Author: Ivan Cavric Article: Have you ever considered collecting art for investment purposes? If you are at home or in your office take a quick look around. Chances are that you have some sort of art hanging on your walls. You or some else selected it because you need something to put on your walls and you liked the how it looks. In some cases the price may have been a consideration. Since you ...

Now to the basics… Collecting Art for Profit and Pleasure 1.Have a fixed budget allocated for collecting. Know how much you are willing to spend on an acquisition and how often acquisitions will be made. This is the first step because it will keep you focused. If you are starting out with only a few hundred dollars it doesn’t make any sense looking at works in the thousands. Remember you are ...

First rate art is in danger of being left behind in this new age of the global Internet highway. The World Wide Web is like Walmart or Home Depot coming to town. Art galleries as they now exist, are going to become the Mom and Pop version of selling art. Chances are if you are an established artist, and look for your medium or subject matter on the Web, some very web-savvy artist will show up, ...

What to put your the website if you are an artist. 1) The art work Try and think like a gallery hanging a show. Would a gallery put 20 paintings of an artist’s art work on one wall? No, because the visitor would be completely confused and not be able to focus on any one painting. The same rule applies to artist’s websites. If you cram 20 pictures on one page the Web visitor will move on. Feature ...

What to do if you are an artist after you finish your website. Unfortunately, just because you’ve created a website, does not mean that anyone will visit it. The first thing to do is visit a website called "Words In A Row", www. wordsinarow.com. This is one of the best websites that explains how to have your website show up on search engines. This is called "search engine optimization" or SEO. ...

What you should do and know if you are an artist and you have decided to have a website. 1) Look at "Web Sites That Suck." If you are an artist and have never had a website, the concept of a website can seem unnerving. The first thing to do is look at a web site called "Websites that Suck", www. websitesthatsuck.com by Vincent Flanders. This is a website that is so funny, and so enlightening and it ...

Author: Susan G Phillips Article: If you don't have at least one piece of fine art in your home, then you just have no idea what you are missing out on. Whether an original or reproduction piece, fine art adds warmth, beauty and interest to every room. So why is it that people tend to spend lavishly on furniture, carpets and accessories, but do not provide in their budget for the piece that could ...

When people ask me how to paint, I always tell them that it is as important to know when not to work on a painting, as it is to know when to actually paint. For me, painting is as much about listening as it is about doing. I spend a great deal of time listening to my paintings, so that when I do paint, I can paint with deliberation, because I know what the paintings are saying. To most people, ...

There’s no question that creating anything is hard to do. Here are some tips if you find yourself creatively blocked. Set a Goal Set a goal for yourself. For example, it could be to write one poem, one short story, to paint two small paintings or create three works of art. Don’t make the goal too big. Set a Time Table Give yourself a time when you want your goal to be completed. There is nothing ...