How to Make Art, Keep Your Soul and Make Money.
How to Make Art, Keep Your Soul and Make Money.
Talking to the 5th graders gave me a clear insight into how fulfilling the 5th grade was. It's when I became an artist. It's when I learned about realism & abstraction. It's when I started looking at the world with an artist's eye. Maybe it's in the 5th grade when we can clearly see who we want to be when we grow up.
I can throw around words like “abstract expressionism” in the semi-secret language of people who create, go to museums and understand decades and centuries by style of painting. We can speak with to each other. We have a particular language.…
Putting on the lipstick & the heels! When I start complaining to my, sometimes exasperated, staff that we will have no work after we finish whatever mascot we are working on….….and we will be absolutely out of money,…..nobody will ever…
Some mascot makers at AvantGarb Mascots – Kristin, Megan and Anne and the Loudmouth Fish Laura shows off her muscles! I bought a “Boss Lady” tee shirt & it inspired a whole outfit – complete w/ my aunt’s pearls and…
Most of us have been there. Someone has flattered us by asking if we would be willing to display our work at their business – a restaurant or a lobby, maybe a snazzy spa. When a business comes by and…
Most art students dream of making their mark through their art, and that often means they are going to step into the small business world. When there is too much work for one person to handle, the hiring begins. It’s…
People buy impulsively. Make it easy for people to buy art from you. Get a Credit Card system. How much cash do you walk around with? Probably not much. Here, in the United States, in 2011, many of us have…