Is art your passion? Or just a hobby?

You know what they say, don’t turn your hobbies into work because work it becomes!

Is this true for artists?

I guess the answer depends if you prefer to see art as a passion or a hobby.

Friday Feature: Rebecca Latham

Rebecca Latham
http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/

Rebecca paints in what is known as a “miniature” painting style- creating rich, realistic paintings.  Read more about painting in miniature (which doesn’t mean making tiny paintings!) here.

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Do you know someone whose art you would like to see featured on Colourisma? Suggest in the comments or email me!

Stretching yourself a bit thin?

It’s every artist’s first instinct to say “yes” when offered work.

But have you stopped to think, “Can I actually do this?“

What is it that you do, exactly?

This is a pretty important question to ask yourself.  It could be the difference between success and failure.  Not just in this one project, but your overall career as well!

Friday Feature: Denis Gonchar

Denis Gonchar
www.goncharden.deviantart.com

I love the expressive realism of this piece by Denis. It’s amazing!

Do you know someone whose art you would like to see featured on Colourisma? Suggest in the comments or email me!

Do you follow-up?

What if you sent a client your rates after they requested them, but you haven’t heard back yet?

Do you follow up?

I thought this was a good question for a post from @lilmissmachete aka Marcela Vargas via Twitter.  I thought more people might like to know what to do in this situation, so I posted my truncated response.

Fresh Start

Welcome back!

It’s been quite a while!  I’ve decided to resurrect this blog back from the depths of the internet.

A lot has happened since my last post.  I quit my day job, in it’s stead I have started freelancing full time and I’m in a bit of a shuffle between multiple continents.  Currently I’m in the US, but I may very well end up in Norway, the UK or even Australia later in the year- who knows!

I feel that in becoming a freelancer full time, I’ve learned a lot since 2008 and I feel this information would be great to share with everyone.

Hopefully you will continue to follow this blog and I hope to meet many new friends, colleagues and hey, maybe even a couple of clients!

What steps have you taken this year to follow your dream career in the arts?

5 Art life lessons I learned from a… ferret?

This week I had the pleasure of babysitting a friend’s pet ferret. If you are unfamiliar with ferrets, they are a small carnivorous mammal, related to and about the size of a weasel. They are known for being absolutely crazy! I have been thinking lately about getting more into the art industry and I realised there were quite a lot of things I could learn from this little ferret!