by Jim Davis | Jan 2, 2013 | Blog
How to Keep Your Artistic New Years ResolutionsBuffer For most people, the beginning of a new year feels like the perfect opportunity for a fresh start. We set resolutions for ourselves to purge bad habits, and begin new routines. The new year is also a great time to...
by Jim Davis | Dec 30, 2012 | Blog
Tips to Get Started with StumbleUponBufferStumbleUpon is a thriving website with many strategic uses for artists and bloggers. Finding inspiration is easy among the infinite content found here. You’ll need to decide how you want to use StumbleUpon, and I’m going to...
by Jim Davis | Dec 19, 2012 | Blog
Google Plus The Driving Force Behind Your BusinessBufferRecently, my social media friend, and fellow artist, Rodney Pike hit an amazing social media milestone – 1 million Google Plus followers in just one year! I am so impressed with his achievements, as both...
by Jim Davis | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog
Loris Paintings for Hurricane Sandy ReliefBuffer In an effort to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy, my month-long personal 30 Day Plein Air Painting Challenge on Facebook has evolved into a campaign for a good cause. Since the beginning of October, each day my three...
by Jim Davis | Dec 12, 2012 | Blog
Twitter Art Exhibit: Worldwide Call For ArtistsBufferAs a member of the Twitter Art Exhibit Publicity Team, I am pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition. ”Through art we can change the world.” We help charities and nonprofits with postcard-sized,...
by Jim Davis | Dec 9, 2012 | Blog
Things Successful Artists Do DifferentlyBufferTwo words, success and successful, have sparked heated conversations between artists on this blog. I’ve learned that the definition of a ‘successful artist’ is subjective, and tends to vary from person to...
by Jim Davis | Dec 7, 2012 | Blog
Tracking Your Art Inventory and ContactsBuffer As a working artist I know how hard it can be to keep good art records. Keeping track of my art inventory, clients, gallery contacts, competitions and other aspects of my art career can be overwhelming. At times, my desk...
by Jim Davis | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog
How To Harness The Power of Crowdsourcing to Grow Your Art BusinessBufferCrowdsourcing is a buzzword we hear a lot about these days. But, what is crowdsourcing and how can artists use it? On his popular blog, Jeff Bullas explains, “Crowdsourcing is the name used to...
by Jim Davis | Dec 2, 2012 | Blog
How to Take Better Landscape PhotographyBufferDo you often take reference photography of a scene for later use in the studio? Does it sometimes lack the detail you would like to have either because the shadows are too dark, or the sky is a blaze of white? Recently,...
by Jim Davis | Nov 30, 2012 | Blog
A 10 Step Approach to Develop a Series of Exhibition PaintingsBufferA lot of thought and exploration goes into developing a series of paintings for an art exhibition. Today, this has been a topic of conversation between my good friend and fellow artist, Shanna Kunz...
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