I have provide a list of 10 art business books that have been very helpful in jump starting my artist career. I've learned how to create a press packet, how to price my artwork, how to approach galleries, how to organize my studio, how to write commission contacts and much, much more. As you can see I have learned alot from these Art business books. I hope they are helpful in your artist career as well.
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Hey Everyone- I posted a few weeks ago about the importance of joining or creating a Creative Alliance. Well I wanted to send a shout out to a friend and a creative solider, Darrell Roach. He is an outstanding jewelry designer. A few of his pieces have been showcased on celebrities and is now showcased on the cover of Zink and Vogue Italy, Canada Fashion and JamRock magazines .
In our get to togethers he has shared some really good advice about the business of being creative and it clearly has paid off. I'm so proud of him. He totally deserves it!
Lets cross our fingers that he will do an interview and share some of his advice.
An Urban Delight is for sure a hit in fashion and it's a multi-level eye full in the arts. Gucci provides the night clubbing woman with a style that is sleek, slim and shiny. Micheal deMeng's polaroids and totems are reassembled and conjoined with unlikely components, a form of rebirth from the ashes into new life and new meaning.
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Gucci Fall 2009 Fashion Show
Micheal deMeng Blog
Artwork by Brad Holland
Taking risk can be hard sometimes. But not taking enough risk can make you become static, stale and boring. Today I want to share with you 5 ways to promote change in your artist life.
1. Do artwork that comes out of your own imagination or last nights dream. Restrain for creating work that comes from someone else cookie cutter idea. Try to reinterpret an image in a way that would not be the norm.
2. Use your power of persuasion to create work that is less literal and more interpretative in nature.
3. Act as if you have the freedom to do what you want and continue until people begin to notice. I think sometimes we get stuck trying to please others , with the hopes of someone praising us for our work. You have to take the I do not care attitude and just do what you want.
4. Create a new market for your artwork. Makeup a person who would buy your new CHANGED artwork. GIve the person a name, determine their occupation, living arrangements, personality, and hobbies. The point is to establish a target market who's going to embrace the changed you.
5. Once you have CHANGED - then go out and approach new art galleries or send your new CHANGED artwork to different publications. Small and new publications are always looking for new art styles or new talent.
" Asserting yourself doesn't mean you have to risk your livelihood- it just means you have to open a client's mind to other possibilities." Brad Holland Quoted from Art Revolution
Tempera Resist is a technique in which depth or darkness is added to an artwork by applying a water proof ink to the base artwork. Using a tempera paint , the art is painted on a watercolor paper. The areas in which the artist wishes to have black are left unpainted. Areas that are not completely painted will also be black after the ink is applied. The above image is an example of the Tempera Resist technique.
Kelly Sullivan from Art Student 101demonstrates this technique for you. She does a great job explaining and showing images of the step by step process. Check it out here Tempera Resist.
Hey Guys, I just love this site. Modish- This site is so Mode! She has a business tip category for creative souls like me and you - and the tips are just the greatest!The site is full of information and love links. Modish is in my favorites and I have subscribed to the Modish Biz tips.
From her about me page:
Modish (pronounced: mode-ish) is a daily design and style blog run by editor, Jena Coray. Launched in April 2006, Jena's focus has been to help bring awareness to talented emerging artists and designers. By sharing her favorite handmade & vintage goods, art & photography, fashion & design, she supports the most innovative, independent and sustainable products in the marketplace, all the while, sharing some inspiration and eye-candy along the way.
OMG this fashion and art trend is just in time for Christmas. Nick Cave and Miu Miu have truly adorn us with the most beautiful ornamentation garments. Nick Cave considers his work a Sound Suit and Miu Miu designs dresses that are fit for a queen.
Check them out!
Lets move beyond mediocrity and lets choose to create
artwork that has content driven styles.
Where do we start?
Reexamine the way in which you create art.Take an active role at pushing visual stories to higher levels.
Become more entrepreneurial in your approach- remove yourself from the market driven world and develop your own content- tell your own story- chose your own subject matter.
Create work that demands others to buy into your vision, educate them about being open to new approaches and ways of interpreting the world.
Adopt a success base work ethic. Be willing to strive for greatness every time, refusing to compromise or settle for the mundane. Innovated artist don't limit themselves-they are forward thinkers seeking new venues of their work.
Seek collaboration with others.A group of like minded artists create environments that are conducive to the pursuit of ideas that are more expressive then your own.
We are in a world that allows for creative distinction. A world that lets us take an active role in stepping outside of our comfort zone or traditional approaches. Try out those new approaches to art. Invent your own. Free yourself to do what us unexpected of you- Do You- Make Yourself happy about your art and others will follow.
Not everyone is excited about the art that I do. Some say - they pay you for that? They ask me why do you spend all day in that studio- what you doing? My answer...Making myself happy!
An Educator, Creative Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, and Mixed Media Artist
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