This Artist's Trade
Being an artist is hard work.
The business of being an artist is even harder.
Not all of us can live off the sale of our paintings. Transforming your designs into income can be challenging. This is how I am doing it.
Show Your heART: Chairs for Charity
This morning, I picked up this sad, lonely, used, wooden chair in desperate need of a makeover. The reason? The Furniture Bank, an organization that... [Read more of this post]
Tell Your Friends, Make Some Money.
To Hell With Advertising Now that FineArtPets.com is a somewhat complete website, I started considering how to advertise the new website. (Funny, I think... [Read more of this post]
Trafficking in Art: To Hell with Market Research.
I’m a thief. Sort of. I stole the title. Well, part of the title- the part that says “To Hell With Marketing”. Though I suspect Havi... [Read more of this post]
Trafficking in Art: Custom Artwork for Everyone!
I had been considering what to do about advertising. I realized, while considering my options, that the real question was “what am I advertising?”.... [Read more of this post]
Art Attack: Cheaper than a Shrink
UPDATE: We won! The pair cost $75 + 15% house commission. These delightful and are very happily hanging on my wall. Every time i walk by, under the... [Read more of this post]
Trafficking in Art: Advertising
Advertising All my Adgitize ads have come up for renewals. These bring my blog a lot of traffic but not a lot of sales. Yes, I want traffic. I want the... [Read more of this post]
Homage to Iconic Sherri Cup Designed by Leslie Buck
My 1st foray into higher education landed me in NYC. I have fond memories of getting my morning cappucinnos at the corner deli. Yes, this was before Starbucks. The... [Read more of this post]
Face Your Manga
I have been using an avatar I found at a free image bank. It was close enough and I really liked the flippy hair. A recent client, and new friend, Kris... [Read more of this post]
Sunday morning cartoons
Busy and distracted, I have been. SO much so I am neglecting my store, my blog, well, just about everything… So I will share a bit of my Sunday morning... [Read more of this post]
Answers to Common Printing Issues
Q. Why aren’t my labels lining up with the graphics? Different printers handle paper differently. Even a slight shift when feeding the paper into... [Read more of this post]
