Showcase Your Art In Consistent Themes
The more traditional version of this tip from the established art world was: “Have one theme in your art, and continue to make images or creations consistent with this theme throughout your career”!!
Why was that so? Very simple – …
Name Your Favorite Art Food or Beverage Muse!
Throughout history, artists have been inspired by all manner of food and drink in their work. I have a plein-air artist friend who finds it almost impossible to work unless she has a brush in one hand and a coffee …
Artist Website Tip #12 – Know What You Should Pay
Artist’s website development prices range from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars. Typically, bigger design firms have larger overheads and will be significantly more expensive. On the other hand, Joe down the street can probably build you …
Success Quote Of The Week – Andrew Carnegie
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
………..Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Many thanks to The Painters Keys for this quote
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Artist Website Tip #11 – Choose Your Website Designer Thoughtfully
The most important thing when choosing a designer to create your artist website is to remember what you are trying to build – a beautiful online gallery space to elegantly show your work – this is very different from building …
Artist Website Tip #10 – Think Again Before Designing Your Own Website
Tempted to design your own website? Many artists do – mostly to save money. But have you really thought through the total cost?
Here are some questions to consider before you start designing:
- Do you have visual design skills/training? Understanding
The Irving Sandler Artist’s File
This is a great New York-based database that artists should consider submitting work to…
The Irving Sandler Artists File is a digitized image database and slide registry that is open to the public free-of-charge, and is regularly used by curators, …
Artist Website Tip #9 – You must be able to sell your art online
There are many ways to do it. More important than anything is that you have clear and up-to-date contact information on your website. If a buyer likes your work enough to bring out their checkbook, they will normally be happy …
Art Marketing Tip Of The Week – Remember Your Art!
This might sound so obvious but it’s often overlooked……
In today’s art market, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the myriad of different possibilities and challenges in marketing your art. So much so that sometimes it can be hard to …
Getting Organized (part 2)
I had never really wanted to have prints (Giclée: pronounced “zhee-clayâ€) made of my paintings. I believe my art is priced fairly and feel that people should have original art on their walls, not prints. Still, I noticed that …