Have you found that you reach for an art or craft medium because of the way you feel? Perhaps you’re doing some art or craft project now but don’t know why you chose that craft. Do you wonder how your emotions affect your art and craft choices? Has this happened to you? Remember back to see if you chose an art or craft project in the past – and in hindsight realized why you chose that medium - at that time in your life. I know I have, and it was a long time afterwards that I … [Read more...]
Achieve your goals in your art and craft dream in 11 steps
The next steps in your art and craft dream journey is to learn how to set and achieve your goals. You also need to know how to achieve them quickly and easily. In the blogs ’12 steps to conduct an art and craft supplies audit’ and ‘How to use a process of elimination to find your art and craft niche’, you were shown how to sort through your art and craft supplies, and how to work through your emotional attachment to your supplies. You also considered which were practical considering … [Read more...]
How would 995,981 artists network if WetCanvas.com had gone?
Updated: October 23, 2019 Something big happened in the online art world in 2019, and this made us consider how artists network. What happened? In March 2019, F & W Media, Inc. former owner of Wet Canvas.com filed for bankruptcy. This process was finalised in 2019 resulting in asset sales. Peak Media Properties purchased some assets - including the large art online forum - Wetcanvas.com. It’s timely in that it led us to think how will we artists network and get advice should a … [Read more...]
How to use a process of elimination to find your art and craft niche
You may be like me and after conducting your art and craft supplies audit, you have unfinished art and craft projects and supplies in your cupboard that you’ve gathered over the years. Now you need to do a process of elimination to sort through those supplies and find your art niche. You need to think about why you bought your supplies and why you kept them. Will you still use them? What to do with your stash? If you followed the steps to organise your art and craft supplies, you’ll … [Read more...]
20 steps to organise your coloured pencils by type and lightfastness
After I conducted my art and craft supply audit, I found I had 829 coloured pencils in my stash. This post explains how I organised those coloured pencils, and how you can organise your coloured pencils by type and lightfastness. I had gathered a mix of wax-based pencils, oil-based pencils, aquarelle pencils (water colour pencils), different brands of pencils, lightfast and non-lightfast pencils. It was a whole lot of coloured pencils. Just a sample of some of the coloured pencils … [Read more...]
12 steps to organise your art and craft supplies
What are the next steps? You’re getting those art and craft projects out of the cupboard that you decided to start oh-so many years ago. Where do you start to organise your art and craft supplies? On my journey, after I left my work and started to pursue my art and craft dream, my first step was to find a space to use as a working area. You will also need to find enough space in which to organise your art and craft supplies. You may find that you have got a spare room in your … [Read more...]