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What is a hashtag? A hashtag as a way to categorise and find posts about a particular subject. Hashtags are followed by large groups of people, who are interested in or associated with a subject. Start by searching for hashtags in subjects that interest you, to see how they work. The main point of using [...]
An introduction to slow looking Most people, who don't visit galleries very often, tend to look at a painting, sculpture or photo for just a few seconds. Then they look at the label to give them reassurance because unless it's called Untitled no. 3, the title will help them work out what it's about. They [...]
From the initial buzz of working together and getting inspired by what each other is doing, to the issues of how the sales money is divided and the overall goals. Whose is the idea and who owns the copyright? Who is the author? In some creative collaborations it’s whoever presses the button on the camera [...]
The Sacred Feminine Last week I spent two days at the best art lectures I have ever been to, with an artist teacher, the lost YBA (Young British Artist). He’s the one who threw his entire graduate show in a skip the night before the opening and went off-radar for twenty-five years. I'd like to [...]
Reaching Your Audience You never really know who your audience is or when they are going to buy from you, so you'd better start by being comfortable with your arty personality and judge how much information to communicate clearly with each person you meet. I find that selling art is a long persistent process of [...]
How to create a WordPress blog post Content It's wise to blog about something you know well and or do regularly. I usually write about topics that a lot of people ask me about. It demonstrates there is a demand for the topic and saves time - instead of repeating information over and over. Keeping [...]
How to give feedback to artists when it's called for! The art sandwich technique makes your feedback easier to digest for all those vulnerable artists out there who bravely expose their art to you. It is a technique when you give praise either side of the feedback. This is not about judging whether you like [...]
This step by step guide will help you to make quality art prints that resemble the colours of your original artwork! Before I start, I just want to say - nothing beats experiencing artwork in the flesh but these tips will help you to create art prints, as close as you can to the original [...]
How to take full advantage of Printful's print on demand, multiple Etsy shipping origins service. Use their warehouse fulfilment locations around the world and give your Etsy customers the best shipping rates. To do this, you will need to follow these step by step guide and just to let you know, it's much easier than [...]
I never actually consciously decided to be an artist, not before this year anyway. All the circumstances of my life just kind of lead me that way. I mean, I always wanted to be an artist when I grew up, I just hadn’t thought about what the modern day interpretation of that job would entail. [...]
Sharing artwork with the general public is an important step in the process of completing a piece of art. Art never really lives until it has been perceived in the minds of people other than the creator. The more I put on art events, the more organised I get about it. This is because rather [...]
Lloyd LindyBeige explains why it feels insulting sometimes when you experience a modern art gallery. Maybe some artists and curators need to be more conscious of this too. Dark and Light There is already enough darkness in this world with plenty of things to bring us down and make us feel bad. Thus it is all [...]
