Artwork Archive is a database program especially made for artists, collectors and galleries. Because it is made for artists it is different from the usual database programs and really quite useful! In this article (and video!) I would like to show you how …
If you are a creative you must have heard it before: work for exposure. Or to be blunt about it: work for free. Many artists are asked to work for free on a regular basis. Some more than others, I …
Many creative people struggle to find the time to actually be creative. I suppose we have that in common with most people, arty or not! There are just never enough hours in the day! If only we had seven lives …
Organising your Paints Many painters just plop their paint tubes in a big box, bin, or drawer and dig up the colour they need from there. I prefer to have my colours slightly more organised. Instead of digging around a …
Organising your oil painting palette can be a personal thing. But many artists actually set up their palette in very similar ways. In this article I show you my way of laying out my colours. Organising your Palette I don’t …
As it is the Lets-Get-Organised month on the blog I cannot skip a good tidy up. Artists are infamous for being messy! But if you ask me, I think it is all hearsay. Who doesn’t love their boxes, folders, drawers, …
Not too long ago I received an email from a regular reader asking for some advice. The reader recently dived into his art and managed to come up with some wonderful paintings. But the next thing he thought was ‘now …
How do you get your artwork to an exhibition? How do you pack your paintings, without risking any damage, and ship it to your client? Packaging paintings sometimes seems like an art in itself. But don’t let it stop you …
Let’s get our work out there! One way of doing this is by submitting work to open exhibitions. And there are plenty open exhibitions about! Still many artists feel open exhibitions are not out to support artists but just to …
Let’s Get Organised! Useful Software for ArtistsI like my gadgets and my apps. And so it goes without saying I love software for artists that works and makes my artist’s life easier. But even if you are not a techie person, …