Monthly Archives: November 2011

How to Draw a Perfect Heart with just a Ruler and Compass!

Nov 29, 2011 · Add Comment

So I’m taking an online drawing class entitled, “I Heart Drawing” with Jane Davenport. I met Jane at John Paul Caponigo’s Digital Print II workshop in Maine. This awesome chick is from Australia, and she’s just too fun for words. I’ve always wanted to learn to let go and draw things more from my imagination [...]

Labels on Paints

Nov 21, 2011 · Add Comment

Recently, I picked up a new water color and mixed media book Water, Paper, Paint by Heather Smith Jones. It had a very interesting tidbit about paint that I’d like to share. Color names are not standardized. So when you are buying paint the name in the tube doesn’t really mean anything. (It’s more of [...]

ZenTangle.com – Instructions for Drawing Abstract Repeating Patterns

Nov 20, 2011 · 1 Comment

One of my latest addictions on the Internet is Pinterest.com. (If your don’t know or use Pinterest yet here is my review of Pinterest.) Through Pinterest, I discovered a web site called Zentangle.com. Zen tangle is a web site touting doodling repeating patterns as meditation. What is so nice about this site though is the [...]

I Heart Pinterest

Nov 18, 2011 · Add Comment

My newest addiction ( and according to you husband) waster of time is Pinterest.com! I LOVE this web site. Not that it isn’t without its flaws. Pinterest acts like a digital cork-board or like an ideas journal. You basically can save just about any photo you find on the internet. The best part though is [...]

Art Licensing Themes

Nov 15, 2011 · Add Comment

What are the most common themes in art licensing? I read in a post somewhere that in the greeting card industry birthday themes accounted for nearly 60% of sales. Following that in second places was Christmas themes. And I’ve seen mention of some of the more common themes in blog posts, but never a full [...]

Art Licensing and Marketing Dates

Nov 14, 2011 · 1 Comment

I’ve made a collection of holidays and seasons that are commonly used in art licensing, marketing and product sales. Thought I’d share the list. Did I miss any? Christmas – Dec. 25 – 60% of seasonal sales Boxing day – Dec. 26 (Sales) Hanukkah – Dec. 20 -28 Kwanzaa – Dec. 26 – Jan 1 [...]

Organizing Your Keyword List.

Nov 8, 2011 · Add Comment

To organize a list of keywords that you have created in a text document ( be it word or notepad) you want to do 2 things. One find out how often people are actually searching for these keywords, and Two, sort the keywords. Lets start with getting your Keyword List into Excel so you can [...]