Before graduating from art school, Emma SanCartier had to complete a final project. She chose to create an original children's story told in pictures and spent an entire semester filling sketchbooks with characters and concept sketches. . . read more
No one can deny that the internet opens up numerous opportunities for the artist, but how does selling online compare to a more traditional route? Today I want to compare and contrast the two. . . read more
Prior to becoming a licensed artist, Australian designer Chris Chun paid his dues by working as a textile designer and product manager for home décor. Today he spends his days creating original works of art for collectors, and commercial work for his licensing clients.
While his work is. . . read more
The term “starving artist” is so familiar it has its own page on Wikipedia. So I was intrigued (and perplexed) when I read a blog post where artists were being called “money grabbing" instead. . . read more
I was reading a forum discussion recently about painting trees. . . it stood out to me because the artist was trying to paint each leaf, which reminded me of a time when my son was in grade school.. . . read more
When Alisa Burnette took a basic “Principles of Welding” class she immediately recognized there was a lot of potential there to create beautiful art. But while she loved the look of metal. . . read more
A year ago, after a few months of “daily painting” and starting a new art blog, I felt it was time to join an online print service. Upon reading a few reviews of different companies, I decided on RedBubble. . . read more
Mark Langan comes from a long line of artists, but it wasn’t until 2003, after 20+ years in the transportation industry that he officially took his talent seriously and decided to devote more time to becoming a professional artist himself. . . read more
Plein-air painting—or, painting outside in the open air with all the perils and dangers that entails—is a very odd, and perhaps silly thing to do.
Why not stay in your nice cozy studio with the central heating on, away from the vagaries of weather, biting insects, nosy people, gusts of. . . read more
Have you ever stood in front of a painting (yours or someone else’s) and wondered why it doesn’t really say anything? It just doesn’t “pop!” That's a “sort of” painting. . . read more
Should we (as artists) be willing to adapt and diversify our artwork to the market in order to generate mass market appeal? Or are we so attached to our work that we hold back from commercialising it. . . read more
Diane Allison has been creating and selling her custom game boards for eighteen years, and was listed in Country Living Magazine as the 29th Guild Artist. . . a great honor.
While Diane reached success by having her custom game boards sold throughout the world in shops and catalogs, she. . . read more
Last year Jane bought a painting at a prestigious art show. She loved it, and decided to buy another painting from the same artist, so she looked online and was shocked to see the same painting she had in her office for sale, again. . . read more
Rebecca Latham first started painting in 1992 and since then has studied with notable artists such as Robert Bateman and Carl Brenders. Shortly after her art career began, she. . . read more