How to Be an Artist if You Have a Life
How to Be an Artist if You Have a Life
Join the 7-Week Guided Cohort to Transform Your Art Practice in 2025
Are you struggling to balance your art career with the demands of everyday life?
Whether you’re navigating parenting, multiple jobs, or just trying to make ends meet, you’re not alone—and there’s a better way forward.
Introducing:
How to Be an Artist if You Have a Life
A guided, live online class designed for artists who want to succeed creatively and thrive in their personal lives.
Why Join This Class?
You’ll get:
Weekly, live virtual guidance over 7 weeks to make actual progress.
Support to keep you accountable and motivated.
Practical tools and strategies to build and re-energize a sustainable, fulfilling art career—without sacrificing your life.
A seven-module online course delivered to your inbox.
What You’ll Learn Each Week:
Week 1: Embrace Your Limitations
Turn constraints like time, space, and energy into fuel for your creativity.
Week 2: Do One Thing
Master the art of focus to transform your work and your life.
Week 3: Delete (Almost) Everything
Identify what’s essential to your creative process—and cut the rest.
Week 4: Take Control
Learn practical tools to manage time, track habits, and sharpen your focus.
Week 5: Flexible Studio
Design a “Minimum Viable Studio” that adapts to your responsibilities.
Week 6: Flexible Mind
Cultivate a mindset of adaptation—the foundation of a thriving art practice.
Week 7: Bonus Time
Access exclusive tools:
Notion Note-Taking Template–Learn to organize notes and projects using the PARA method.
Notion Inventory System–Streamline your artwork inventory with my perfected system.
Maker/Manager Daily Sheet–Plan your day, month, and quarter with ease.
Week 8: One-on-One Wrap-Up
I will meet with each student individually to summarize your progress and create a personalized roadmap to keep your momentum.
How This Works
This isn’t just another productivity course—it’s built for artists juggling adult responsibilities.
The guided cohort includes:
7 Weekly, live virtual classes, followed by an 8th one-on-one session.
Each session mixes instruction, discussion, and actionable steps.
Practical, Step-by-Step Strategies
Tools that aren’t theory—they’re proven methods I’ve used to grow my art career while working full time and raising a family.
Accountability and Support
A community of artists who understand your struggles and want you to succeed.
Schedule:
Sessions start Jan 7, 2025 and meet Tuesdays at 4 PM Central. Can’t attend live? We will share recordings with everyone in the cohort.
Black Friday Weekend Pricing
Claim your spot for S275.00 —the lowest price that will ever be offered.
This special pricing is only available until Midnight, CST, Dec 2, 2024.
Why I Created This Course
Hi, I’m Colin Matthes.
I'm a working artist with a full-time job and a parent of two kids (7 and 9).
When speaking about my art, the most common question is, “How do I do all of this?”
Sure, the mass amounts of caffeine help, but what really moves the needle is the correct mindset and systems.
With these strategies, in just the past 18 months, I’ve:
Won the Ruth Arts Grant
Had three solo exhibitions
Sold my work to Harvard, Stanford, UCONN and the Getty Museum
This course isn't theory, it is a practical guide built on my 15 year journey from workaholic studio artist to successful adult and father with an increasingly thriving art career.
Enough about me, I built How to Be an Artist if You have a Life for you.
It is the course I wish I had when I became a father.
Even better, the course I wish I had when I started making art.
Get Started Today
Sign up now and begin your transformation immediately.
By enrolling today, you’ll receive:
The lowest price —$275.00 only available until Dec 2, 2024.
Instant access to the bonus module: Take Control. Start right away with proven strategies to manage your time, build habits, and sharpen your focus.
My Notion Art Inventory System, a seamless way to organize and track your artwork efficiently.
Start building an art practice that fits your life—and enhances it.
Spaces are limited.
Once purchased, you will receive links to product.