Drawing Club

Dec 16 2020 30 ep. 64 mins 39

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The Drawing Club Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by two illustrators and friends, Mia Minerva and Sasha Kretova. We get together to draw and chat about art, creativity, freelance life, and more!

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One-year-of-podcast party!

Dec 16 2020 77 mins

We’ve been making this podcast for a whole year, can you friends believe it? Today’s episode is our season 3 finale, and also our little podcast birthday party! For that we’ve made it extra fun and special and included some birthday surprises: some of our past guests and the person behind our theme music make an appearance, we share an extra story that didn’t make it to a p

Why are we feminists?

Dec 09 2020 80 mins

Are you a feminist? We sure are! Today we share our journeys on how we became feminists, what feminism means to us, and how it affects our life, our art and our work. No one is equal before everyone is equal!We’re now on Patreon! If you don’t know what Patreon is, it is a platform where you can support your favorite creatives with a monthly pledge that you can change or delete

Our creative income streams

Dec 02 2020 85 mins

Today we’re talking about money, and sharing the multitude of ways we make money as illustrators and creatives. For most of us it’s not possible to “make it” by doing just one thing, which is why it’s good to have several income streams to make enough income to get by. We also talk about the kinds of creative work we do that doesn’t pay, and why that can be important to

Where we find inspiration

Nov 25 2020 65 mins

One of our most asked questions on this podcast is where we get our inspiration, so we decided to treat you with a whole episode where we answer that question. And not just that! We also get deep about what we think inspiration even is, how it feels to be inspired, and how important we think inspiration is (or isn’t) for creativity.We’re now on Patreon! If you don’t know what

Art, robots and virtual reality with Helen Farley

Nov 18 2020 55 mins

Robots that draw, virtual art exhibitions and augmented reality art? Today we’re hanging out with Helen Farley, an artist, inventor, teacher, and all-around-creative who is passionate about bringing together arts and engineering as well as inspiring the future generation to think creatively. Did you know that 65% of children in school today will go into jobs that don’t even exi

Making friends

Nov 11 2020 66 mins

Making friends as adults is hard, isn’t it? In this episode we share our experiences with friendship, remember both happy and sad friend stories, analyze what kind of friends we are and wonder what it is about friendships in adulthood that makes them both extremely meaningful and so challenging to initiate.We’re now on Patreon! If you don’t know what Patreon is, it is a platf

The creative process behind product design with Ksenia Voy

Nov 04 2020 68 mins

In this episode we chat with Ksenia, our friend, artist, fashion designer, and just a very cool creative person! Ksenia shares some new and creative approaches to designing physical products and making art, and we go on a lot of tangents about, you know, deep life stuff. Ksenia’s creative philosophy is truly inspiring and has us re-evaluating how we wish to approach creativity!Fo

We’re not just illustrators!

Oct 28 2020 75 mins

In this podcast we draw and talk about illustration, but we’re not just illustrators! In this episode we wanted to talk about all the other fun parts of our lives. This year has been very different and we haven’t been able to enjoy a lot of our favorite things. So if you’re feeling out of touch with your life at the moment (which, same!), we recommend doing what we did and li

Getting over art block

Oct 21 2020 66 mins

We’re probably all familiar with art block - none of us can be creative all the time! But when you’re in the depths of it, it can feel impossible to get out and feel creative again. Finding that joy of creating can be a challenge, but like all of life, there are ups and downs. In this episode, we talk about times in our own lives of not being able to create, and share strategie

Where we’ve been all this time

Oct 14 2020 57 mins

We’re back for our third season of the Drawing Club Podcast! We’ve been gone a while, so in this episode we wanted to catch up and fill you in on what’s been going on in our lives since season 2. We share our experiences with book illustration, moving house, and hiking in Northern Finland. We’re excited to be back, friends!Sasha's Tattoo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com