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Art A&A #41a ~ Stretching Watercolour Paper
This can be a pain in the ass… but stretching watercolour paper old school gives me the best results when I’m doing really wet, saturated pouring techniques. If you stretch a few boards at a time, then...
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Art A&A #41b – Airbrushes
Today I talk about airbrushes – types, replacement parts, spray sizes, moisture traps, mixing paints, cleaning – all the stuff that I’ve learned about airbrushing since 1998. To start – here’s a link...
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Art A&A #41c ~ Let’s Talk Compressors
So here we go with the compressor portion of the podcast. Here’s a quick reference guide to the Currys.com index: Click here for the compressor index at Currys.com And here’s a gallery of the kinds of...
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Art A&A #41d ~ Comic Tools
Thanks to Robb Mirsky for today’s podcast subject. Pentel Pocket Brush Pen If you’ve got a burning art question – head over to the Podcast page, or ask it here: [contact-form-7] Product Reference...
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Art A&A #41e ~ How to Avoid Getting Your Images Stolen
There’s no foolproof way of keeping your images safe online… but there are ways that you can minimize the appeal of taking yours. Today’s podcast covers some of the ways you can protect your images...
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ArtA&A #42 ~ Set Up Your Email List with Mailchimp
I made a thing. I made a class thing to help you set up your email list with MailChimp easy, peasy, lemon-squeezy. 33 Days of Mailchimp is a class to show you step by step, all the everything that...
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Art A&A #43 ~ Awesome Opt-ins With MailChimp
Welcome to Day 2 of 33 Days of MailChimp Today, we create an opt-in form branded to your art business. Collect the name and emails of your perfect right people who say “Yes!” I want you to contact...
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Art A&A #44 ~ Embed & Spread Your Opt-in Form
Weclome to Day 3 of 33 Days of MailChimp Today we show you how to: embed an html opt-in form into pages and posts on your website embed an html opt-in form into your sidebar use the embed code...
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Art A&A #45 ~ WP MailChimp Plug-In
Welcome to Day 4 of 33 Days of MailChimp Today we show you how to: install & use the WordPress MailChimp plug-in customize the header to brand your art biz or art event calibrate plug-in settings...
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Art A&A #46 ~ Customize Your Opt-In with Wufoo
Welcome to Day 5 of 33 Days of MailChimp Today we show you how to customize your opt-in form with the free Wufoo forms management service: customize beautiful forms (MailChimp is doable – but these...
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Art A&A #47 ~ Create a Pop-Up Opt-in Form
Welcome to Day 6 of 33 Days of MailChimp Today we show you a couple options for creating a pop-up on your site: Pop-Up Domination WP Subscribers Opt-In Skin >> where we show up step by step how...
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Art A&A #48 ~ Customize Opt-in Skin for MailChimp
Welcome to Day 7 of 33 Days of MailChimp Today we show you how to use some more of the functionality in Opt-in Skin: add opt-ins to your website footer add automatic opt-ins to your blog posts create...
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Art A&A #49 ~ Online Art Marketing with Wexford
I had the great pleasure and privilege to speak with the Portfolio and Information Design classes at Wexford C. School for the Arts, the visual & performing arts school in Toronto. I demoed some...
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Art A&A #50 ~ Your Art is a Big F*cking Deal
…and you need to treat it like a BFD with everyone you meet. In the beginning it can be difficult and uncomfortable to talk about your art with everyone you meet, but it’s a necessary part of your art...
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Art A&A #51 ~ WTF is WOW Art?
I’ve been blabbing about your “WOW” art on social media lately and I thought I’d take a minute to talk about what your wow art really is and how we can contribute more impactful art based on the...
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Art A&A #52 ~ Testing was the Take Away
Yep. Not glamourous or exciting, 2012′s major take away was pure marketing foundations. Testing, Testing, Testing My primary business is as an educator, so my testing revolves around providing...
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Art A&A #53 ~ Pen and Ink Nibs Demo
tinkernoonoo / Foter.com / CC BY-NC I tested out a bunch of old school nibs to give you an idea of the kinds of strokes they make. The crow quill is my favourite – though the mapping nib was showing...
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Art A&A #54 ~ Art Marketing Offline
Theresa Thompson / Birthday Photos / CC BY Today’s podcast is a small foundation article about marketing your art offline. So often we’re focussed on the ease and spread and likes of online marketing....
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Interview with Jason Edmiston
“Always be aware of the business of art.”I had a great time interviewing Jason Edmiston. It was looooong – so be prepared for a 2 hour marathon… but, if you can hang in – it’s packed with great info...
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Art A&A #56 ~ More Art Supports
Let’s Experiment Let’s get out of canvas jail and stretch our art wings and see what else is available. Today’s podcast/video is an open door to experiment with other kinds of supports and grounds...
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