Yes, you should have one. If you’ve ever felt stuck creating backgrounds for your tissue-paper images, you’re not alone. Many students tell me, “I’m not an artist—I have no idea how to make a background!” Here’s the good news: your background doesn’t have to come purely from imagination. One of the most powerful (and fun)… Read More »How to Build a Texture Library for Photo Encaustic Backgrounds
Let’s talk about Pricing. How many times have you asked, ‘how do I price my artwork’? It’s one of the hardest aspects of any business, let alone an art business, where you are putting a dollar value on your artistic voice and personal vision. Naturally you start asking around. You ask your friends and family… Read More »#1 Pricing Mistake
Surrendering to the Process. I recently asked hundreds of artists, what is the best advice you’d give an artist just starting with encaustics. I received loads of amazing tips and advice and noticed there was a predominant theme around surrendering to the process…..ranging from enjoying the process, to letting go, being patient, and not overthinking.… Read More »Surrender
Can I just blow off a little steam? I’m really tired of hearing the downright bad information out there in regard to encaustics and photo encaustics in particular. Normally I get really excited when students tell me what a wonderful teacher I am, but this one got me going. “I just attended a weekend workshop… Read More »Learn how to ‘think’ about photo encaustics
Let’s talk about color. Most of us have been introduced to the color wheel somewhere along the way. And I still remember the old ROY G. BIV to remember the colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet), but how does color play a role in defining our voice and our style?… Read More »Color and its role in your artistic vision
Stay Motivated! I’m feeling a little unmotivated these days. I’ve had my head down completing my latest course, Embracing Tissue Paper, and now I really don’t want to do anything else. Staying motivated has been heavy on my mind. I asked my creative circle about what keeps them motivated and was surprised to hear almost… Read More »Motivation
This is definitely not business as usual. I’m not even sure what to say in this post. I’m just trusting that the words will come as I type. I’ve been self-quarantined for 2-weeks now and I’m feeling defeated, sad, powerless, exhausted, anxious and bored. It’s an incredibly fearful time for many of us and I… Read More »Painting through a Pandemic
The Care + Feeding of Your Creative Mind. Each one of us walks our own creative path. One artists journey isn’t any better or worse than another artist. What we do have in common is we all need to stay inspired, because if we don’t, we risk losing our creativity. Part of the care and… Read More »Your Creative Mind
What’s your upgrade plan? I’ve been thinking a lot about upgrading recently. We had an abundance of water this year in Minneapolis and although we haven’t had an issue in the past, it seems this was to be our summer of getting water in our basement. Every time it rained; we were vacuuming up water.… Read More »Upgrade Plan
Get your work reviewed! I’ve known George Slade for many, many years. He’s a photography curator, writer, historian, and consultant. But for me, the most important thing George does is helps individuals find meaning in their own images. Critiques are hard. No one really wants to open themselves up to what others have to say… Read More »The Importance of Reviews