I keep my pencil extremely sharp at all times and use a mixture of crosshatching, horizontal, diagonal, vertical, or circular strokes.
Why Virtual Galleries Could Help Shape a Different Future for Artists
Ever-advancing technologies, combined with radical changes in consumer trends and how art collections are curated, could all point the way towards an exciting digital future for creatives.
Featured Artist Elise Beattie
I choose to step beyond the reality of the people and places I visit, instead as I plan my paintings; I retreat into my imagination and paint not the thing, but my feelings.
Public Speaking for Artists
It is a pleasure to hear people speaking boldly about what is important to them. Your presentation creates a bond with those present.
Featured Artist Marsha Chandler
My paintings are not really about the objects themselves, but how the light falls and reflects on them.
Featured Artist Kate Vrijmoet
My paintings, social art and installations focus on the human body and the human condition, and on issues of consciousness, boundaries, scale and access.
Artists are Entrepreneurs
I spend at least 50% of my time researching new clients and opportunities, marketing and doing administrative work for my art business.
Featured Artist Mauricio Paz Viola
I consider every piece of my work as a mirror that reflects the internal worlds and memories of other times and dimensions experienced by the viewer …
Featured Artist Zhanna Martin
I just loved this substance, and the way it allowed all these emotions to flow through my fingers and create wonderful snapshots of human expression.
Featured Artist Connie Pickering Stover
I am mesmerized by the contrast between wild movement and quiet geometric shapes.
Conversation with a Potter
A fun and wide-ranging conversation shares thoughts on how artists can carve out a business model that works.
Featured Artist Daggi Wallace
Focusing mainly on portraying the human condition and our connection to each other, my work always begins with a visual trigger that evokes a strong emotional response or with an idea I want to explore.
What is Affordable Art?
What happened when a customer thought a work of great art was out of her reach? A gallery closer tells the story of what is truly “affordable” when a collector falls in love.
Featured Artist L.J. Throstle
I am inspired by objects and in particular the creatures around me and the way light and shadows play across their faces and forms.
