25 Great Advice Tips for Artists 01/04/2012
 This article was written for authors however it applies equally well to artists, painters, sculptors and any creative profession Typo free and some of the best advice Ive ever read, for creative people, all here in one blog post by Chuck. 25 Things Writers Should Stop Doing. Sure I knew most off it but I too get tempted to stray from my ideals and I find blogs like this helpful reminders of how to stay on track and true to action plan to my goals. I will look at the other things he has written. Very helpful at keeping one committed to their ideals ans keeping them on track with the issues they struggle with. That crap out not crap in should be my mantra this year lol. :-). I struggle to get the balance of exercise and food portion control right with a full time creative life passion and all external reminders of the importance of exercise in order to write, assist me. I liked the advice to not chase a genre or what publishers say they want you to write. That will help keep me true to writing the novels I want to write and to heck with how easy it will be to get my voice published. I know from my other creative fields, if you learn from others you can improve but if you copy others, you are just a half rate version of them and have copied the mistakes as well as the good bits but never learn the difference.  Add Comment  Who has conflicting goals? Example of conflicting goals would be a sedentary job or hobby such as a creative artist profession is semi sedentary by nature for much of the time interspersed with periods of physical activity when searching for that on site paint out location or packing and staging an art exhibition. The activity is rarely consistent and balanced for physical health. How can we make out creative lifestyle more active and healthy and still have the time we need for the labour intensive sedentary pursuits? For goodness sake...the answer came to me as I wrote out the problem. Can you guess what my solution was? I'll do it before I tell you...stay tuned until Springtime when I put it into place. Do you have any tips for people like yourself to manage this conflict? What useful tools you could use to make life balance easier for you? Other conflicting life events might be having dyslexia while being a writer, lol, two things that affect me. Do YOU have conflicts where one aspect of your life wants to block another? Do you have solutions? I would love to hear your comments. here in my blog and on my facebook page. Kathy Shell  Kangaroo Ground. Original SOLD. Images available as Fridge Magnets from the Art of Kathy Shell  Every successful artist has preset goals, an action plan to achieve these goals and a daily 'to do list.' to achieve the action plan and thus be consistent so they achieve the goals. 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 "Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well." ~ Vincent Van Gogh That is an interesting quote. I feel better now that I have so many tasks to perform each day knowing that Vincent was also a Multitask-er The Art Journal Workshop: Break Through, Explore, and Make it Your Own  It hurt me deeply inside when I first downsized my pottery sculpture studio. It was a forced sale, I realized that firing a kiln to high temperatures for 12 hour shifts was incompatible with being a dementia carer. This rationalization did not make the grieving process of relinquishing a creative passion I loved, any easier. Like any grief, it lasted for years and the craving to work in the three dimensional sculptural art form lasted from 2007 when I sold my studio, though until August 2010 when I wrote, edited, with a lot of help from my friends, my first published work of fiction, 'Set Free'. Since then, since I have been able to think of myself as a novelist and know I have an art form well beyond my existing skills to challenge me, I have been released from the grief of the loss of my former artist, potter, and sculptor carer.  One door closed, another has opened a new door that is fully compatible with being a dementia carer. I have found artistic satisfaction once more. Somehow this new creative satisfaction has made it possible for me to part with my pottery and sculptural creations. Reg and I travel and the only possessions I need are essentials and words that are my new creative career,  Time Management Tips for Creative People. 12/15/2010
 1. Work with Yourself, Not Against Yourself Understand your personality and what works for you. Do what feels right and what appeals to you—not what seems to “be organized.” 2. Focus and Pay Attention When possible, do one thing at a time. Do not let your mind wander. Picture the goal in your mind, and focus on it. 3. Invest Your Time Pay attention to how you spend your time. Saving just 20 minutes each day gives you an extra 120 hours each year. Strive to improve the time it takes to complete a project. Be willing to invest a block of time if it will save you hours of frustration later. 4. Create Habits You can create a new habit (or lose a bad habit!) in 21 days. For only three weeks of effort, you can create a lifetime of good habits. 5. Use the Right Tools Make sure you have the right tools handy when you need them. 6. Work Forward Organize for your work ahead. Don't organize what's already finished. You want to save time by going forward not just reorganize what you already have.  This painting is still unfinished but i am enjoying this work immensely and know i will be able to finish it as I have reached the final detail stage. This stage can take a long time, it is best to 'look more than put' rather than fiddle. This is the time to make only those brush strokes that count. While you can see the roses I am painting to the side of the painting you need to realize I began painting these roses 36 hours ago and they are no longer the same flower, having opened more today and twisted in the vase as live flowers do. So I am painting as much from memory now more than referring to the live flowers. I would love to have an old world, dusty grey gold antique frame to place this in when I finish it. The price I mentioned in my last blog, was unframed and I would need to confirm that according to size, I am only guessing the canvas size at the moment. I feel confident I am painting 'a good one', lol, :-), not arrogance, it comes with experience, the knowing when something is 'working'. I would love to beautifully frame this one when completed and professionally exhibit it. That is my vanity at work, wanting to have it appreciated as most artists do. That would raise the price 40% to allow for framing exhibition costs etc. Sigh, fortunately form customers being a carer does not allow me the luxury or vanity of holding my own art exhibitions any more and I do not put works out on consignment. The Art Journal Workshop: Break Through, Explore, and Make it Your Own  My Favorite, Yellow Rose Painting. 10/06/2010
   This is one of my favorite small oil paintings. With my roses about to flower prolifically and knowing that I am once more finding time to paint, I am prepared to release this one to a gallery and I have opened a gallery within my own website for available works. This morning I placed this yellow rose art work in my medium size art work available for purchase with free postage within Australia, on line gallery, at 40% below my gallery price for a 'direct from artist' purchase through this website. Now that I am painting regularly again I have opened three gallery pages on this website, one for small works that are priced to include shipping anywhere in the world, one for medium sized art, which included postage within Australia and one large works priced for collection direct from artist. The priced offered direct from me, are about 40% below the price I would ask if I exhibit them in a gallery. The Art Journal Workshop: Break Through, Explore, and Make it Your Own Nanga Bay Oil Painting Finished Today. 10/05/2010
  While teaching today I pulled out my on location painted oil work of Nanga Bay in Western Australia and hazed the distance, increasing the feeling of aerial perspective and finishing the art work. On the left is a close up on the right the work photographed by night light. Email me if interested in purchasing for a clearer photo image. I hope to return to Western Australia for our tour next year and I would love to be able to deliver this work to a buyer from Western Australia where the painting, (aside from this brief studio finish off), saw painted. Now that I am painting regularly again I have opened three gallery pages on this website, one for small works that are priced to include shipping anywhere in the world, one for medium sized art, which included postage within Australia and one large works priced for collection direct from artist. The priced offered direct from me, are about 40% below the price I would ask if I exhibit them in a gallery. The Art Journal Workshop: Break Through, Explore, and Make it Your Own  A Brief History of Art Styles. 03/15/2010
History of Art Styles Prehistoric: Paleolithic (30,000BC-8000BC) Neolithic (8000BC - 1000BC) Bronze Age (2000BC - 1200BC) Western:
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