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4 Steps To Help You Properly Brand Your Art Business
While most artists think about sales and their art, many do not think as much about branding their art business. But the truth is that branding your art business is as important and vital as the other aspects of your business. There are four steps that you can take to help you brand your art…
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The 4 Stages For Your Online Art Business
When you are starting your online art business it can seem to be a daunting task. After all, as an artist, the main thing you want to do is paint or do your artwork, but now suddenly you need to learn a host of new things to even get your business started. There are 4…
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17 Facts About the American Gothic Painting by Grant Wood
There is perhaps no other painting that stirs the emotions of so many Americans as the American Gothic painting painted by Grant Wood in 1930. From almost its outset, the American Gothic painting raised a host of emotions from positive to negative. Grant Wood’s painting, the American Gothic, has a Carpenter Gothic Style house with…
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Georgia O’Keeffe, The Mother of American Modernism Painting
Few painters have affected the American Modernist movement as Georgia O’Keeffe, so she is called the Mother of American Modernist Painting. Not only was she a great and prolific painter, but she has left us an amazing legacy of her artwork. Georgia O’Keeffe was a dairy farm girl from Wisconsin who became one of America’s…
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11 Ways to Properly Handle Criticism of Your Artwork
Being an artist and being able to handle criticism must go hand in hand. But this can also be one of the hardest things for most artists. I know it can be tough and disheartening if the criticism of my art comes from someone you love or care about deeply and you realize that they…
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Creating An Artist Brand And Website, What You Need To Know
Every artist should have a website. Websites are so popular that having a website is no longer an option for any creative person or business it is now a necessary expense. But there are several things you need to look at when you create your brand and your website. As an artist, you must look…
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The Cubism Art Movement, What You Need to Know
Cubism was a truly revolutionary form of art that emerged in the early 20th century. It was shocking and extremely daring as the artists believed that Western art had run its course, so the artists were challenging the conventional forms of art. It was truly the start of the coming of the modern age of…
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A Beginners Guide to Stretching Your Own Art Canvas
At one time or another, most artists will need to learn how to stretch their own canvas. I know it can seem to be very daunting to have to do this when you are first starting out, but it is not as difficult as it may seem. To stretch your own art canvas you will…
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7 Women Impressionist Artists, To Admire, Know and Remember
When we think of Impressionist artists often, we tend to forget that besides all the male artists as Claude Monte, but there are also some very influential women impressionist artists; many of these Impressionist women artists were leading figures in the impressionist movement. The seven significant women of impressionist painters are Berthe Morisot, Mary Stevenson…