Be The Exception

How can you stand out from the crowd? Do you want to do what every other artist is doing or something smarter? Learn how here! Tens of millions of people produce visual art of one sort or another. It is a straightforward matter of supply and demand that not all of...

Expand Your Art … And Your Business!

Do you feel like you’d like to expand your repertoire of creative projects and maybe expand your marketing efforts too? Here are ten tips for doing exactly that! 1. Know what you currently do Because our lives rush along, providing us with no chance to catch up with...

NEGOTIATING YOUR PRICES A visual artist who has had only a moderate number of sales and for whom each sale is a “big event” is likely to have a hard time negotiating higher prices and better deals. Naturally fearful that if he doesn’t accept the proffered amount or...

Boost Your Career With Focused Journaling

An artist needs to get many things done in order to have a career. With so many things to keep straight, one trick is to identify a clear intention and then align your thoughts and your behaviors with that intention. Here’s a technique for helping you do just...

Meeting Your Art Deadlines

Say that a deadline’s looming where you’re supposed to deliver some paintings for a show and you’re getting really anxious. What can you do to effectively handle this situation? Imagine the following scenario. You are part of a group show at The Downtown Gallery. The...

Do Negative Thoughts Kill Your Creativity?

Do thoughts like “I’m not talented” or “I don’t stand a chance” get in the way of your ability to create? What can you do to silence negative self-talk and other thoughts that don’t serve you? Here are some good ideas for banishing negative self-talk. There are many...