Become a successful artist: a step-by-step plan
Becoming a successful artist means more than mastering your chosen medium. Learn how to set long-term goals and measure progress as you build your artistic career.
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Self-Promoting Your Art On Social Media
Self Promoting On Social Media For better or worse, social media has become an all-pervasive feature of our time, impacting everything from how we think and communicate to the way we relate to one and other at the most personal…
How to: promote your art on social media
Self Promoting On Social Media Handling self-promotion on social media and keeping up with the constant changes sucks. Just when you think you have everything figured out, some new app or update will come along and set you back at…
How To: Reduce your Carbon Footprint
In April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN-backed, international body of climate scientists, released their latest report on climate change mitigation. The report makes for grim reading. Peppered with phrases such as ‘almost inevitable’, and ‘now…
Book Review: ‘Show Your Art: How to Build an Art Career Without a Gallery’ by Gita Joshi
A review of Gita Joshi’s book on career advice for artists, offering tips on the foundations for success.
Which paper best suits which printmaking process?
Given the many other labour-intensive and time-consuming stages of printmaking – not least the production of the matrix, such as the plate, block or stone that carries the image information to be printed – choosing your printing paper can seem…
How major cities shape up for artists: Berlin
What terms could possibly best sum up Berlin as an artists’ destination? After all, with its cultural stock having been built up over the years by such a large proportion of incomers, one could argue that in many ways, Berlin’s…
How Major Cities Shape Up For Artists: Madrid
One only needs to wander around the capital to see all manner of colour and creativity.
Artists Take Note: Online Courses And Career-Driven Professionals
In an age when everything has moved online, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are becoming increasingly popular educational models. Distance learning and online resources are now part of some more formal and traditional qualifications. But, as a creative professional, where…
ArtWeb vs WordPress: The Artist Website of Choice
Website providers, coding, domains, designers, themes, blogs, portfolios, shops. The options for someone wanting to branch out online are limitless and it is even more difficult if you are an artist. Your work is unique in that it is not…
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