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What to Put in Your Artist Statement, CV
(Curriculum Vitae), and Biography

Underwearhats and Donuts: Offbeat
Paintings by Stacy Brown

A Link, a Wink and a Smile: Smart
Outbound Linking for Artists

Should Artists Put Ads on their Websites?
Pros and Cons:

This Week: 5/11 through 5/17

Were You Encouraged to be an Artist?

Why I Use CafePress to Sell My Art

Priscilla Treacy: Painter and Printmaker

Want to Sell More Art? Try Marketing
Your Art Through Affiliates

Where Artists Sell Art: A Web Survey
of Nearly 300 Artists

This Week: 5/4 through 5/10

What Image-editing Software do You
Use? Poll Results Inside

The Printing Checklist: 7 Steps to Ensure
a Quality Print Job for Your Art

How to Add Depth of Field to your Photos
with Adobe Photoshop

How To Add Color To Black and White
Photos in Photoshop

How to Add Bleed and Crop Marks to an
Image in Adobe Photoshop

This Week: 4/27 through 5/3

Would you Rather Sell Original Art, or Art
Prints? Take the Poll. . .

A Brief History of Japanese Art Prints
(also known as Ukiyo-e)

Buildings, Boats, and City Streets:
Paintings by J.K. Chapman

My Review of Zazzle.com: Printable
Products and Posters on Demand

A Poem for Artists, by Robert Bruce

This Week: 4/20 through 4/26

How Much Time do you Spend on Art?

Finding Investors for Yourself & Your Art

Anamorphosis Art by Awtar Singh Virdi

CafePress.com: Where Art Becomes. . . Stuff.

Does Your Art Fulfill a Need? It Should.

This Week: 4/13 through 4/19

How Important Do You Think the Internet
Will Become for Artists?

My Art Was Stolen! What Do I Do?

Lois Eakin: Contemporary Realism in Oils

Etsy.com: A Place to Sell Fine Art Online
or Just Handmade Items?

If You’re a Niche Artist, Trade Shows and
Conventions Might be Your Best Bet

This Week: 4/6 through 4/12

Artist Portfolio Websites: How Much
Would YOU Pay for an Art Website?

Going from Amateur to Professional:
10 Words of Wisdom for Aspiring Artists

Ben Lustenhouwer: Portrait Painter in Oil
and Watercolor

On Your Lunch Break? Then Check Out
the Art at ArtBreak.com

Adwords & Artists: My Final Thoughts on
Advertising Art with Google Adwords

This Week: 3/30 through 4/5

What Keeps You From Your Art?

The Truth Behind Studio Visits: What
Artists and Art Buyers Should Know

Paintings by Shelley Hocknell Zentner:
Physical, Powerful, Intense

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) or Paid
Advertising: Which is Best for Artists?

Imagekind and RedBubble Go
Head-to-Head: Who Will Win in 2008?

This Week: 3/23 through 3/29

Artist Poll: How Many Page Views Does
Your Art Blog or Portfolio Website Get?

Inktense Ink Pencils: Derwent’s Unique
Alternative to Colored Pencils

Finding Humanity in Clay:
Original Sculptures by Linda Lewis

Copyright Information for Artists:
How Copyright Laws Protect Your Art

5 Free Art Marketing Ideas for Artists:
How to Stand Out from the Crowd

This Week: 3/16 through 3/22

Plein Air Paintings from New Brunswick
Artist Michael Chesley Johnson

Art, Architecture, and Geometry: Black
and White Photographs by Paul Politis

When Suns and Fractals Collide: Brilliant
Digital Artwork by Nathan Selikoff

Jax Chachitz: Dynamic Abstract Paintings

Urban Photography by An Xiao: Haiku
Imagery and City Scenes

This Week: 3/9 through 3/15

Art Competitions: How Often do You
Enter Juried Art Shows or Competitions?

How to Write an Art Blog (So that Your
Visitors Won’t Leave)

Johannes Wessmark: Photorealism with
Colored Pencil and Watercolor

Artflock.com Goes Social, Adding More
Community Features for Artists

Finding Fulfillment as an Artist: How to
Figure out if Your 9-5 Job is Right for You

This Week: 3/2 through 3/8

What’s Your Favorite Artistic Medium?
Poll Results Below

How to Grow Your Mailing List - Here’s
One Artist’s Story of Success

The Art of Texture: Impasto Oil Paintings
by Trisha Lamoreaux

Adwords Quality Scores and Minimum
Bids: More Adwords Tips for Artists

A Special Thanks to EE Contributors

This Week: 2/24 through 3/1

Paying by Commission or by Monthly
Fees: Which would You Choose?

6 No-brainer Art Marketing Tips: So Easy
There’s no Excuse for not Using Them

Baiko’s Ikebana Art: The Japanese Art of
Flower Arranging

Artist Websites 101: Why Artists Should
Avoid JavaScript and Flash Websites

When Artists Start to Collaborate Online,
Both Buyers and Sellers Win

This Week: 2/17 through 2/23

Pricing Your Artwork: Where are YOUR
Prices At?

How to Make a Paintbrush Cleaner Jar

Stunning Textile Landscapes by Scottish
Artist Moy Mackay

A Look at Google Adwords’ Tools and
Features - From an Artist’s Perspective

Learning from the Presidential Election:
Similarities Between Art and US Politics

This Week: 2/10 through 2/16

What Inspires Artists? Where Do You Get
Your Inspiration for Art?

Mat Cutting Made Simple: How to Cut
Custom Mats with Logan Team System 2

Robin Cheers: Paintings of Life in Motion

Advertising Your Artwork with Adwords
But Not Getting Many Clicks?

To Watermark or Not To Watermark?
That’s the Artist’s Question.

This Week: 2/3 through 2/9

How Many Artists Have an Advertising
Budget? Poll Results Inside

What to do with Leftover Art? Collage it!

Miya Ando Stanoff: Steel Paintings of
Minimalist, Abstract Landscapes

How to Advertise your Art Online with
Google Adwords: The Sign-up Process

Boundless Gallery Adds Custom Framing
for Artwork Plus “Truly Free Returns”

This Week: 1/27 through 2/2

What do Most Artists think of Bob Ross?
Poll Results Inside

Finding “The Joy of Painting” with Bob
Ross and his Painting Techniques

Earthy, Ochre Landscape Paintings by Deborah Paris

Using Photoshop’s Healing Brush, Smart
Blur, Despeckle Filter, and Color Replacer

Tracking the Online Art Market: A Look at
10 Art Websites’ Monthly Visitor Stats

This Week: 1/20 through 1/26

Spontaneous and Intuitive - OR - Careful
Planner? Which Type of Artist Are You?

How do You Know When a Painting is
Finished? Learn to Take a Fresh Look

Sky-high Paintings: Sunsets and
Skyscapes by Gerald Schwartz

How to Use the Pen Tool in Photoshop:
A Tutorial on Outlining Objects

8 Sensible Projects for Artists: Things to
Do When You’ve got Time on Your Hands

This Week: 1/13 through 1/19

What Blogging Program do MOST Artist
Bloggers Use? The Winner is. . .

7 Methods for Painting Abstractly: My
Experience at an Abstract Painting Course

Benoit Philippe: Impressionist Watercolor
Paintings from the United Kingdom

How to Use the Curves Tool in Photoshop
to Add Contrast & Fix Washed out Photos

How Building an “Authority” Art Website
Can Help Me Sell My Art Online

This Week: 1/6 through 1/12

Resolutions for 2008? What Resolutions?

How to “Square Up” Photos of Your Art in
Photoshop with Free Transform & Liquify

It’s All in the Painterly Details: Daily
Paintings by Abbey Ryan

8 Must-read Art Blogs for 2008 - a Few of
the Best Art Blogs Online

Seven Things I Learned in 2007

This Week: 12/30 through 1/5

This Week: 12/23 through 12/29

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

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

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

What is “Contrapposto” in Art? Here’s
an Explanation of Classical Contrapposto

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

This Week:12/16 through 12/22

How Long have You Been an Artist?

A Review of the GetPaidToDraw Program:
Can you Really Make Money this Way?

Beautiful, Whimsical Still Life Paintings
by Cindy Revell

Edward Hopper: Not Just Another 20th
Century American Painter

Writing (and Bidding on) Facebook Ads:
An Advertising Tutorial for Artists

This Week: 12/9 through 12/15

Where do Most Artists Sell Art? Online, in
a Gallery. . .Where?

Implying the Details: Oil and Pastel Tips
from Desmond O’Hagan’s Workshop

Alex Garcia: Portraits in Egg Tempera

TalentDatabase.com: A Network for
Artists, Musicians, Writers and more.

Advertising Art on Facebook: How Artists
Can Use Facebook Ads to Target Buyers

This Week: 12/2 through 12/8

The Best Places to Buy Art Supplies:
(According to Other Artists)

Should Parents and Teachers Discourage
or Encourage Young Artists?

Linda Apple’s Daily Paintings: Small
Snapshots of Life

My Review of MyArtInfo.com: A New
Social Network / MySpace for Artists

How to Pack Your Painting Supplies and
Artwork for an Airplane Flight

This Week: 11/25 through 12/1

Daily Painting: A Sideways Look at the
“Painting A Day” Art Trend

Greg Marquez: Watercolor Paintings of
the Changing West

Romanticism: The “Emotional” Art
Movement of the 18th and 19th Century

The New ArtistRising.com: Minus Sistino,
Artist Rising Needs to Stand on its Own

This Week: 11/18 through 11/24

This Week: 11/11 through 11/17

Contrasting the Work of Cézanne and
Monet: Two Unique Paths To Modernism

My Review of Artwanted.com: Comparing
Features, Traffic, Pricing and More

From Breakfast to Dessert:
Still Life Paintings by Vic Vicini

What was Mannerism? Who were the
Mannerists? An Intro to 16th Century Art

5 Ways to Make your Art Website Better
(and Help your Artwork Stand out Online)

This Week: 11/4 through 11/10

Can Art be Taught? Or is Creating Good
Art Limited to the Naturally Gifted?

Denver Colorado’s ArtworkNetwork.com:
A More Local, Less Global, Art Network

Luminous Landscape Paintings
by Virginia Artist Jennifer Young

The Baroque Art Movement:
Artists and Artwork of the 17th Century

7 Tools and 3 Essential Skills Every Artist
Needs to be Successful Online

This Week: 10/28 through 11/3

Need Painting Inspiration? Try a Book!

A Review of Ugallery.com: The Online Art
Gallery for Emerging Student Artists

Remembering Childhood: Black and
White Photography by Richard Vanek

The De Stijl Art Movement (also known
as Neo-Plasticism)

How to choose a Domain Name (and
page URLs) for Your Art Website or Blog

This Week: 10/21 through 10/27

Artists’s Thoughts on Abstract Art

Paintings of Holland by Jiddje Straatsma

What is Cubism? An Introduction to the
Cubist Art Movement and Cubist Painters

1 Artist + 7 Tips for Writing a Press
Release = Free Newspaper Publicity

Two Tried and True Methods for Drawing
Attention to your Art Blog

This Week: 10/14 through 10/20

How to Prepare an Art Portfolio: A Guide
for Freelance and Self-employed Artists

The Surrealist Art Movement: André
Breton, the Subconscious, and Surrealism

Plein Air Paintings by Jan Blencowe

The Easiest SEO Tip for Online Artists:
Using Bold and Italic Keywords

This Week: 10/7 through 10/13

How to Add Incredibly Thick Texture
to your Acrylic Paintings

The Dada Art Movement (Or Anti-Art
Movement if you Prefer)

Pastel Paintings by Tennessee Artist
and Pastelist Paula Ford

Smart Linking for Artists: Using Anchor
Text to Increase Traffic to your Art

How to Increase Sign-ups and Ultimately
Sell More Art with your Newsletter

This Week: 9/30 through 10/6

Oil Paintings with Texture by Colorado
Artist Louis Dilts

Reverse Acrylic Paintings by Canadian
Artist Jeanette Jarville

Janet Vanderhoof: Painter and Colorist

Fields, Farmlands, and Barns: Landscape
Paintings by Michael Defrancesco

Dreamlike Paintings by Massachusetts
Artist, Tina Sotis

This Week: 9/23 through 9/29

How to Buy Art at Art Auctions: Advice
for Art Collectors and Art Investors

Art Nouveau:
Stylized Shapes and Curved Organic Lines

Abstract Textile Art by California Artist
Sarah Symes

Using Meta Descriptions for your Art
Blog: Another SEO Tip for Artists

Going from Part-time Artist to Full-time
Artist? It May Help to Adjust your Prices

This Week: 9/16 through 9/22

The Debate Continues: Original Art IS
Affordable; There’s no Need for Prints!

Artist Portfolios at AbsoluteArts.com:
Worth the Price or Not?

Brilliantly Bold: Black & White Paintings
by Sharon Cummings

BoundlessGallery Switches to Yearly
Fees & Lower Commissions for Artists

3 Reasons to Sign your Artwork and
2 Reasons Why I Choose Not To

This Week: 9/9 through 9/15

I Want to Sell my Art—where do I Start? Help!!

Searches That Went Awry:
How Some Visitors Found EE

Classical Landscapes by Paul Keysar

Prosperity and Posterity in the Art World:
Can Artists have Both?

Deep Linking Techniques for Art Bloggers
(and Artists with Online Portfolios)

This Week: 9/2 through 9/8

Why Sell Limited Edition Prints?
Art Should be for Everyone!

A Review of FineArtStudioOnline.com:
Portfolio Websites for Artists

Robin Kibby’s Urban Landscape Paintings

Contest at ArtistHideout.com

Understanding Inbound Links: For
Artist Bloggers and Art Website Owners

This Week: 8/26 through 9/1

Vineyard Patterns: A Plein Air Painting
Demonstration by Jennifer Young

Oil Paintings by Jeffrey Smith:
An Artist and Teacher from Minnesota

A Review of RedBubble.com: Online
Art Gallery and Creative Community

The Art Deco Movement: Technology and
Geometry Combined with Modern Art

How to Increase Traffic to your Art Blog
by Describing your Artwork for Google

This Week: 8/19 through 8/25

A Complete List of Oil Painting Supplies
that every Beginning Oil Painter needs

A Review of Artspan:
Contemporary Artists’ Websites

Paintings by Mick McGinty:
Vast Landscapes and a. . . Spice Caddy?

The Abstract Expressionist Movement

Are Personal Art Websites the Best Way to Promote Art Online?

This Week: 8/12 through 8/18

Super-realistic Pen and Ink Drawings by Melissa B. Tubbs

Deliciously Colorful Paintings by
California Artist Susan Jenkins

Mixed-media Artist Helen Harris:
Landscapes of Layered Paper

Seattle Artist Barbara Geri:
Small, yet Powerful Paintings

Night Time Photography by John Vias

This Week: 8/5 through 8/11

This Week on EE: Change is Good, right?

Those Art Deadlines can be Tough

What is Impasto? Thick, Textured Paint.

Need to Research Famous Artists?
Check out these Art History Websites

Claude Monet:
Plein Air Painter and Impressionist

UK Artist Vivien Blackburn: Paintings of the Sea

Thoughts on the Timeless Nature of Art

This Week: 7/22 through 7/28

All Work and no Play. . .

Chiaroscuro in Painting:
The Power of Light and Dark

Yessy Art Gallery: A Review

Mary Cassatt:
An American Female Painter in Paris

Oregon Artist, Michael Orwick:
Landscape Paintings Without End

Marketing your Art Online:
Introducing a New Kind of Artist’s Agent

This Week: 7/15 through 7/21

That Modern Art Stuff.

An explanation of Impressionism:
Manet, Monet, and other Impressionists

A Review of ArtByUs.com:
Sell your Art Somewhere Else

Eugene Delacroix:
19th Century French Romantic Painter

Stephen Farley: Textural Resin Paintings

Changes in the Works for Artist Rising

This Week: 7/8 through 7/14

An Art Gallery Cartoon: When in Doubt. . .

How to Stretch Canvas:
A Tutorial with Step-by-step Instructions

GoZabo.com:
Selling your Hand-crafted, Original Artwork

Colorful Paintings by Lisa Lorenz

Henri Matisse:
Fauvism’s most Colorful Painter

9 Reasons Why Every Artist
Should Have Their Own Art Blog

Weekly Preview: 7/1 through 7/7

On Color:
Things only an Artist would Say

How to Prime a Canvas:
A Tutorial on Priming with Acrylic Gesso

How many Imagekind Artists Pay
for a Pro or Platinum Membership?

Erik Tiemens:
Watercolor and Gouache Paintings

Georges Braque: Cubism’s other Creator

America doesn’t have Talent:
Why Boy Shakira Represents Art Today

This Week: 6/24 through 6/30

Learn to Paint like This Cartoon
Artist and You’re All Set.

The Color White: Pure, Cold, and Clean

Firefighting Art straight from the Fire Station: buy Firefighter posters, prints, and paintings

Brian Simons: Cityscape Paintings

Pablo Picasso:
20th Century Painter and Founder of Cubism

How to Give an Art Critique:
Constructive Criticism for Artists

This Week: 6/17 through 6/23

Iraq Fireworks - A Cartoon about Freedom

The Color Brown:
Plain, Predictable, and Safe

Is Artist Rising Dead?

Edgar Degas:
Paintings with Movement and Form

Oil Paintings by Debbie Miller

How to Handle Artistic Criticism:
Learning from Art Critics & Artist Critiques

This Week: 6/10 through 6/16

Wishing for Summer Vacation: A Cartoon

Earn More from your Art with
Imagekind and BoundlessGallery.com

The Color Pink:
Feminine, Flirtatious, and Sexual

Francisco Goya:
Paintings from the famous Spanish Artist

Stefan Nuetzel:
Still Life Paintings from Vienna

Speaking Out About Art:
Why Your Opinion should be Heard

This Week: 6/3 through 6/9

A Father’s Day Cartoon for Dads:
How NOT to celebrate Dad’s Day

The Color Black:
Morbid, Powerful, and Timeless

Escha van den Bogerd:
Abstract Nude Paintings of the Female Figure

PicassoMio.com:
Not my First Choice for Selling Art Online

Diego Velazquez:
17th Century Spanish Painter

Art Pricing Tips for
Selling your Artwork on the Internet.

This Week: 5/27 through 6/2

Memorial Day Weekend Cartoon

How to Make Oil Painting Medium by
Mixing Linseed Stand Oil and Turpentine

Submitted Paintings by Carol Nelson

The Color Orange: Hot, Fast and Fun

Andy Warhol:
Mass Produced Art with Popular Appeal

What’s the Reason You’re an Artist?

This Week: 5/20 through 5/26

Artist + Making Money = Another Cartoon

The Color Purple:
Feminine, Rare, and Royal

John Singer Sargent:
Portrait Paintings of the Wealthy

How Many Artists use Imagekind,
Artist Rising, and Boundless Gallery?

Oil Paintings by Qiang Huang

FrenchCanvas.com Review:
Buy an Art Canvas and Get a Discount

This Week: 5/13 through 5/19

Corporate vs Freelance Cartoon

Scanning Large Artwork: How to Stitch
the Pieces back Together in Photoshop

The Color Yellow:
Cheerful, Happy, and Warm

RatemyDrawings.com:
Online Doodling at its Best

Peaceful Roomscapes and
Windowscapes by Karen Hollingsworth

Important Differences between
Organic and Inorganic Pigments in Painting

This Week: 5/6 through 5/12

A Mother’s Day Cartoon for Moms

Switching from Traditional to Digital Art?
Use Corel Painter with your Wacom Tablet

Paintings of the West by Don Gray

Updates in the Online Art World:
FoundMyself.com and ArtFlock.com

Peter Paul Rubens:
Baroque Painter of the North

7 Tips for Selling Art Online:
How to Help Buyers Find your Artwork

This Week: 4/29 through 5/5

The Iraq Funding War Continues in a
Republicans v. Democrats Political Cartoon

The Color Blue:
Peaceful, Authoritative, and Powerful

Michelangelo: Painter of the Sistine Chapel

A Gallery Owner’s Perspective:
How to Get a Gallery Show

Submitted Paintings by Jim Flanagan

Imagekind plus Flickr:
Taking the “Art” out of Partnership

This Week: 4/22 through 4/28

In Memory. . .

The Color Red:
Danger, Passion, and Power

Jeff Cohen: Paintings and Squares

Lines and Colors:
What an Art Blog Should Be

Piet Mondrian:
The Evolution of Pure Abstract Paintings

Technology and the Saturated Art Market

This Week: 4/15 through 4/21

A Don Imus Cartoon and a
Sanjaya Malakar Cartoon - Combined!

More Oil Painting Tips:
How to Keep a Clean, Organized Palette

Submitted Artwork by Jude Bennitto

Art Lessons from Old Posters

The Fauvism Art Movement:
Wild Beasts and Colorful Paintings

A Short Guide to Breaking the Rules of Art

This Week: 4/8 through 4/14

A Cartoon Memo for Secretaries:
Administrative Professionals’ Day is coming!

The Color Green:
Nature, Growth, and Health

Jeff Lyons:
Cartoonist Oil Painter and Portrait Artist

The Best Websites for Selling
Your Art Online, According to Traffic

Reader Submitted Paintings by Zehava Power

Craigslist’s Arts and Crafts Category:
An Artist’s Perspective

This Week: 4/1 through 4/7

An Early April Fools’ Day Cartoon

Oil Painting Tips Part 2:
Mixing Colors to get Brown and Black

Realism in Art:
Oil Paintings by James Neil Hollingsworth

Willem Kalf:
Dutch Master of Still Life Paintings

Selling your Art Online:
A Review of BoundlessGallery.com

Traits of an Artistic Personality
(Or Maybe It’s Just Me)

This Week: 3/25 through 3/31

Too Bad Selling Your Art Isn’t This Easy.

Art Question & Answer:
How to Start Selling your Art

The Saatchi Gallery Showdown:
Fine Art for the Myspace Generation

An Apple a Day:
Daily Paintings by Carol Marine

Vincent Van Gogh:
A Troubled and Brilliant Painter

Sunlight and Colors:
Important Elements for Emotional Well-being

This Week: 3/18 through 3/24

Colored Eggs, Easter and the Easter Bunny-
All in one Cartoon!

Using the Color Wheel:
Color Theory Tips for Artists and Painters

Art Question & Answer:
How to Find your own Artistic Style

Salvador Dali,
the Famous Surrealist Painter

South of the Border:
Paintings by William K. Moore

Making a Mark: Katherine Tyrrell’s Art Blog

This Week: 3/11 through 3/17

As an Abstract Expressionist. . .

How to Plan a Series of Paintings for
a Gallery Exhibit or Solo Show

Arts and Crafts:
The Movement and What it Means Today.

A Review of Sistino: Art.com’s Website
for Contemporary Art Prints

Rebecca Finch: Paintings of Simple Beauty

Dear Google: Let’s Talk Art

This Week: 3/4 through 3/10

Yep, this is how the Professionals do it

An Artist’s Guide to Oil Painting Brushes
and the Paintbrush Types You’ll Need

Lucian Freud:
Paintings of Stark Humanity

MyArtP