Orit Reuben - a podcast by Art Mentor Don Victor

Artist, Orit Reuben, encourages us:
1. Skill development is an essential step and we never stop learning. I love taking workshops from artists I admire. Sometimes I need to take a break because too many workshops can be confusing if they teach contradicting information. It's good to take a break from workshops and just paint but then return to learning. I recommend picking a master you would like to study under and take repeated classes and workshops, rather than taking many workshops from different people close together.
2. Marketing is as important as art-making.
3. Focus on the positive aspects of your journey and celebrate your achievements. Be thankful for opportunities.

Here is a little about Orit Reuben.
1. The beginning: stumbling into art classes at a local (but very good) art school. During the financial recession, while being unemployed, I got a speeding ticket and requested community service rather than paying the almost $300 ticket. I had more time than money. For my work hours, I volunteered at a local art school as a receptionist and found out volunteers receive free classes. I have already been longing to start my art journey years back but didn't know how to go about it.
2. Discovering pastels. At the art school, people donate art supplies. A woman dropped off a box of pastels at the front desk during my shift, and I asked for permission to keep it. I started taking classes and fell in love with the medium.
3. The third item is a concept of continual goal setting and the achievement of those goals, that has resulted in the many moments and steps that comprise my artistic journey.

What does Orit Reuben find yummy?
I love fish cooked in many ways.
I'm mostly a vegetarian (and also eat fish) I love dishes with good ingredients that are healthy with a lot of flavour and spices, I follow mostly a Mediterranean diet.
I love making shakshuka. It's eggs poached in tomato sauce. I make the sauce from scratch.
Lately, I've been making a gluten-free minestrone
I stay away from overly processed food and sugars.

Being from Israel I grew up in Israel, where very fresh fruits and vegetable are plentiful. I grew up at a time where everything was homemade. My mother was a stay at home mom and a very good cook. My grandmother baked cakes and desserts for the hotel at the kibbutz where my grandparents live. I may cheat and eat desserts every once in a while, but only if it's really worth it. I find most baked goods not good enough to cheat for unless they are made by someone who really knows what they are doing, which I find rare.

Here is how to connect with Orit Reuben.
www.oritreuben.com
my website www.oritreuben.com, email: oritreuben@yahoo.com, Facebook messenger.

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