Art and Money

March 8, 2018March 5, 2018 catek2652Leave a comment

I’m working my way through a book on my Kindle entitled: Art Money Success by Maria Brophy who became a manager for her artist husband. On her website one can find the worksheets after you purchase the book. The author provides the worksheets (along wtih text) to help the artist figure out a number of… Continue reading Art and Money

Materials · Productivity · Step-by-step · Technique

The Framing Process

January 11, 2018January 9, 2018 catek2652Leave a comment

I’ve learned that I do a much better job with the framing process if I break it down into small steps. In other words do one step of the process on 3 or 4 paintings on one day and another step on those 3 or 4 on another day until all the steps are done.… Continue reading The Framing Process

Business · Productivity

Looking Forward

January 9, 2018 catek2652Leave a comment

I’ve come to realize (again) that I’m not very good at planning ahead. I always assume I’m going to get more done than I do and I tend to take on more activities than can be accomplished. So, for the months of January, Feb and March, I’m planning (there is that evil word again) in… Continue reading Looking Forward

Emotional Struggles · Productivity

Tidying

January 12, 2017 catek2652Leave a comment

I was looking at my new website at FASO (Fine Art Studio Online) website that I started last year and trying to learn how to do some things and I came across a discussion about blogs and why it is important for artists these days to have a blog. That discussion in the forums led… Continue reading Tidying

Emotional Struggles · Productivity · Uncategorized

The Week Between

December 29, 2016 catek26521 Comment

On Tuesday, my friend and fellow painter, Daphne Benton, are installing a two woman show of our works at the Northumberland Public Library where it will be available for viewing until January 31st. That’s 20 of my paintings to be packed and hung. I’ve warned my husband that our walls will basically be striped clean.… Continue reading The Week Between

Productivity · Step-by-step · Technique

More Apple Pie

December 15, 2016December 15, 2016 catek2652Leave a comment

This is where I left off the other day. Yesterday I did a little more work on this painting. The first thing was to really figure out where my drawing was off and where the drawing got lost in the underpainting step. The leaves bothered me the most, but I also had a problem with… Continue reading More Apple Pie

Business · Pastel painting · Productivity

Pizza Sauce Futures

December 10, 2016 catek26521 Comment

There are no progress shots of this painting, sorry. I kept forgetting to bring my camera upstairs to the studio when I went to work on it. In any case, I have definitely discovered that my painting skills are much stronger in the morning and this one was started and completed in about five sessions with… Continue reading Pizza Sauce Futures

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