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    Mixed-media birds by Kellie Day

    How to Paint Simple Mixed-media Birds

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    Three women pose in front of a classic blue car

    Nostalgic, Color-soaked Paintings by Simon Miller

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    Unleash your Creativity (Draw Anywhere!) with CLEAR Dry Erase Paint

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    Painting of a courtyard surrounded by foliage and flowers

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Year: 2010

Weekly Preview

This Week: 10/10 through 10/16

Tomorrow, watch as oil painter Ned Mueller demonstrates his process for successfully painting figure within a scene. Unlike a traditional portrait, Ned shows how just a few strokes of light and dark can convey
Art Marketing Tips

How to Make a Mini Portfolio Book

Anything you send out, whether it be a formal portfolio or a simple jpeg, will be the first impression you make on a potential client or curator. You only get to make one first impression - so you don’t want to waste it
Artist Interviews

Interview With Joni Nickrent of Pop Art Minis

Joni Nickrent, of Pop Art Minis, has always had a love for creativity and art. She credits her success, however, to her mother’s encouragement and support
Oil Paintings

Stephen Dobson: Captivating Urban Paintings in Oil

Cities are full of energy and life all their own. To capture that energy in paint takes true talent. . . and I think you’ll agree that Stephen Dobson has that talent in spades
Video Tutorials

VIDEO: Using Magazines and Metal Polish to Create Collage Backgrounds

In today’s video tutorial, Claudine Hellmuth demonstrates how easy it is to turn old magazine pages into interesting abstract collage backgrounds - and all you need is a little bit of metal polish.
Announcements

The New Foliotwist.com is Live!

Hey everybody! Just thought I’d leave a quick note here to say that the Foliotwist relaunch this morning went about as smoothly as we could have asked for. Head on over to Foliotwist.com to check it out
Weekly Preview

This Week: 10/3 through 10/9

On Monday I’ll be pretty busy with the launch of Foliotwist’s new Traffic Booster training course, so I won’t be publishing a regular article - I may post something about the launch, but
Selling Art Online

Foliotwist Websites for Artists – Now With Traffic Booster!

As some of you know, for the past few months we’ve been working on a big new feature at Foliotwist.com. Today, it’s no longer under wraps, so I’m going to tell you all about it - including what it is, and how we got the idea. Read on
Art Marketing Tips

How To Get More Visitors to Your Art Blog Through Guest Posts

If you have a brand new art blog, your visitor traffic is probably minimal at best. One way to get readers (without spending money on advertising) is to locate a few of the top bloggers in your genre and offer to write a guest post for them.
Other Mediums

Evelyn M. Breit – Gorgeous Figure Paintings in Vivid Pastels

Inspired by the beauty of traditional figure drawings, Evelyn Breit communicates a fresh perspective on the human form with her colorful pastels. Her subjects are bathed in a glowing light, giving them more than a touch of elegance
General Art Advice

How to Become a Successful Artist – The Five Year Plan

I used to have the mistaken mindset that if you do good work, others will come to you. When that didn’t work, however, I quickly realized there was something else I should be doing. I just didn’t know what
The Color Red
Video Tutorials

VIDEO: How to Begin a Non-objective, Abstract Painting

In the truest sense of the word, a non-objective painting is different from an abstract painting. After all, it’s not “abstracted” from real life - the artist simply creates shapes, patterns, and texture, and molds them into a final painting.
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Writing Artist Statements
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Mixing Neutral Colors
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