Waiting To Dry

We answer the listener question, F--- Marry Kill: Van Gogh, Picasso, and Pollack! It morphs into Pollack, Koons, and Hirst. We also discuss an article about the muralist Nychos getting a mural in Glendale taken down, and the stupid reasons that a mural can be taken away from the public space. We touch on the aftermath of the attempt to get Josh’s Roseland mural taken down, and the consequences of cancel-culture on art. A classic WTD Rant Corner! Look out for Josh and MJ’s show later this month at Stone Sparrow Gallery in New York City!

Sergio talks about his course and being in teaching-mode and how that affects his painting. Josh talks about nearing the finish line of the work for his upcoming show in November. We answer a ton of your listener questions this week too!  Some of the questions answered: (23:35) Do you make 5-year plans or just go with the flow? (38:42) Do birds have fun? (45:43) What’s a subject matter you dislike painting? (51:05) What is most fun in your process? (1:03:15) Is there a reason to what seems like you solely using women as subjects in your work? (1:18:05) Do you have favorite easy foods to make while painting? (1:27:48) Having this platform, do you ever worry about getting canceled in this cancel-culture world? (1:37:20) Why doesn’t Josh start his own pencil company and make millions? (1:43:11) Do you ever have the urge to put all of your creative energy into one style or body of work? (1:51:12) How did you realize that you can make a living off of your art? How did you start? (2:03:00) How do you stay motivated

We talk about drama surrounding Sergio and Vanessa’s food podcast A Bit Saucy and how painting is like making grilled cheeses, handling useless feedback, hating flies, avoiding comfort and boredom in your work, working through bad ideas, mural ideas vs. canvas ideas, and we revisit The Rock’s performance in the 2001 classic, The Mummy Returns! Check out Sergio’s upcoming workshops at https://bit.ly/AOC2020Sergio, or sign up to beta-test his course at www.themainloop.com!

On this week’s episode we discuss artists who feel entitled to a foot in the door, versus artists who have the confidence to create their own opportunities. What about false confidence, or losing confidence as you gain skills? Also what’s the difference between Wayne Thiebaud and Tim Tebow? Is there one? All this and more! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts if you got a minute.

Sergio recaps his experience doing the STRADA Easel 30-day painting challenge. Josh recaps being MJ’s mural assistant for the month of September. We discuss evolving for speed and efficiency vs falling back on what works, the Pow Wow Art Festival in Lancaster, problem solving on a wall vs pre-planning, needing room to grow narrative skills, hanging out with other artists, Wide Open Walls in Sacramento, knowing the worth of your name, dealing with the environment while muralling, people having opinions on your mural to your face, painting fruit, applying for opportunities, and a few thoughts on comfort. Check out Sergio’s new painting for the Supersonic Art Show at www.spoke-art.com, and apply for his beta course at https://bit.ly/ECRMethodBetaTestApplication. 

Do some artists fall back on their technical skills to ignore the necessary marketing and sales work in their goal of making it? That’s what we tackle on this week’s minisode! Some actual tips and tricks tucked away in this episode(don't say we never helped ya) so if you're beginning your art career, this is one you want to check out!

Sergio recaps his birthday trip to Tahoe with Vanessa, and what he learns by painting in plein air so much, Josh talks about some of the meaning behind his latest painting, the documentary “Last Chance U” and the danger of too much praise, making them hits vs. just practicing, finding the “game within the game” to keep painting interesting, painting urban landscapes, and why Cardi B should have a Pulitzer Prize.

Josh and Sergio discuss composition! How they think about it, how they tackle it, the difference for Sergio between composing a landscape and figurative piece, what makes a bad composition, and if shrooms can help you compose better!

Sergio recaps his Oregon travels with Vanessa, Josh amends his “rich people like shiny stuff” theory, painting under a pseudonym(or a cinnamon), if mental issues help with creating good art or successful artists, if artists should big-up themselves more, the art world needing better ambassadors(and why David Choe ain’t it), we rate a bunch of art memes, and end with a discussion around juggling time per piece vs. cost in order to make a living as an artist, and if The Triplets Of Belleville is a good movie. Find us on Youtube to see all the art memes we talked about on today’s episode. https://www.youtube.com/WaitingToDryPodcast/

Waiting To Dry Mini Episode 9: Fear Vs. Courage This week's topic is about success consciousness vs. failure consciousness. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Knock that one-star review down!

Waiting To Dry Art Podcast #104 "...While The World Is Burning??" We talk about Josh attracting conspiracy theorists, Craigslist, Sergio's upcoming Oregon trip, Josh's problem with the recently posted art meme, Sergio’s recent trip to Arby’s, vague-cast about recent artist drama being aired out on Instagram, which leads to a discussion around student-teacher relationships. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, knock that one-star review down!

Back at it again after a month-long hiatus! Had some internal stuff to work out but we’re goin’ strong again. We talk about learning how to camp, Josh’s financials post-day-job, stretching, doing art competitions for advertisement purposes, Younggripper on Tiktok, podcasts that Sergio listens to, David Lynch, @jasknightart vs Arcadia Contemporary, a very cutting-edge piece of performance art that we were pointed to on Instagram, and we figure out how to be the next Jeremy Mann! Buy some art from Josh at www.joshualawyer.com/shop.

It's the Waiting To Dry drinking game part 2! Sergio and Vanessa do their own version of the "Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet" podcast and read bad reviews of art museums. We also drink every time someone mentions kids, bathrooms, the price of the museum, false expectations for the museum, or complains about the point of the museum. Go make your favorite drink and play along! Article where we got the bad reviews from:  https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67897/15-hilariously-terrible-reviews-wonderful-museums

Josh and Sergio are back in the house! Josh talks his experience with painting murals in Portland, his problem with Blackout Tuesday, the need for a real leader in this era, Thinkspace versus Colin Chillag and the resulting fallout, Nicolas Uribe versus companies who make "flesh tone" paint, and more. Josh talks about Sergio's magazines he shared in the last episode and they discuss self-censorship, we respond to a listener question about if "remakes" are allowed in the art world, finding treasure in Yellowstone, looking for solutions, more thoughts on the Colin-Thinkspace controversy, comedians acting and more.

#101 Tony Guaraldi Brown, Vanessa Walsh "Good Job Keep Going" While Josh is up in Portland working on a mural with MJ, Sergio and Vanessa do a show with their good friend Tony Guaraldi Brown! They talk about how Tony’s name is constantly butchered, the local scene holding up through quarantine, extol the virtues of gouache, wonder if James Gurney is spawning a master-race of artists, Hokusai’s tasty waves, and more. They each brought in oid artwork and then analyze how they have evolved as artists and what has been a constant from then to now. Tony brings in work from the last two decades, and Vanessa brings in a drawing she made when she was 16. Sergio blows everyone’s mind by bringing in zines he made when he was 9 and 12, and we get deep into his childhood nerdom! They discuss how much story to share in an image, what you can do vs what you want to do, and much more. Find Tony at www.tgbart.com and Vanessa at compassroseartistry.com.   Referenced: James Gurney @gurneyjourney Lauren Urlacher https://www.lau

It’s episode 100! Josh reveals some life-and-career-changing news! How much time will Sergio do to protect Josh’s criminal enterprise? How come celebrities have no talent? These questions and more from the listeners are answered! Flea vs. the ShamWow guy! Peepee River vs PooPoo mountain! We talk about sharing works-in-progress on Instagram, and end by clarifying our position on the #artistsupportpledge movement. Don't fail trying to be nice, everybody! Sergio's Paint Drips: CLICK HERE

Waiting To Dry Podcast Episode 99 - Still 'Teenin In this episode we talk about art as a way of enhancing your living space, discovering gimmicky artists on Instagram, rant against #artistsupportpledge, reconnecting with your goals during quarantine, exploring watercolor and gouache, fear and risk versus reward in painting, pricing according to surface, art that deals with the quarantine, COVID memes, Carole Baskin, true crime documentaries, and Sergio and Vanessa making it onto @influencersinthewild!

Joshua Lawyer and Mj Lindo Lawyer play a drinking game where they try to have a conversation without talking about the current pandemic... They get really drunk. tune in to listen to them talk about a show they are working on, different ways they tackle story, figuring out how to judge the public while staying indoors, and a the recent murder of their neighbor! the listen to Mj's attempt to catch up on a long list of movies with the goal to understand more pop culture references.  

For the quarantine, we decided to do something different: we are each hosting an episode with our significant others! First up is Sergio co-hosting with Vanessa Walsh. They talk about Vanessa moving into Sergio’s studio, Sergio working on his plein air painting course, someone causing drama with Sergio at Vanessa’s art show, their new restaurant review podcast, the impact of the quarantine on the art world, Heather Martin’s Art Refuge Facebook group, and perform WTD Audio Theatre! So much more discussed on this episode. Subscribe, rate and review where you find your podcasts.   Vanessa’s Instagrams: @compassroseartistry @bloomreportmacro @abitsaucypodcast

In this episode, we can't escape talking about that stupid virus, we get into Sergio's "Bad Curator" topic(which cliche art show you would you rather participate in?), what we are working on with our forced time off, the why's of painting a burger, and hate on pandemic hoarders. This episode is sponsored by Artwork Archive! Get 20% off by going to www.artworkarchive.com/waiting.