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Experience the Benefits of Learning As An Artist with “How To” Articles

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This article offers several ways to increase your  creative, career and financial growth and accomplish your goals. If you have a thirst for more knowledge but seeking step-by-step guidance you’ve come to the right place. I invite you to experience the benefits of learning as an artist with some of my “How To” articles. Each article has links to more articles so you can dig deeply into the subject.

L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) by Vincent van Gogh, oil on canvas, 36" x 29". Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951. Public Domain.
L’Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) by Vincent van Gogh, oil on canvas, 36″ x 29″. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum. Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951. Photo: Public Domain.

How to Write Your Artist’s Statement

If you’re like most artists writing your Artist’s Statement may be the most challenging hurdle you’ll have to face in your art career. As a career consultant that’s one of the first projects we work on. In this article I provide 28 guidelines to walk you through the process of writing your artist’s statement.

How to Write Your Artist’s Biography

If you want to pursue a successful art career you know that your Artist’s Biography is essential. Your Artist’s Biography provides prospective buyers, gallery owners, curators, grant givers and writers with your professional background and career accomplishments. This article shows you how to write it.

Photo Credit: KOBU Agency on Unsplash
Photo Credit: KOBU Agency from Unsplash

How to Write Your Artist’s Email Newsletter

The email newsletter is a powerful tool that helps many artists increase art sales sales and other benefits. However, many artists don’t do it because they don’t know what to write about.  In this article you’ll find 7 basic first steps followed by 6 topic ideas.

How to Stay Sane Until You Can Create Art Full-Time

I know how crazy and frustrating it can be until your day of freedom finally arrives. This article offers 17 ways to make your life more enjoyable until the day you can create art without having to got to a 9 to 5 job. There are ways you can gain more time to do what you love.  I hope this article “How to Stay Sane Until You Can Create Art Full Time” will make your life now more pleasant.

How to Get Out of Your Creative Rut

Every artist has periods in which they experience a creative standstill or sluggish creative energy. Instead of struggling with inertia this article can show you how to get out of your creative rut. You’ll read about some causes that may have led you there so you can avoid them in the future. You’ll get solutions to get you back on the path to energized inspiration.

How to Create A Great Painting

In this article Nancy Reyner, a world renowned artist, instructor and author shares her knowledge and use of a technique for how to create a great painting. She states, “I discovered a significant tool that makes an average painting soar into the arena of great. Using this tool in painting and for my classes revealed amazing results.”

Nancy Reyner
Nancy Reyner in her studio. Read her article. How to Create A Great Painting

How to Get Started With Your New Art Website

Every artist who wants to be taken seriously needs to have their own art website. Those who maintain their websites stand out as more desirable to gallery directors, art consultants, art writers, and buyers. Want to get started? This article shows you how.

How to Create A Successful Art Blog

I’m sure you want to increase your art sales and expand your reputation to a larger global audience. That’s why I wrote this article to encourage you to create an art blog. This can be the perfect vehicle for achieving your art career goals. In this article you’ll learn how to create a successful art blog.

Photo-credit Ibrahim Boran from Unsplash
Photo Credit: Ibrahim Boran from Unsplash

How to Increase Your Profits As An Artist

Realizing the topic of dealing with money may be a bit boring for you I wrote this article from the perspective of helping you on the course of obtaining financial freedom. The fact is, every art business choice you make is either earning you money or costing you money. If you’re like me you want to be financially self-sufficient in a creative art career you love. In this article you’ll find 10 essential strategies that have worked for me and many of my coaching clients.

How to Price Your Art

The process of how to price can be simplified when you follow some specific rules that are used by the most reliable and respected art dealers and galleries. This article provides methods to help you gain the confidence and assurance that you are consistent with art business ethics.

How to Create An Art Patron Plan

The Art Patron Plan is a powerful art sales practice used by many successful artists and major art dealers. One artist I know offers an annual Patron Plan and already has a waiting list of buyers for next year. In this article you’ll find step-by-step advice that will help you gain a financially secure art career.

How to Close  The Sale With A Potential Art Buyer

If you find the experience of trying to sell your art in person extremely uncomfortable you’ll enjoy this article. It provides some of the secrets to making the situation more comfortable for you and the potential art buyer. It’s about having the right perspective and asking the right questions. This article will help you close more sales.

How to Sell Your Art to New Home Owners

As an artist you have the ability to enhance other people’s lives with your art. There are so many new home owners that don’t know how or what to buy when bringing art into their lives. As an artist you have a vast amount of knowledge and natural instincts to offer. In this article I emphasize how to let your art provide the inspiration for everything else in their new homes!

How to Create Your Art Business Plan

You may feel intimidated by having to write an Art Business Plan because you think it has to be complex and detailed. In this step-by-step article you’ll see how simple and powerful the process can be. My advice is, view yourself as the CEO of your own artistic enterprise. Your art business plan will provide a sense of confidence and gratification and set you on the path to attaining your fullest potential.

Hungry for More Knowledge? There’s More!

This page offers a few of the many other articles I’ve written to help you achieve your creative, career and financial goals. Simply use the search box and write “how to” or any topic you wish to learn about. I hope you’ll save this page and return often for inspiration and information.


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Renée Phillips is a mentor and advocate for artists helping them achieve their fullest potential. She provides career advice, writing services, and promotion for artists from beginners to advanced. She organizes online exhibitions as Director/Curator of Manhattan Arts International www.ManhattanArts.com and Founder of The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS www.healing-power-of-art.org. As an arts' advocate she has served on the advisory boards of several non-profit arts organizations. She lives in New York, NY.

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