Do you have an appetite to acquire more knowledge and growth in the areas of creativity, art sales, and art marketing tools to help you advance your art career, although you’re on a tight budget? I’ve collected several superior sources that will help you acquire that information without spending a penny. Here is a treasure trove of free online resources for artists and links to articles on this website that will take you to more resources.
Increase Your Creative Skills
Paint Like Old Masters
In this free online course you will learn Old Masters’ oil painting methods, skills and knowledge used during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. As a free subscriber, you will also receive additional bonus videos, art articles, and valuable offers from the Old Masters Academy. This resource will show you how to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials. You can also obtain unlimited personal support from Academy tutors. Visit its website.
Acquire Famous Artists’ Techniques
Corey D’Augustine presents videos in which he provides step-by-step methods and techniques of a range of artists from Pablo Picasso to Yayoi Kusam. He is the principal conservator at Corey D’Augustine Conservation and regularly works for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and lectures on art history and art conservation at New York University, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Pratt Institute, and the Museum of Modern Art. He is the best source for leaning about famous artists’ techniques. Visit this website to watch his videos.
Don’t Forget YouTube!
You’ll find thousands of videos to watch on Youtube that have been created and uploaded by art historians, talented artists, and instructors — all for free.
Find Resources for Watercolor Artists
Watercolour World is a free online database of 80,000 images of international documentary watercolor paintings created before 1900, many of which have never been photographed before. The U.K. based charity project works with private and public collections from around the world to build this free online resource.
Expand Your Knowledge of Art, Art News, Art History
Find Out About the Top 200 Collectors
Every year ARTnews publishes a new edition. You don’t need to be subscriber to find out the collectors’ names, locations, and what they collect and more information about them in linked articles. You’ll find it here. I also recommend you sign up for ARTnews free newsletters: Breakfast With ARTnews or ARTnews Today. Also follow ARTnews on Twitter @ARTnewsmag and Instagram @artnewsmag for updates throughout the day as they report it from around the art world.
The Latest Art Events and Trends Worldwide
Staying informed about what’s happening in the art world is a huge challenge. So, when I receive the email newsletter from Hyperallergetic, I know I’ll get a quick exciting overview. Hyperallergetic goes beyond your traditional art magazine to give you the latest in art events and trends around the world. It lives up to its description as “a forum for serious, playful, and radical thinking about art in the world today.” Check it out here and start your free daily or weekly subscription: hyperallergic.com.
Learn More About Modern Art
The Art Story Foundation provides a wealth of information in hundreds of pages on its website and lives up to its goal “to explore modern art in a fresh and clear way” and its mission “to sort through all the noise of the art world and shed light on modern and contemporary art.” Its topic pages are meant to be an analysis “that would convince the most ardent skeptic in the value of the particular artist, movement, or idea.” Visit its website. You can also follow The Art Story Foundation on Facebook and Twitter.
“Self-Taught Art” Demystified
This often misunderstood genre becomes clear in this article that reveals its many facets, subsets and the major artists who create it. You’ll also find links to additional websites for further knowledge about this fascinating subject. If you’ve ever wondered what really is self-taught art and what does it mean to be a self-taught artist go here.
What’s New About and For Representational Artists
If you are a representational artist who wants to increase your knowledge in this area you must subscribe to Fine Art Today, a free weekly email newsletter, from the publishers of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine. You’ll have access to useful art stories, the latest trends, upcoming art shows, top artists, and more. You can also subscribe to their free Plein Air Today, a weekly plein air art newsletter; Streamline Art Video,- art instruction and training from the world’s top artists; and PleinAir Salon, a bi-monthly competition and showcase of the nation’s best painters. To begin receiving your free subscriptions go here.
Boost Your Art Marketing Power
Are You Stymied by SEO?
There’s so much out there about SEO and it’s not always trustworthy, it’s often scattered and outdated. Worst of all it’s often contradictory. If you want to learn all about SEO, you can subscribe to Yoast, the experts in SEO. Visit their blog or even take one of their free courses for beginners, ranging from SEO copywriting to technical SEO.
Social Media Design Tools
You can make your social media posts stand out. You no longer need to have a graphic design degree to turn your art into instant graphics. There are many different free tools online to choose from, where in just a few minutes you can create sensational social media graphics to promote your art. You can also create free videos of your art to use on your website. Read “Free Tools to Create Social Media Graphics to Promote Your Art”
Create An Art Business Plan
You know the expression, “if you fail to plan you’ll plan to fail.” When you create your art business plan you’ll experience a sense of gratification, knowing you’re on your way to attaining your fullest potential. You’ll gain financial and personal power. It’s an exercise that takes only a few hours to assemble and it will supply years of stability and security. Read “How to Create Your Art Business Plan”.
Produce An Email Newsletter that Attracts Sales
The email newsletter is a powerful tool so I want to encourage you to begin now! Why? Because, most artists I know who send email newsletters to their subscribers on a regular basis see an increase in sales and other benefits. Don’t know how to get started or what to write about? Don’t worry, this article provides answers to both questions. You’ll find 7 basic first steps followed by 6 topic ideas. Read “How to Write Your Artist Email Newsletter”.
Looking for More Resources?
Here are a few of the hundreds of articles on this website — all free to read. Most articles offer links to many resources.
Read “Online Resources for Artists to Expand Your Creative and Business Skills”
Read “4 Ways to Ensure Ongoing Future Art Sales”
Read “Most Popular Art Career Success Articles For Artists”
Renee,
Chock-full of great resources. Thank you very much.
I’m in need of a refresh on my site. I really enjoy all of your blogs of inspiration.
Thank you.
Vicki
Thank you Vicki, before you start your website refresh please read “Does Your Art Website Pass This Test?” and “How to Get Started With Your New Art Website”