Teaching Art — Is It For You?

When artists think about the phrase “art education” what usually comes to mind are art activities and art classes in the elementary schools, a major in art or an art school education, or maybe taking a technique or technical class, like studying watercolor or oil...

Painting Powerfully Outdoors

Last week I provided you with 5 tips to help you feel more comfortable painting en plein air. If that subject interests you, here are five more tips. Taken together, these ten tips will get you outdoors and painting away! The sixth tip is to think about partners and...

The Tao of Preparation

Let’s say that you have a meeting coming up with a gallery owner or a collector. What’s too much preparation for that meeting? What’s too little preparation? Read on! In working with my creativity coaching clients I find that they tend to fall into two distinct...

Publishing Your Art

Artists are confronted by many different ways of “publishing” their art nowadays. What are the positive and negatives of these new opportunities? Let’s take a look! Nowadays you can self-publish a book of your images, pay to have your images inserted into print...

Are You a Confident Artist?

Creating requires confidence—and life can rob you of confidence. If you’ve lost a little confidence over time what can you do to restore it? Let’s take a look! First of all, how does that confidence get robbed? Well, a teacher can choose you as the person she wants to...