was younger I imagined my career path to be very linear, but the more people I talk to, the more I realize this is often not the case. Thank you, and best of luck to you as well!

  • @c.s.102
    @c.s.102 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations🎉

  • @lesliemctavish4300
    @lesliemctavish4300 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The arts industry is a multi billion dollar industry. Something like 85 billion. Those people who say you can't make money with art are ignorant and I wonder why they say that
    Art is so undervalued. People are ignorant of its value.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, I agree it is possible and have met numerous artists who make a living doing it!

  • @Acryloil
    @Acryloil 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good luck to you

  • @JimLongCO
    @JimLongCO 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You've totally got the talent and skill!! I know you'll be very successful. Just curious if you have an economist hero (e.g. Friedman, Keynes, etc..)

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks James! I'd say my economics heroes are Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee. They revolutionized how we study economic policy and international development by using randomized controlled trials to study policy interventions. Because of them, we've gained a lot of insights on how to reduce poverty and improve wellbeing across the world, which is pretty awesome. Even though I don't want to do that kind of research, I still love reading about it!

  • @morellocherry8820
    @morellocherry8820 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is TH-cam telling me to quit my job?
    I swear i had 3 video's like that on my feed

  • @SeleneMFLORES
    @SeleneMFLORES 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    gracias por los consejos c:

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      de nada! Espero que sean de ayuda :)

  • @mattc825
    @mattc825 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dang, that’s awesome. Nice move.

  • @ottedave
    @ottedave 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks!

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks so much, Dave!

    • @ottedave
      @ottedave 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@christinakentart Your art and youtube content is exceptional. I chose animation and now i’m in big tech over a career in art… love seeing how you navigated towards your passion. Reading Design Your Life now! Thank you for your inspiration. 👍

  • @Mario-zo1uj
    @Mario-zo1uj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    maybe we are different artists with different responsibilities. peace.

  • @tinastratis1107
    @tinastratis1107 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What is your daily schedule like as a professional painter?

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great question. It varies so much from day to day, some days I'm painting all day while other days I'm hanging an exhibition or managing the business side of things. I'll make a video soon with more details.

    • @tinastratis1107
      @tinastratis1107 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you.

  • @sashanealand8315
    @sashanealand8315 หลายเดือนก่อน

    idk sounds very privlaged. Wish I had time like that I had to work at hard manual labor during the pandemic or I wouldn't have been able to eat or pay my rent. My boss at university forced us to work even if we were sick with covid and could barely breathe and we had no worker protections or unemployment insurance because we were considered graduate students not employees by the state constitution

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes that is an important point, I had probably the most privileged experience as a graduate student at Stanford. I was fully funded, and they pay graduate students twice as much as other universities. I would not have been able to do this if I was at another university. I try not to take that lightly, and am sorry to hear that your experience was so challenging. It sounds like that is unfortunately the norm for most graduate students.

  • @CJShopland_Art
    @CJShopland_Art 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do you connect with people online where the byproduct of connections is sales, either from that person or from them spreading the message of the art ? :)
    The only thing I’m able to do for hours and which gives me energy and doesn’t make me stressed and sick is painting and running a business. Sold some in person but it’s been over a year since the last sale :)

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Great question, and I think there are a lot of ways to do it. My main way of connecting with people online has been through Instragram, although now I have this youtube channel and an email newsletter as well. But also when I was selling on Etsy, I think a lot of people found my work through the Etsy search function. I've also tried advertising on Etsy and Instagram, although that never seemed to work very well for whatever reason. To be fair though, it does take a lot of time and effort. I post pretty much every day to instagram and spend a lot of time answering comments and messages. But for me it is worth it to be able to sell my work!

    • @CJShopland_Art
      @CJShopland_Art 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@christinakentart yes I probably need to comment on others work more, of course in a genuine way. After all that’s how I built the connections with the few who comment now :) most won’t become buyers but having the support, they tend to be my biggest cheerleaders and I’m genuinely interested in them and their lives. Really it’s all about connection but easy to have times where life takes over and forget to check on any friends, let alone online. It’s just making sure don’t have the motive of selling driving connections to come across disingenuous. I guess it’s remembering for the most part instagram and rest of online is real people . Would you say instagram still have community ? I’ve dabbled back into using DeviantArt which used to be very community based but this was way back in 2011.

  • @glenn599
    @glenn599 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am wondering how you (or ppl with a similar situation) could pay for health insurance.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah, it's expensive, I currently pay about $450 per month. It's important to budget for that before making the leap to self-employment (for those living in the US).

  • @NY_Mountain_Man
    @NY_Mountain_Man 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You seem very healthy and normal to me. That's foreign to me.
    Anyway, you seem like a nice person. Get to the art though. That's the good stuff. Show me that abstraction.

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haha thank you! More art on the way :)

  • @Dino_Medici
    @Dino_Medici 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m reading this book called The Art Instinct by Dennis Dutton rn and thought of you.
    It’s an evolutionary psychology book on aesthetics and the first chapter is about how landscapes are the most universal form of visual art.
    Peep it if you shall!

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh cool, I haven't heard of that one! I'll take a look :)

    • @Dino_Medici
      @Dino_Medici 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@christinakentart Hell yeah. Free sample on kindle includes the beginning of chapt 1 🕺🕺🕺

  • @kaicastle.
    @kaicastle. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    11:52 Hello, when you were started, did you do paid ads or boost posts as well? Thank you

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I've tried boosting my posts on Instagram, but it doesn't seem to be very effective for me. I think what was more helpful was posting every day and posting both photos and reels regularly.

    • @kaicastle.
      @kaicastle. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@christinakentart I see, thanks for the info!

  • @ZaibiDesigner
    @ZaibiDesigner 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Christina, I just watched your video and I must say that it was really informative and well-made. I was wondering if I could help you edit your highly engaging videos and thumbnails which will help your video to reach to a wider audience and increase your subscribers and viewers.

  • @elhamfq-qj7up
    @elhamfq-qj7up 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really needed to see this video,thank U🤍

  • @clintattebery
    @clintattebery 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this video - well done! I also wanted to add a link to the TED talk version of "Designing Your Life". I have not read the book, but this talk was very helpful to me when I found it a couple of years ago. Happy painting! th-cam.com/video/SemHh0n19LA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=C3Pvher4LVR44l2O

    • @christinakentart
      @christinakentart  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh that's awesome! Glad you found it helpful too. Thanks for the link :)

  • @Mario-zo1uj
    @Mario-zo1uj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน