Art Inventory Part 3: Insane Inventory
Here are a few more ideas to send your inventory outta this world. Flaunting your inventory to other artists when it is this detailed is going to make some jaws…
Paperwork Filing in the Studio
Paper Piles: Its time to tackle the growing paper pile monster. I always try to keep as much paperwork and documents possible so I have an accurate paper trail, but that…
Studio Deep Cleaning
Getting organized isn’t about picking up your table tops and putting all your paints, pencils and reference books back in their drawer or shelf. This blog post is about the…
Art Inventory
If you already have not made your way over to Local Artist Interviews to read my guest blog, then begin here. I wrote a guest blog about how to become…
When a Project Goes Bad
Artists love to work. We love creating art and we love being busy. But sometimes we catch ourselves in a project that suddenly was not what we thought it was!…
Organizing Creative Work Spaces
Designating work spaces with specific functions offers clarity, focus, and organization. The basic spaces an artist should have is a creative space, to make their art, and a business space,…
Arts Business Book: Pricing and Ethical Guidelines
The Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines, 15th Edition and is everything you need to know business wise as a freelance designer or artist. The book is broken up into 4 helpful…
It’s Okay to Take a Break
Creativity is a cycle. It is okay to feel burnt out, to suddenly feel like you don’t want to make art or that your creative juices have run out. Its a…
Five Steps to Copyrighting Your Art
Beyond drawing a tiny (c) by our work, registering copyright with the government is often a topic us artist would like to forget exists, much like learning how to file…
10 Lessons in Shipping Art
Shipping your pieces of art is in fact an art itself. After two major shipping disasters I have learned a few good lessons on how not to ship your art. Horror…