Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Artists Karla Ortiz & Sam Nielson and co-hosts Bobby Chiu & Maureen Fan present their “Artist’s Guide to Improving the Work-Life Balance” webinar, where they will share how they prioritize the demands of their careers and their personal lives amidst unpredictable and fluctuating workloads, important deadlines to meet, and the obligations of daily life.
Follow Bobby Chiu on Instagram: instagram.com/digitalbobert
Sam Nielson instagram.com/artsammich
Karla Ortiz instagram.com/kortizart
Baobab Studios (Maureen Fan's studio) instagram.com/baobabstudios
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✅ Book Illustration with Marie-Alice Harel
✅ Foolproof Concept Painting with Airi Pan
✅ Felines with Terryl Whitlatch
✅ Gesture Drawing with Alex Woo
✅ Faery Workout with Iris Compiet
✅ Watercolor Fundamentals with Gonzalo Carcamo
✅ Introduction to Visual Development with Victoria Ying
✅ Visual Development for Television with Chrystin Garland
✅ Drawing Workout with Iain McCaig
✅ Starting Your Journey with Cody Gramstad
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Questions from the audience:
1:25 When do you usually get up in the morning?
8:40 How do you go about finding hobbies that aren't art related?
15:25 How do you deal with guilt for wanting to relax and not paint and draw?
21:58 How do you schedule the time to focus on a 9-5 job and all of your freelance projects?
29:35 How do you find time to learn when you have a full time job?
35:25 Karla, can you talk a little bit more about not giving 100% on every project to prevent burn out?
43:39 Any tips for balancing self-teaching as a university student?
54:15 When working multiple jobs outside of the industry, how do you bridge the gap between using your spare time to focus on art and having a social life while working towards becoming a professional artist?
1:05:15 How do you know when you've rested for too long? Sometimes I feel guilty when I'm unproductive.
1:07:16 What sort of books do you read?
1:15:33 How can you tell if you're working to slow or if your employer is asking too much?
Artists Karla Ortiz & Sam Nielson and co-hosts Bobby Chiu & Maureen Fan present their “Artist’s Guide to Improving the Work-Life Balance” webinar, where they will share how they prioritize the demands of their careers and their personal lives amidst unpredictable and fluctuating workloads, important deadlines to meet, and the obligations of daily life.
Follow Bobby Chiu on Instagram: instagram.com/digitalbobert
Sam Nielson instagram.com/artsammich
Karla Ortiz instagram.com/kortizart
Baobab Studios (Maureen Fan's studio) instagram.com/baobabstudios
Watch more webinars like this LIVE and for FREE with a Schoolism Subscription! schoolism.com
▶LEARN - Check out the BRAND NEW Schoolism site! schoolism.com
A Schoolism Subscription gets you immediate access to ALL 50+ Courses, including:
✅ Digital Painting with Bobby Chiu
✅ Speed Sketching Animals with Bobby Chiu
✅ Painting in Procreate & Animation in LumaFusion with Nikolai Lockertsen
✅ Book Illustration with Marie-Alice Harel
✅ Foolproof Concept Painting with Airi Pan
✅ Felines with Terryl Whitlatch
✅ Gesture Drawing with Alex Woo
✅ Faery Workout with Iris Compiet
✅ Watercolor Fundamentals with Gonzalo Carcamo
✅ Introduction to Visual Development with Victoria Ying
✅ Visual Development for Television with Chrystin Garland
✅ Drawing Workout with Iain McCaig
✅ Starting Your Journey with Cody Gramstad
✅ 901 Indigo Bleu with Thomas Fluharty
✅ Story Driven Illustrations with Djamila Knopf
...and more!
schoolism.com
Questions from the audience:
1:25 When do you usually get up in the morning?
8:40 How do you go about finding hobbies that aren't art related?
15:25 How do you deal with guilt for wanting to relax and not paint and draw?
21:58 How do you schedule the time to focus on a 9-5 job and all of your freelance projects?
29:35 How do you find time to learn when you have a full time job?
35:25 Karla, can you talk a little bit more about not giving 100% on every project to prevent burn out?
43:39 Any tips for balancing self-teaching as a university student?
54:15 When working multiple jobs outside of the industry, how do you bridge the gap between using your spare time to focus on art and having a social life while working towards becoming a professional artist?
1:05:15 How do you know when you've rested for too long? Sometimes I feel guilty when I'm unproductive.
1:07:16 What sort of books do you read?
1:15:33 How can you tell if you're working to slow or if your employer is asking too much?
