This Week: 12/23 through 12/29

Published Dec. 23rd 2007

The holidays are here! Time to relax, drink apple cider and stay warm (or cool, if you’re in the southern hemisphere, I suppose.)

I’ll be taking a short break from EmptyEasel this week to spend time with friends and family, but I promise I’ll be back by December 30th to get a jump on the new year.

In the meantime, I dug through my blog posts from last December and found a few that I thought might be worth a second look. Or a first, if you haven’t read them already.

Here they are—three articles and two featured artists:

Living Creatively Every Day

Landscapes of Snow by John Stoa

No Artistic Talent? Don’t Worry. Anyone Can Learn to Draw.

Daily Paintings by J Matt Miller

Opportunities for Artists on the Internet

And here are the links to last week’s articles as well:

Where is Google Ranking Your Art Site? Find Out With SEOdigger.com

A Quick Explanation of “Contrapposto” in Art

The Art of the Horse: Horse Racing Art by Sharon Crute

7 Tips to Increase Art Sales on Imagekind and other Art-selling Websites

What’s the Best way to Improve at Art? Here’s your Answer.

That’s it for me—have a merry Christmas!

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