Monday in Motivation - Have you ever been forced to take a break from painting or drawing and worried that your skills were slipping because of it? Tomorrow Stede Barber will share the habits she’s developed for staying artistically sharp—even when you can’t take the time to use a brush or pencil.
Tuesday in Painting Tutorials - There’s a very useful (yet all-to-often completely ignored) technique for creating exceptional paintings. . . what it is it? Doris Glovier has the full explanation on Tuesday.
Wednesday in Featured Artists - Catherine Jeffrey is a talented painter who focuses on urban scenes with lots of atmosphere, whether that be rain, mist, wind, or snow. Drop in on Wednesday to see a few of her wonderful paintings.
Thursday in Selling Art Online - Imagekind—a print-on-demand company I’ve talked about many times before—has added some exciting new features for their artists. I’ll do a quick run-down of those changes on Thursday.
Friday in General Art Advice - Thinking about teaching a children’s art class? Or just teaching your own kids? Whether you’re doing it for fun or profit, don’t miss part one of Charlotte B. DeMolay’s new series, starting this Friday.
Last week’s articles on EmptyEasel:
Leila May Photography: Creating Space through Depth and Contrast
Introducing Two New Writers for EmptyEasel
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Finally, my "big project" is finished! It’s been a crazy day with a lot going on, but foliotwist.com is finally live and online! Since I’ve kept it a complete secret up until launch, here’s a quick (mostly visual) overview of what it does. . .
read moreToday's article is the third in my series on teaching art to kids. Make sure to check out articles one and two if you haven't already. OK, so you've done all the brain-work. . . you know who, what, and where you'll be teaching, plus how much you're going to charge to do it. Now for the tricky . . .
read moreEver notice that "blogging" is different for everyone? I have a very specific blogging style for EmptyEasel and that's the way I tend to think of blogging overall—as a vehicle for teaching. But the truth is, other art bloggers do things differently and many are quite successful. In fact,. . .
read moreThe title of this post, "Teaching Art to Kids, for Fun and for Profit" probably isn't the kind of headline you've come expect in our current era of under-funded school systems and overloaded teachers. Fortunately, I am not going to be talking about teaching in a public school system where—well. . .
read moreI've been thinking (a lot) about how the internet works these days, especially in regards to how I plan on selling my own art online this year. Most people would agree that when artists decide to put their artwork online, they usually choose one of the following: a personal portfolio website, . . .
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