Artistic Insight: Flip It!
When I started Foam I was having trouble with facial proportions, so guess what I did? I flipped it upside down.
Artist Highlight: Whiskey Bar Crafts
Whiskey lover? Check out this new Monkton-based store, Whiskey Bar Crafts, which specializes in recycling old bottles into lamps and teaching children practical woodworking skills.
Artistic Insight: The Anatomy of a Core Shadow
I love using reflected light in my portraits, and I think it’s too often either neglected or unnoticed by novice artists in their studies of many subjects. Therefore, here's a bit of art 101 I learned in high school regarding reflected light and core shadows.
Artist Highlight: Allyson Washington Photography
Remember how I was talking about the artist network we should cultivate last week? In that spirit I want to give a HUGE shoutout to Allyson Washington, the loveliest photographer I've met (not exaggerating!)
Social Media or Professional Media?
I've realized my content quality suffers if I post as frequently as once a day. I cannot be an art factory for the sake of success in an algorithm dictated by billionaires.
The Artists Network
What's so powerful about art is the passion you can see behind it, and that you can tell when something has no life behind it whatsoever. Consumers often underestimate the profound emotional effect an artist's dedication can add to the art in their home.
I got chewed out on Reddit
I put a post about my career change to art on Reddit the other day expecting to maybe get five comments like I usually do on my other posts. Overnight it got 4500 likes, 180 comments and 30+ requests for my website.