Art Supply Posse
This podcast features interviews with artists, makers, manufacturers, and retailers of art supplies. Each episode explores the creative process and the tools behind it. Listeners can expect inspirational conversations about art-making and the people who supply the materials.
Episodes
212: Watercolour Technique with Nicki Traikos
Nicki Traikos returns for the release of her second book with a focus on watercolour technique and overcoming the blank page.
https://www.lifeidesign.com
211: Creative Courage with Susie Stonefield
Susie Stonefield returns to chat with Kim about overcoming creative fears and turning fear into courage.
The download Susie mentioned is available on her website at:
https://www.susiestonefield.com/brave-life-inventory1
210: Tackling Creative Blocks with Reece Knight
Reece Knight discusses creative blocks and the app-based artist community Reece is building to help remove creative blocks.
Reece’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@ReeceKnight-x2s
209: Yarn Creations with Sarah O’Halloran
Sarah O’Halloran returns to chat about dying yarn, colour creation, crocheting, knitting, and everything yarn related.
208: Nordacious aka James Hillier
James Hillier chats about his art practice and the pros and cons of running a physical store with artworks today.
207: Don’t Overthink It with Peggy Dean
Peggy Dean chats with Kim about how to make art without planning or overthinking and simply enjoying the process.
https://www.thepigeonletters.com/
206: Cyanotypes with Jo Howell
Jo Howell chats with Kim about the magic of creating cyanotypes, a simple chemical process to make art prints.
207: Dealing with Creative Blocks with Susie Stonefield
Susie Stonefield returns to chat with Kim about what to do when your art is not “arting”. What do you do when it’s just not working? Susie and Kim give tips on a few things you can try that might help.
Here is the link to the freebie that Susie mentioned:
https://www.susiestonefield.com/podcast-gift1
https://www.susiestonefield.com/
Instagram: @creativity_midwife
206: Why We Create Art with Vered Brett
Vered Brett returns to chat about why she creates art, how it has changed her life, and why she thinks other artists create art. Beyond these deeper, introspective discussions, Vered chats about what it's like as a working artist to be constantly creating new series of paintings and exhibiting her art internationally.
You can see her paintings and get in touch at her website, or find her on social
205: Zaccura
Kim chats with artist Zaccura, known for her videos using art to tell stories.
Zaccura’s website: https://www.zaccura.com
YouTube: https://www.instagram.com/zaccura_art
Instagram: zaccura_art
204: Art Journaling with Susie Stonefield
Kim talks with Susie Stonefield about art journaling.
https://www.susiestonefield.com
203: Creating Miniatures for Tabletop Games with Terran
Terran’s YouTube channel:
https://youtube.com/@ConjuredCraft
Terran is conjuredcraft on many social media sites.
202: Making Miniatures with Chantal Wilson
Chantal Wilson creates miniatures inspired by the Harry Potter stories.
Chantal has several YouTube channels and is also on Instagram under the following handles.
YouTube channels:
Ravens Minis
Raven Compendium
Dolls Unboxed
Instagram:
@ravensminis
@ravencompendium
201: Thank You and Journalling Update
Thank You for listening. Art Supply Posse has produced 200 episodes. Would you like to be a guest? You don’t need to be a working artist. Listen to this brief episode to find out more. Also, Kim shares an update on her journalling practice.
200: Crafting with Karia
Karia talks about fabric art. Spinning yarn herself, crocheting, and becoming aware of all the interesting things in the place you live. Karia’s YouTube channel is about drawing, colouring, and painting art supplies.
@CraftingKaria on YouTube and Instagram
199: Quilting Art with Ben Edmonds
Ben Edmonds makes art using fabric and thread to create large quilts. Many of his quilts resemble paintings. Listen to Ben chat about his art and processes.
Find Ben on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/thenonchalantquilter
198: Gianna Tesone
Gianna Tesone is an athlete as well as an artist. She incorporates that physicality into her painting practice. Gianna talks about how her interest in the natural sciences and general curiosity all flow into her art.
197: End of Year Chat with Uncle Frogface
Sean Southerland-Kirby aka Uncle Frogface returns to chat with Kim about the past year and artsy things they both want to do in 2025.
196: Exhibiting Art and Transitioning to New Projects with Jaclyn Gordyan
Jaclyn Gordyan returns to chat about the experience of preparing artworks for exhibition, the art show itself, dealing with the time after the exhibition, and transitioning to the next project, which may be in a different medium.
195: Creativity and Productivity with Monique Mulligan
Monique Mulligan chats about the pressures of productivity versus creativity, and art versus craft. And how all that relates to writing, painting and sewing.
194: Watercolor Portraits with Nicki Traikos
Nicki Traikos chats about painting portraits with watercolours. How is painting portraits different to portrait photography? How do you use watercolours for portraits when the paints are so difficult to control?
Nicki's courses can be found on her website:
https://www.lifeidesign.com
193: Instant Photography with Mia Amphlett
Mia Amphlett chats about the charms of instant photography. You can find Mia's photos on Instagram at:
https://www.instagram.com/mia_amphlett
192: Art Journalling with Car Rose
Car Rose joins Kim to chat about art journalling, as well as writing, quilting, and other creative endeavours.
Car’s Blog:
https://carorose.typepad.com
IG: carrosecreative
Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans podcast
http://ministryofcraftyshenanigans.com
191: Exhibiting Your Art with Gina-Marie Cincinnati
Gina-Marie Cincinnati returns to talk about exhibiting your art.
https://ginamariecincinnati.com
190: Art Journalling Round Table Discussion
Kim chats with three other artists about art journalling. Previous guests are Kylie O'Grady, Uncle Frogface, and first time guest Car Rose.
189: The Incognito Art Show
The Incognito Art Show is a unique annual art show that is open to all artists. Incognito means that artists names are kept secret until after their artwork has been sold. This means that the majority of people purchase art based on what they like rather than the name and reputation of the artist. All profits are donated to organisations helping artists with disabilities, and all artworks are pric
188: How to Art Journal Part Two
Kim continues her series on how to art journal. This time looking at art supplies and what to put in the journal.
http://artsupplyposse.com
187: Weaving and Spinning with Samantha Gehrmann
Samantha Gehrmann chats about spinning, weaving, and photography.
https://www.samanthagehrmann.com.au
186: Museum Visit - The Art Institute of Chicago
Kim talks about artworks that made an impression on her during a visit to The Art Institute of Chicago. We would like to hear your experiences with artworks. Record them on your phone and send them to us. Email at the end of the podcast, or via private message on Instagram.
185: Wildly Creative with Uncle Frogface aka Sean Southerland
Sean Southerland, a.k.a. Uncle Frogface, is creative across a wide variety of art forms. Sean chats about the difference between creativity and productivity, and how art helped him overcome a debilitating illness.
Find Sean everywhere online under his moniker Uncle Frogface.
184: Chocolate Inspired Art with Jessica Tivendale
Jessica Tivendale creates handmade chocolate bars and uses the different flavours to inspire her visual art work. For example, chocolate flavour notes inspire colour palettes.
183: Biennale with Gina Marie Cincinnati
Gina Marie Cincinnati returns to chat about her experiences being selected to exhibit her art at the XIV Florence Biennale, and what's involved in shipping artworks internationally. To understand why "carnets" exist in the art world, check out the short podcast series "The Professor".
https://brazen.fm/the-professor/
https://ginamariecincinnati.com
182: Brooke Shaden
Brooke Shaden creates surprising and dark images that feel like paintings, but are manipulated photos featuring herself playing different characters.
https://brookeshaden.com
181: Joyful Art with Kristy Rice
Kristy Rice chats about focussing on the joy of creating art.
http://kristyrice.com/
180: Fibre Art with Elishia Jackson
Elishia Jackson creates fibre art using basket weaving techniques.
Find Elishia on Instagram at @elishia.jacksonart
https://www.instagram.com/elishia.jacksonart/
179: Mixed Media with Kylie O Grady
Mixed media artist Kylie O Grady chats about not having a fixed process and letting yourself be guided by constraints and "happy accidents", as Bob Ross would say.
https://www.instagram.com/kylieogradyart
Note: this episode contains adult language.
178: Creative Endeavours in 2023 with Kim Mak
Kim Mak returns for a chat about creative endeavours over the past year of 2023 and ideas for 2024.
https://bettymaewrote.com
Special guest appearance by one very chatty bird. Probably a channel billed cuckoo or Asian koe.
177: Photographic Manipulation with Josh Dykgraaf
Josh Dykgraaf creates elaborate photo manipulations of endangered animal species using natural objects, such as leaves to represent bird feathers.
https://www.joshdykgraaf.com
176: Wedding Documentary with Neale James
Neale James, a man of many names, has been a wedding photographer for 20 years. But at heart, his imagery is that of a documentary photographer. Before becoming a professional photographer, Neale was a professional radio broadcaster. Neale is also host of the Photowalk podcast, and co-host of the Fujicast podcast.
https://www.nealejames.com
https://photowalk.show
175: Documentary Photography with Kamal X
A chat with documentary photographer Kamal X about his work and new book Black Astronaut.
https://www.iamkamalx.com
174: Stationery Design and Letter Writing with Kim Mak
Kim Mak chats about letter writing and her stationery design business.
Betty Mae Wrote stationery
https://bettymaewrote.com
Instagram @bettymaewrote
173: Watercolours with Nicki Traikos
Nicki Traikos is a painter and calligrapher.
https://www.nickitraikos.com
172: Loose Watercolours with Crystal Tan
Crystal Tan tells us how she picked up watercolor paints and immediately took to them. Crystal currently paints loose watercolour florals, but she's also been trying out acrylics and mixed media.
https://www.crystaltanart.com
171: Cold Wax Painting with Diana Briscoe
Diana Briscoe talks about cold wax painting and experimenting with many different art supplies.
https://www.instagram.com/dianabriscoeart/
170: Gabrielle Motola
Note! There's strong language in this episode.
https://www.gabriellemotola.com
169: Top 3 Art Supplies with Denise Smith and Nicky Normandale
Denise Smith and Nicky Normandale tell us about their current top three art supplies. Contact us if you want to tell us about your top three art supplies.
Nicky Normandale is on Instagram as @miss_nicky_creates.
168: Art Education with Christine Garvey
Note! There's some mild swearing in this episode. Christine Garvey talks with Kim about art education and the importance of playfulness when creating art.
https://www.amightypractice.com
167: Art Journaling with Kim
Kim answers a listener question about how to get started with art journalling. She explains what an art journal is, some pre-made notebooks and journals you can use, as well as alternatives and materials you probably already have.
166: Multifaceted Creativity with Gary Mills
Gary Mills is a multifaceted artist who seeks creativity in all he does. Gary talks about his path from cook to fashion designer, to university art teacher, and the creative workshops he does today.
https://linktr.ee/garymillsdesigns
165: 1000 Hearts with Sarah De Jonge
Sarah De Jonge talks about her project 1000 Hearts. Sarah began creating pocket-sized hearts made of wool felt and sending them to strangers as an act of kindness. The project is now global, and has people all over the world creating the hearts out of various materials, using many different techniques.
https://www.1000hearts.com.au/about/about-sarah
164: Collage Artist Gina-Marie Cincinnati
Gina-Marie Cincinnati is a collage artist participating in the XIV Florence Biennale 2023. She chats with Kim about her art journey from the USA to Germany, the UK, and now Japan.
https://ginamariecincinnati.com
https://www.instagram.com/awomanwithoutacountry/
163: Rachel The Barefoot Crafter
Rachel chats about her eclectic crafting interests, the joy in being able to craft any time, and 15 years of blogging about crafting.
https://thebarefootcrafter.com
162: Rutuja from Viviva Colors
Rutuja is co-founder of Viviva Colors, a manufacturer of easily portable watercolors. The paints are on sheets of paper making them lightweight and as easy to carry as a sketchpad.
https://vivivacolors.com
161: Alchemist Anna
Anna (@alchemist_anna) chats with Kim about struggling to accept the creation of art as something truly worthwhile.
160: Rachel Pierman of Crafty Monkies
Rachel Pierman went from presenting a crafting show on TV, to starting her own crafting business called Crafty Monkies. Rachel chats with Kim about how she rediscovered her creative side after being reminded how she had crafted with her dad as a young girl.
https://www.craftymonkies.com
159: The Artist's Way Book Discussion
Kim and three guests discuss The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.
158: Landscape Embroidery with Hannah Austin
Hannah Austin tells how a move to Oregon inspired her art of creating landscapes with embroidery techniques. Hannah runs an online store. She talks about what its like to run that full time, deal with social media marketing, and care for her family.
Hannah also creates embroidery kits available in her shop. You will find her everywhere under the name "needle or thread".
http://needleorthread.com/
157: Sashiko with Sarah OHalloran
Sarah O'Halloran joins Kim to talk about the art and craft of Sashiko.
Wikipedia on Sashiko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashiko
156: The Magic of Art with Vered Brett
Vered Brett is an abstract artist living in Portugal. Vered always wanted to be an artist, but had a long journey before taking up art professionally.
https://www.veredbrett.com
155: Art Chat with Rebecca Weeks Howard and Alan Trautman
Kim chats with Rebecca Weeks Howard and Alan Trautman about various art-making topics like the immediate feeling after creating a piece of art, versus how you feel after gaining distance to your art.
Feedback Request
Please contact Kim and let her know what you would like to hear, and send your suggestions for artists to interview.
Or maybe you would like to talk about your own art or favourite art supplies on the podcast? Listen to the message for how to contact Kim.
154: Art on the Road with Mary DRozario
Mary D'Rozario was fed up of being confined to her home due to illness and exchanged her house for an RV (recreational vehicle). Her art supplies take up a significant amount of space in her RV. Mary now creates art while travelling. She has written a book titled "The Airstream that Ran Away with the Spoon".
Mary is on Instagram as @loafingcactus
153: Becoming an Artist Later in Life with Denise Smith
Denise Smith talks about how creating art calms her mind, and finding her way to art later in life.
152: Putting Nature on Canvas with Jaclyn Gordyan
Jaclyn Gordyan talks about collecting, appreciating, and using natural objects like tree bark as the main focus for her artwork.
151: The Freedom of Abstract Painting with Holly Forbes
Holly Forbes talks about the freedom of painting abstracts. Visit Holly‘s website to see her paintings.
https://www.hollyforbes.com/
150: Art in Turbulent Times A Panel Discussion
A panel of previous guests and one new guest look back over the past two years to discuss how the pandemic and other changes have influenced their art and lives as artists.
149: Painting Abstract Art with Usha Shukla
Usha Shukla talks about studying art as a mature student, becoming a professional artist, growing up in India and moving to California. Visit Usha's website to see her art.
https://www.ushashuklaart.com/
148: Drawing all of London with Jack Hines
Jack Hines has set himself the goal of drawing every building in the Greater London area. It's a massive, presumably a lifelong project. Jack chats with Kim about how the project developed out of his architecture studies, and how he organises the project.
Originals and prints are available at the project website. Jack currently also accepts commissions.
https://drawingalloflondon.co.uk
147: Painting Outdoors - Plein Air with Sarah Burns
Sarah Burns talks about plein air painting, its joys and challenges, and her plan to walk the entire Scottish coastline and paint it.
Visit Sarah's website for her painting tutorials.
https://www.sarahburnsstudio.com/paintalong
146: Ink Painting with Julia van der Wyk
Julia van der Wyk was already on the podcast in episode 86. Julia returns to talk about transitioning from oil paint to acrylics, gouache, and ink. Julia will be teaching an ink painting course at the San Francisco pen show on August 28 2022, and plans to make the course available online in the future. More info at Julia's website.
https://juliavanderwyk.com
145: Top 3 Art Supplies with Ida Henrich and Julia van der Wyk
Ida Henrich and Julia van der Wyk return to chat about their top three favourite art supplies.
http://idahenrich.com/
https://juliavanderwyk.com/
144: Live Streaming Art with Bri de Danann
Bri de Danann is a comic book artist and illustrator. Bri also gives us an introduction to live streaming as an artist using the twitch platform.
Bri's website:
https://www.bridedanann.com
143: Murals and Illustrations with Ida Henrich
Ida Henrich is an illustrator, mural artist, and designer. Ida talks about painting outdoor murals in local communities, as well as commissioned illustrations.
idahenrich.com
142: Oil and Watercolor Painting with Edith Dormandy
Edith Dormandy chats with Kim about her very traditional art college education, different approaches to oil painting versus watercolour, and the rewards of teaching art.
https://www.edithdormandy.co.uk/
141: Watercolor with The Arbor Wytch
Jacq Hancock is a watercolourist and illustrator. Jacq talks about her fantastical watercolour paintings of animals and nature.
http://thearborwytch.com
140: Top 3 Art Supplies with Edith Dormandy and Cassy Draws
Edith Dormandy and Cassy Draws chat about their favourite top three art supplies.
139: Painting Animals with Cassy Draws
Cassy specialises in painting animals and nature, mostly on canvas using acrylics. You will hear why painting domestic animals is more difficult than wild animals, and many other interesting topics.
Cassy's website
https://www.cassydraws.com
138: Savannah Tallbear
Savannah Tallbear chats with Kim about her indigenous abstract painting, and what makes it contemporary.
Find Savannah on social media. Search for @bearswillkillyou or Savannah Tallbear.
137: $30 Art Kit with Hava Gurevich
Hava Gurevich returns to assemble a $30 art kit with acrylic paints, paper and brushes.
Visit Hava’s Website and Shop
https://www.havagurevichart.com/
136: Colleen Attara on Living a Creative Life
Colleen Attara talks about living a creative life, art journalling, the importance of art, and creative spaces.
https://colleenattara.com/
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