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Personal Success – Six Steps to Get What You Want
Whether it's success in art, business, relationships, athletics or horse shoes, one of the most basic things you need to do is decide what you want. What do you want? Ask yourself that one question...
View ArticleA Fantastic Portrait Drawing Demonstration (Video)
I ran across a time-lapse portrait drawing demonstration on YouTube recently and I wanted to share it. The artist is David Jamieson, and I thought the pencil portrait was fantastic. Besides the...
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Marketing – A Quick Social Media Reminder for Creative People
Social Media Marketing? I just want to share my art work and see if somebody likes it or not. Maybe somebody might want some art to hang in their home or office. Imagine that. As you know there are a...
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Art Prints – Canvas or Paper, Does Any Body Care?
Do people really care what material your fine art prints are produced on? All this talk over the last few years about "limited edition giclee′ fine art prints" and how these prints look like the...
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CashArtBlog Art Notes for May 2013
Straight from the CashArtBlog news desk... Artist Mary Maxam announced on her website that her painting "Fair Day" has been accepted into the Oil Painter's of America Salon show, which will be in June...
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9 Ways To Make Yourself More Interesting
Is being interesting natural or a skill that can be improved upon? Are you interesting to other people? Do you find yourself being left out in the cold when it comes to conversations and general...
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Art Marketing – Hunting or Fishing, What is the Difference?
This guest post was authored by Art Collector, Art Supporter and Marketer extraordinaire, Dean Cameron. I think you'll find it useful... For starters, EVERYBODY who has something to sell, even art,...
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Maximize Each Piece of Art You Create
Are you getting the most from that new piece of art you just created? After all, you've prepared, thought, created and completed something that is unique to you. What now? A gallery, website, or...
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When In Doubt, Drawing Can Be The Way Out
Drawing can be the cure when the chaos of life comes knocking at your door. You know what I'm talking about. Those times when life happens to you while you're busy making your own to do list. Good...
View ArticleCheck Out This Video on Pricing Your Art
I watched this video about selling art entitled "Pricing Your Artwork to Sell" by Jason Horejs and Barney Davey and thought I would share it here. Mr. Horejs is the owner of Xanadu Gallery in...
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Patriotic Art & The Protester…Happy 4th of July
Do patriotic art and the protester have anything in common? Yes indeed. That doesn't mean they are friends however. A patriot can be a protester, a protester can be a patriot, and they can both...
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Still Life Painting with Pansies
If you would have asked me three years ago if I would ever paint a still life painting with pansies as the subject matter, I would have told you that you have been inhaling way to many paint...
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What’s the Deal with All the Gold Picture Frames?
Am I the only one that is sick and bored to tears with beautiful paintings framed with gold picture frames? What the hell? Yeah framing can be expensive, and when an artist is turning out paintings...
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Cannon Beach Oregon – Good for your heArt & Soul
Just about any beach can be good, but Cannon Beach, Oregon can soothe your soul and make you want to throw away your day job and car keys in about two minutes flat. If you have never been to Cannon...
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The New Most Expensive Painting by an American is…
A new record dollar amount for an American painting was realized on December 4, 2013. The gavel came down at $46 million dollars during Sotheby's American Art auction in New York for Norman...
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Great Subject Matter for an Oil Painting – An Apple Orchard
The subject matter for an oil painting is everywhere, even in an apple orchard. When there are grand mountains, beautiful lakes and wide rivers all around me, why take time to paint an oil painting of...
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A New Oil Painting of an Old Football
What would be a good way to portray an old, weathered, beat-up football in an oil painting? I don't know about you, but I thought a straight forward, no-nonsense approach would be best. Before...
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9 Small Adjustments for Better Oil Painting Results
9 Small Adjustments for Better Oil Painting Results – CashArtBlog Sometimes it just takes a small adjustment or two to improve your oil painting and not a complete overhaul. I am certainly not the...
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A Floral Still Life Painting with an Old Vase
Still life painting is fun. There, I said it. Gathering the elements of the painting, setting it up, getting the light just right and then finally getting the paint out. It’s all fun. For this...
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