Dec 17, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist
I know I am not along here. Sometimes the hardest part of getting things done is really about inertia. The task seems so huge (emphasis on seems). Once I buckle down and get shit done (eating that frog) it takes next to no time to complete. Sometimes all it takes is a...
Dec 16, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, How to think like an artist, The Business of being an artist
Confession time, y’all. I did not spend a whole lot of time in the studio today. I had a computer glitch to investigate and some Christmas present planning that is taking over my drafting table as my mail orders arrive. But other than that I spent the day...
Dec 15, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist
So one of the things I seem to fall down hard on, is settling on a project management system. I know it seems like overkill for an art business. It is something that was key to finishing large projects on time when I was an art director. I still use it when I build...
Dec 14, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist
Okay…so I am a day or two shy of a real midway point. But this is newsletter day, and I wanted to share in a broader way about how having an awesome studio is shaking out really to be more than just cleaning and organizing my room. If you would have told me 10...
Dec 13, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist
One of the things that has been languishing not just on my studio lis, but on my general business to do list, is making an operations manual. I know it seems like a bit of overkill for a creative type person, to outright make a manual of all the steps I go through to...
Dec 12, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, everyday life, The Business of being an artist
I can’t say for sure how…but I realized that this has happened. That, Fiberista, is what I can only describe as a hot spot by proxy. Here’s how it has been going down….In an attempt to clear off a hot spot, like my work table and drafting...
