Do your own framing.
An enterprising professional artist will understand the benefits of being able to make your own picture frames. Save money Make money by...
Studio equipment available
Every now and then we need to tidy up and pass on to others. Here are some studio things that I don't have room for now. The first people...
An ELEVATOR PITCH for ARTISTS
A so called ‘elevator pitch’ is a valuable tool in any sales process. The term comes from an imagined scenario where the sales person...
THE LONG TAIL
...THE LONG TAIL... The ‘Long Tail’ is a visualization used in describing a business strategy. Looking something like a tadpole the...
QUALITY. ZAMM...
...QUALITY. ZAMM... … ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ by Robert Pirsig… ZAMM is a fictionalized autobiography that was first...
COMMISSIONS
COMMISSIONS There are two ways that artists should look at commissions. Commissions IN and commissions OUT. You need two different...
ARTISTS AGENTS
ARTIST AGENTS During a brain-storm a long while ago I set myself a list of blog topics. I cannot recall how or why. I set myself the task...
... SELF ONE - SELF TWO ...
... SELF ONE - SELF TWO ... There is a phrase that we sometimes hear on the lips of sport coaches, ‘Self-one versus Self-two’. Self 1...
5 P's
The 5 P’s. Reasons to collect art. Recent (February 2020) news told us that the 1967 painting ‘A Bigger Splash’ by David Hockney sold at...
ELEPHANTS BREATH
Names of colours Primary colours. Red Blue and Yellow. The colour wheel theory has it that all colours can be created by mixing just the...
