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We’re celebrating the last day of Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere by helping you get ship-shape for Fall and the upcoming holiday season.
Is your contact information up-to-date? Make sure we have your current private email address for lost password retrieval and public contact information for people who want to learn more about your art. [...]
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by Natasha Wescoat
SO SEXY…
You could say being an artist is provocative, risque, adventurous and I’d have to agree with you. Those flash in the pan successes, feast or famine moments and a fly by the seat of your pants lifestyle tends to be a part of the whole being an artist thing. One moment, you [...]
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SOME MAGIC
There is something about the creation of art that baffles others. I’ve often heard from friends and strangers alike how, when looking at a piece of work seems to humble them. They find it such a miracle that a human can create something out of nothing like that. Whether it be sculpture, a painting, [...]
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The following is a guest post by EBSQ Artist Ron Jumper (aka Tolun) in response to an EBSQ forum thread on the same topic.
Internet Cafe by Mike Jones
Unfortunately, it may just be a case of saying to yourself, “this too, shall pass.”
Art is a luxury item, when people are making money they are thinking of [...]
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by Natasha Wescoat of NatashaWescoat.com
When you think of risk taking, you can see some person throwing all their money into an idea, losing their job, their family, their “riches” and ending up on the streets. Risk taking shouldn’t equal foolishness. Planning is part of risk taking. Planning and risk taking can work together. I explain [...]
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1) Experiment, experiment, experiment Natasha got started with experimentation. In 2005, she began video blogging and saw that people responded to her content. Afterward, she got interested in MySpace and Facebook. With almost 5,000 followers, she has now become an avid Twitter user.
Experimentation helps you keep up with changing industry landscapes. As Ben Rowe commented on [...]
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This month’s featured gallery is Glass Art: Hot. There are three types of glass work – cold glass, warm glass and hot glass. Hot glass involves a flame. Whether the flame of a torch or the flames of a furnace, the result is striking and captivating to behold. Throughout June, we are going to take [...]
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by Natasha Wescoat
Co-working is a new pattern of working growing in popularity around the nation. It’s a social gathering of a group of people, who are working independently but share common interests and goals, to work in the same environment.
It’s much like having an office but you have the chance for variety and networking with [...]
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by Natasha Wescoat
I hear this all too often from artists and others who want to start a business. They want to know how the successful artists/crafters do it. Why? Why else?
They want to be able to execute the same process in hopes of having the same success.
We all think that if we can put [...]
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by EBSQ Guest Author Aja Trier
Ok. Since my Quit Your Day Job article was published on the Etsy Storque I’ve had a number of inquiries on how to ship paintings from new sellers. I’m going to post this here (mostly so it’s easy to find as I get more inquiries) but maybe someone will come [...]
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