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The Story Behind the Cartoon If you look back on your career it is interesting to see how those early influences have played apart in life. One of my favourite … Continue reading A career influenced by Marvin-Cartoon of the Week
Go into any office supply store and you will see a flurry of activity in the back to school section. Sale prices are all around and there will be many … Continue reading Improve Your Child’s Creativity with Art Supplies
As you may know I do a lot of work for a t-shirt company in Australia producing designs for trucking t-shirts. Every few months, the business started by two truck … Continue reading T-Shirt Business Goes FLAT OUT!
One of the things I love about traveling is the different people we get to meet that would not normally cross our path. It is amazing to see what creative … Continue reading Learn how building your network can help your art business
Digital or traditional, that is the question? Is it better to work in traditional or digital medium for my art? Here is the answer, it doesn’t matter! There was a … Continue reading Is it better to work in traditional or digital medium for my art?
The beauty of the pen and ink technique is that you can explore expressive line in exquisite detail. Explore both traditional and innovative approaches to line drawing. Demonstrations introduce you … Continue reading Drawing in Pen and Ink-February 14th-March 7th, 2017
If you have ever tried a new art supply like a brush or a pen and found you didn’t like it so you put it away? If you want to … Continue reading What’s old is new again
I was with a private client the other day and the way he was drawing caused me to ask him if he had ever tried standing up to draw. Many … Continue reading How do you best draw?
As an artist one of the things that you need to work on is your workflow. How do you create what you create? This is especially true when you begin … Continue reading Finding Your Workflow
Finding your target market can be hard or easy depending on your business, product line, and geographical area. Even after much homework and focus groups you may find that you … Continue reading Adjusting Your Art for Your Market
So you have been working on your art for a while and are starting to feel the tugging at your coat strings that it may be time to start showing … Continue reading Your Art is Ready When You’re Ready!
One of the things I like to do and one that many artists especially illustrators do is mix different media together. It may not be as common now with the … Continue reading How to use different media together in your paintings.