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Build your Instagram following! Art Marketing tip
I’m sure you’ve heard by now but the best place to build your social media following for your art is on Instagram. In the past it may have been Pinterest or Facebook and they surely should not be forgotten. They certainly have their place but the emphasis definitely it is on Instagram these days. Instagram…
Read MoreJust announced: Join us and chat with Howard Park!
Join us on this discovery call with Graeme Stevenson – Founder and host of CIYL and featured artist HOWARD PARK from the US, to learn more about being on the Colour In Your Life TV show. Howard Park was filmed by our US East Coast film crew Alan James in February 2021. See his show…
Read MoreOil Portrait Painting Techniques with Richard Stergulz
Richard moved to California in 1995 and started painting for himself in a realistic style with a touch of Russian impressionism. “I admire the Russian Impressionists, especially Nickolai Fechin, for their intense brush strokes that exude passion into their paintings. I also admire Norman Rockwell for his amazing drawing ability and the volume of work…
Read MoreIntroducing: The Clark Hulings Fund: Art Business Lessons
The era of artists seeking permission to show and sell their work is over. Today, self-directed artists the world over are becoming entrepreneurs and taking their rightful place as the CEO of their own small businesses. This is probably the best time in history to go into business for yourself—but it comes with responsibility. And…
Read MoreSpotlight on Sophia Stacey
To celebrate International Women’s Day we decided to feature our own Sophia Stacey. Read her interview here. When doing a feature for International Women’s Day this year I was looking around for an inspirational woman that we could feature. Sophia Stacey came to mind. Sophia has been working with the international art TV series ‘Put…
Read MoreHow to Paint a Face in Oils with Richard Stergulz
Richard is an Illinois native, who by the age of eight knew he wanted to be an artist. He graduated from the American Academy of Art in Chicago in 1983 which began his successful commercial art career. Richard paints primarily in oils on linen canvas. His work is mostly figurative and loves capturing the human…
Read MoreHow to Paint with Oil on Board with Howard Park
Howard Park attended the Masters of Fine Arts program at Tufts University and studies at the School of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA and continued his studies in France at L’Ecole d’Art Decoratif de Nice, where he won a National prize in photography. After a stint in the Merchant Marine, Howard…
Read MoreDo you want to be filmed by CIYL? Join us for a Zoom Q&A March 3rd 2021
Join Graeme Stevenson and other international artists on our Zoom call and ask all the questions you like! You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Mar 3 , 2021 09:30am AEDT 11:30am NZDTMar 2, 5:30pm EST 2:30pm PST Check the time in your place: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ Register Now! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdOuuqjkvGNJLDN5Q-F77YLFF3YG9gkMf Register in advance for this meeting.…
Read MorePainting Portraits with Oil Paint with Frank Ordaz
Frank’s story really starts in East L.A. His bedroom was in a small living room and he was awakened one evening to shouts below the family house. As he looked out he saw two men fighting with chains. Frank was shocked and repelled by his environment. His backyard was dusty dirt with a tree that…
Read MorePart 4 – Pastel Pencil Painting Techniques with Sandra Temple
Sandra lives on 5 acres of bushland outside of Brisbane. Kangaroos and wallabies often munch away outside her studio, and a microbat colony live in the shed roof. Most mornings visitors will include cockatoos, galahs, corellas, rainbow lorikeets, magpies and honeyeaters. It’s never quiet in the bush! In this video, Part 4 and the conclusion…
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