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How To Start a Pencil Portrait Art Business
I have written a series of informational pages on this topic because I often receive email from artists, asking how they
can market their artwork more effectively. I love to hear from other artists and share information, but unfortunately it does
take a lot of time, so I created a page (and several branching-off pages, some are below) to help those who are interested
in pursuing pencil portraiture as a part-time home job or career change.
How To Advertise Your Pencil Portrait Art Business...Without Money
When you are starting out in your art business, you need customers and you don't have a lot of money to throw around. Here
are some free or low cost ideas. I created the page specifically for pencil portrait artists, but artists working in other
mediums may find some good ideas they can use, too.
How To Promote Your Art Online
With the Internet, there's a world of opportunity for artists to show what they do best! But where and how can you promote
your art without spending a lot of money at membership sites? You don't have to pay a lot of money to see results. Here are
some ideas on how to promote your art business online. I hope you will find it helpful.
Promotional Materials for Pencil Portrait Artists
On this page, I give some advice for places to have printing done, why it's important for artists to have promotional materials,
and some unique ways to use promotional and printed promotional materials to bring attention to your art business.
Dealing With Difficulties in Your Pencil Portrait Art Business
What to do when the commission portrait job doesn't go perfectly. We often identify with our art so when a customer criticizes
it, it can be very hurtful. Work to separate your art from your feelings of worth. Take client criticisms of our art as an
opportunity to improve your skills and grow as an artist.
What to Charge for Pencil Portraits
What to charge for pencil portraits? This can vary by where you live, but here are some general prices that I have seen
in my experience.
How to Select Art for Your Home
Selecting art for your home can be
an exciting adventure and a source of enjoyment for years to come. Keys to success are figuring out what kind of art you like...
This article isn't about
selling your artwork on the Internet. It's about establishing a presence on the Internet that clearly indicates who you are,
what you do and how to contact you…
Before you can draw the human form, or anything else for that matter, you must be able to
see it accurately. Contour drawing is a tool that helps artists develop this skill through the sense of sight and sense of
touch…
Full-spectrum light
in your studio is a must if you want consistent color in your painting…
In what appears to be a frequently
occurring situation, publishers seem to pay cover artists and illustrators to do work on the publisher’s books without
having a legally sufficient writing covering the issues about who owns the rights to the artist’s/illustrator’s
work...
Every artist wants the
answer to this question: How do you break blocks? Here are some ideas to choose from that might help you jump over your hurdles…
The Graphic Artists Guild is a national union of illustrators, designers, web creators, production
artists, surface designers and other creatives who have come together to pursue common goals…
How does one make the
leap from aspiring to published illustrator?...
Instructions for assembling a crib to store your artwork!
This tutorial
will explain the techniques used by Fabian Barajas to create digital pencil portraits in Photoshop.
Two ideas for flat storage, ideal for storing all of your paper…
Tips sent in by other artists on how to store artwork using recycled items…
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