What is a Hashtag?

What is a Hashtag?

So we all know what it is, well most of us do. To get a list of hashtags for the artist, sign up for my newsletter.

What is Art. Post. Promote?

What is Art. Post. Promote?

For many years I was a marketing manager. I was very good at it. It was before social media. Some times I was called brand manager or art director. Each company had a different title, but basically all the same. How to engage people is basically what I did.

How to Watermark your Photos

How to Watermark your Photos

With so many artist using social media, there have been instances of individuals copying and using your images. As much as I do not want a watermark on all my work, I think as artists we all need to protect what is ours. So here is a video I made to show how I apply a watermark to my work.

How to use Instagram as your photo inspiration storage

How to use Instagram as your photo inspiration storage

I have found that I am always having trouble locating photos that I take with my phone and can never find them again. So I now use Instagram as a tool to help me keep my files organized also not have to worry about running out of storage. I just snap a photo in Instagram and I just make a hashtag for it. Yep, that is so easy.

Make a Color Wheel

Make a Color Wheel

When artists start out with encaustic, the first comment is “How many colors do I buy and the paint is so costly?” What everyone fails to remember is that color theory and mixing still applies. When the wax medium is melted it is in a liquid form. Just like any other painting medium.

My first “RED” dot in my home town

My first “RED” dot in my home town

I was hesitant to enter anymore local art shows. But I was working in the studio and was really at a cross roads. I had 3 ideas but was not sure which way to go.  So when I saw the call to artists for the 12 x 12 show at Artserve in Fort Lauderdale, I decided to...

Magazine Paper transfer onto Wax

Magazine Paper transfer onto Wax

I have tons of fashion magazine at the house. I was a 7th Ave. Fashion Designer and a Retail Executive for a famous department store, and I admit that I LUV FASHION. I grew up in the “garment center” and yes I am what you would call an original “Garmento”. I had my dream and career and now I can focus on other things, like art. But I still cannot resist going through all the glossy magazines and looking at all those red bottom shoes.

Experimenting with transfers

I get bored very easily with my work. I start a piece, thinking it would become a series and then I complete one piece and decide I don't want to do another in the series. Or I start the second piece and it just is not like the first piece. I think I just fall in love...

I am in LUV with these boards

Finally was able to work in the studio today and tried out the Ampersand Encausticbord.  I filmed the video at 3pm and I have not stopped working in the studio 6 hours later. In the video I used the small boards, but I also have a 24x24 board and when I unwrapped the...

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