By chris kirkland in Art And Culture, How To
Having control over your own website is great! Changes can be made quickly and easily, and you can add your own artistic touches whenever you feel like it. It does take a little care and attention though, so I figured…
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By chris kirkland in How To
Copyright is legal protection for the author of creative/original works, essentially this gives the author exclusive rights to reproduce, sell and broadcast the work. The laws are country specific, but many countries are signatory to The Berne Convention which gives reciprocal protection…
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By chris kirkland in How To
Here we discuss the different options for obtaining a website for your artwork. Briefly, you can do it yourself, get a friend to do it, pay a professional, or use a website management tool (CMS). [1]such as [ArtWeb http://www.artweb.com] Introduction Do I…
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By chris kirkland in How To
This section gives some guidlines on how to prepare your images for publishing on the internet. Image_Size_And_Pixels_Chart How_To_Scan_Artwork
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By jadams in How To
The second installment in our two-part feature, this time focusing on the legal (and slightly dull-but-necessary) steps you need to take to set yourself up as your own boss! Last year we explored the pros and cons of becoming self-employed…
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By jadams in How To
If you dream of selling enough of your art to be able to leave the rat-race behind for a life of indulging in and reaping the benefits of your passion, you’re not alone! Many artists have a day-job to keep…
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By jadams in How To
Following our first ‘How To…’ feature on getting art into galleries, we’ve received a lot of positive feedback to the advice given by our members Anne Magill and Cecil Rice. Luckily for us, they willingly and very kindly agreed to allow…
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By jadams in How To
In the first article in the ‘How To….’ series, we’ll be exploring the difficult (and often daunting) task of getting your artwork into galleries – or if that’s not your bag, how to get it into the public arena and…
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By chris kirkland in How To
In this edition of The Artists Newsletter we’ll start the first in a series looking at how artists can make the most of ‘social media’. Today we look at how artists can use twitter.com to raise their profile and connect…
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By chris kirkland in How To
Top do’s and don’ts from Chris Kirkland’s experience in managing and hosting hundreds of thousands of images.
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