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10.06.19 http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/sell-more-art/
Fellow artists and gallery owners share 12 tips for holding your ground during a recession.
09.07.28 http://www.artrenewal.org
Art Renewal Center ... the largest on-line Museum on the internet. A work in progress, steadily expanding with thousands of high quality images of the greatest paintings and sculpture in history, the Art Renewal Center is building an encyclopedic collection of essays, biographies and articles by top scholars in the field.
09.06.09 http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/tech11.html
Interesting text and pictures on Format and Proportions. Includes everything ...well almost, with lots of diagrams and paintings. The first paragraph says.. "...paintings have the potential to be three things at once: a representation that mimics natural perception in a physical environment; a pleasing geometrical or abstract arrangement of line, symbol, texture and color; an artful arrangement of forms within the edges of a flat surface".
09.05.25 http://artfairs.ning.com/forum/topics/show-promotion-101
Show Promotion 101: Suggestions of Do and Don't Items for Show Promoters Things that show promoters should think about with artists in mind and things that artists should expect from show promoters.
09.05.10 http://digitallandscapephotography.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/high-dynamic-range-in-digital-photography/
High Dynamic Range In Digital Photography If you have ever wanted to improve your digital photography then you may want to consider learning about High Dynamic Range.
09.05.08 http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/509/168/      http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/509/168/page2.php
A 2 page paper by Henrik Lindberg called "Giving Critique - A Checklist for Critiquers"
09.05.01 http://www.artistic-i.com/
SOFTWARE: ARTiSTiC-i was developed by a professional artist and tested in a classroom setting with the goal of teaching and understanding principles of design with simplicity, efficiency, and visual clarity. Because these principles apply across the spectrum of visual media, the ARTiSTiC-i tools and methods apply to painting, illustration, photography, graphic design, and other forms of visual art.
09.04.29 http://www.melbournearts.com.au/pdfs/PricingArt2.pdf
"How much should I charge?" Pricing your artwork
09.04.29 http://www.artbizcoach.com/dothis/pricing.shtml
More questions about pricing artwork
09.04.29 http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/portrait-commissions-tips/
Portrait Commissions: 4 Tips to Get Started Tips from the experts for getting started in the commissioned portrait business.
09.04.29 http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/tips-juried-shows/
Five Tips for Getting into Juried Art Shows Five tips for making the cut for a juried show.
09.04.29 http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/art-law/
Articles on Art Law Find Artists Network articles about key legal issues and answers to artists' most frequently asked questions on legal topics.
09.04.29 http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/artists-save-money/
10 Money-Saving Tips for Artists Learn 10 ways artists can save money—even in a recession.
09.04.29 http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/get-on-the-web/
Marketing Your Art on the Web Artist and web designer Michael Chesley Johnson takes you step by step through the process of creating your own website.
09.04.29 "http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/approaching-a-gallery/
6 Tips for Approaching a Gallery An experienced art dealer shares advice for approaching a gallery with your work.
09.04.29 http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/make-own-giclees/
Giclées: Two Artists Who Make Their Own Find out how two artists reproduce their own art.
09.04.29 http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/software-websites/
The Artist's Software Guide Take the guesswork out of picking a computer program.
09.04.29 http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/framing-your-art/
Do-It-Yourself Framing for Artists It's not exactly easy, but it's not as hard as it looks either. Skilled woodworker Keith Mealy shows you everything you need to know to construct beautiful wood frames yourself—and save money in the process.
09.04.26http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/sell-more-art/
The April 2009 edition of the Artist's Magazine has an interesting article by Christine Sharp on Surviving Tough Economic Times. Artists and gallery owners share 12 tips for holding your ground during a recession.
09.04.26 http://www.workingartist.com/prdartwork.html
Over the years you will likely be involved in a huge number of transactions involving your artwork. Here is a great little database written by an artist designed to keep all the records straight. ( It will keep the IRS happy too). The software is called "The Working Artist". The cost is $99.
This link is a screenshot of the main page showing the categories of information collected. Report formats are prewritten. Press 'Return to Home Page' and explore some of the functionality.
09.04.26 http://www.artbusiness.com/orvxt.html
Advice about what you can do without spending huge amounts to increase the value of the paintings piling up under the bed.
09.04.26 http://www.jmam.org/Wier%20Education/New%20pdf%20files/FourStepsinArtCriticismwebready.pdf
The Four Steps to Art Criticism Some helpful things to be thinking about when you're trying to get into one of those #!@%&*# juried art shows.