Meet Caroline McFarlane-Watts

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Caroline McFarlane-Watts. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi Caroline, thank you for being such a positive, uplifting person. We’ve noticed that so many of the successful folks we’ve had the good fortune of connecting with have high levels of optimism and so we’d love to hear about your optimism and where you think it comes from.

I think I’m a born optimist, if there’s such a thing. But the reason I am happy each day is because I do something that I love to do. I never take that for granted.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

I’m Caroline McFarlane-Watts, and I run Tall Tales Productions, which is an art studio in Los Angeles. I took my background as a movie miniaturist and created Tall Tales , which is known in Hollywood as a go-to place for imaginative props, miniature sets, and realistic or whimsical set pieces. Tall Tales is also a producer of collectible figurines which are made both overseas as well as in-house. The figurines are sold all over the world and I’m really proud of this side of the business. But lately I’ve been having a lot of fun focusing on unique custom pieces. I can’t show photos at this time but two current projects are celebrity commissioned.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

My advice for any artist who is starting out, can be boiled down to three things. Be yourself (don’t try to mimic other artists or current trends). Know your message (why are you creating what you do? What is it that you want to tell or show the world?) And finally, know where you’re going (have goals and discipline yourself, because if you don’t you may drift forever. Unfinished art, unwritten stories and half-baked ideas aren’t worth anything).

What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? Any advice or strategies?

It’s common for artists to feel overwhelmed to the extent that they freeze and procrastinate even starting a project they actually want to work on. A way to overcome this is to simply do something. Draw a line in your sketchbook, put words down in your empty first page of your script. Simply do something. Because creating rubbish is better than creating nothing. You can make it pretty later. But do it.

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