Comments on: Big Artist Website Mistake #2: Inconsistent Work

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:47:18 +0000

Hi Patricia – nice job – the site showcases you well. Couple of things though. First one is that the category links are not working on my browser (Firefox for mac) so even though I want to see your work I can’t! Very frustrating but I’m guessing you are working on this? Second one – and feel free to take it or leave it – but I think you could do more with the space to the right of the central image on your home page. Just my 2c worth.

Good for you for going for CSS – it is powerful and well worth the effort to make the switch.

Cheers ~ Daniel.

By: Patricia C Vener

Patricia C Vener — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:33:55 +0000

This is a very interesting article. I have decided on my foci (yes, there are more than one, but they are very precise) and for this reason I have both an Etsy shop and a 1000Markets shop as well as my website (which is in the process of reworking the selling/gallery pages. I started out by doing a complete overhaul switching from straight html to CSS and while researching and learning CSS decided to do a complete redesign of my site. If anyone want to take a look you can visit me,Patricia C Vener and see what I mean. Patricia

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:24:46 +0000

Great comment Anne – it’s hard to understand I agree. In today’s world it sometimes seems that becoming a fine artist is as simple as giving yourself the title of “artist” and getting started – just like you can start a corporation and call yourself a CEO. But we all know that the “true” artist title is something that has to be earned through hard work, talent, and inspiration over many years. You can see it almost immediately in the quality, consistency, and style of the work. It’s great that you are pursuing the artist’s journey in the way that you are. We wish you the best and look forward to hearing your comments again soon!

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:05:43 +0000

This is so interesting. I’ve been drawing since I was a child, but I got away from it for quite a while. I got back into it about a year ago and started working with a very gifted artist. I like what I’m doing, but I’m not interested in selling my work; I just want to learn and improve. So, I have been absolutely amazed at the local artists who are showing and “selling” work that is very inconsistent in quality. They don’t seem to realize that while some of their work is good, some of it is not good at all. Yet, they throw it all together and display it in galleries. Amazing. Some of them are beginners, but some of them have actually been painting for years. I just don’t understand how they can look at their work and think it is all equally worthwhile.