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7 Top Tips For Increasing Your Imagekind Sales - by Andrew Gibson
This article is based on my interviews with best selling Imagekind photographers. You’ve put some photos or artwork up for sale on Imagekind (or a similar site), and now you’re wondering why you haven’t sold many (or maybe even any) yet. Or perhaps you’ve already achieved some success and now you’re hungry for more. I interviewed two of Imagekind’s best selling photographers. My mission: to find out exactly how they achieved their success. Read on to find out what I learned. view full article here
Many art materials produced today are safe to use, but only if reasonable precautions are taken. Artists’ materials may contain volatile solvents, lead, harmful dust, or other toxic substances. As an example cadmium is an extremely toxic metal found in today’s oil paints (cadmium red, cad yellow, etc.). Lead, arsenic, chromium, silica dust, etc., can also be found in selected art materials. These art supplies can be purchased but with the caveat that their availability in the marketplace assumes proper manufacturing techniques, use, disposal, and so on. view full article here
Two-Point Perspective, Depth, and Accuracy - by Richard Kennedy
Two-point perspectives differ from one-point perspectives in their use of a second vanishing point. They also differ in another way: two-point perspectives never have horizontal lines. All lines except verticals are drawn to a vanishing point. Their are many ways to draw two-points, the best methods being ones we can easily remember and apply to the design process with relative quickness. We will study the measuring point method of setting up a two-point perspective. view full tutorial here
Matching Colors - by Bill Martin
A rainbow gives us pure examples of the basic colors of the visible world. The rainbow's colors are, in order, red-violet, red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue-violet and violet. When this order of colors is formed into a circle we have the color wheel. The color wheel is an essential tool for matching colors. The wheel is arranged with yellow, the lightest value color at the top and violet, the darkest value color at the bottom. view full tutorial here
Featured Art Deadlines - Art Contests - Call to Artists - Opportunities
Free Monthly Online Art Contests for Cash Prizes
Deadline: Ongoing
Compete with other artists in our free monthly online art contests for cash and other great prizes. A Singular Creation Art Community provides a free online venue to showcase your art and photography. All winners will also be featured on our website and in our e-newsletters sent to over 5000 subscribers. Different themes every month. read more
Call For Artists - Art House Open Projects
Deadline: Monday, August 25
Art House creates massive, nationwide art projects. We host openings for the projects at our gallery in Atlanta, Ga as well as guest galleries around the country. We just released two new projects and are looking for participates. The projects will be shown in our gallery in Downtown Atlanta. Art House projects have been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, Good Magazine, Urban Outfitters blog, Yahoo Daily Wire, and National Geographic's Intelligent Traveler. read more
The Richeson75: Still Life and Floral 2008 Art Competition
Deadline: Friday, August 29
Richeson School of Art & Gallery, a division of Jack Richeson & Co., Inc., is proud to announce the Richeson 75 Still Life & Floral 2008 Competition. Seventy-five two-dimensional works of art and several alternates will be selected to represent the finest examples of painting and drawing being produced by today’s visual artists. In celebration of our very successful first year of competitions, the prizes for this contest are: Best in show: $3,000 cash award - 3 first prizes: $1000 Richeson Art Materials Certificates - 3 second prizes: $500 Richeson Art Material Certificates. read more
A Show of Heads - Call to Artists
Deadline: Saturday, August 30
Slowart Productions presents a thematic exhibition based on the portrayal and interpretation of the human head to be held at the Limner Gallery, November 1 - 29, 2008. Open to all artists working in any media, this exhibition will include all interpretations and portrayals of the human head, from the traditional to the abstract and conceptual. $2600 in publication awards. read more
Call for Entries – All Mediums - Free to Enter
Deadline: Sunday, August 31
The Open Studios Press, creator of New American Paintings, is pleased to announce a new series of juried artist catalogs called Studio Visit. Studio Visit will be a nationally focused publication that presents all two- and three- dimensional work. Selected artists will be provided with one full page that will include a full color image, contact information and a brief artist statement. Each volume will be juried by a professional curator and produced to the highest quality standards that can be used as a valuable promotional tool. read more
Call For Artists - Northeast Region
Deadline: Monday, August 31
This competiton is open to all artists in the following states: CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT. Open Studios Competitions are conducted annually in each of 6 regions of the country. Competitions lead to full-color spreads in our nationally distributed periodical, New American Paintings. All styles: painting, drawing, monoprints/types, mixed media; 2-D only. read more
10th Annual Abstraction Juried Online International Art Exhibition
Deadline: Monday, September 8
The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009, with approximately 900,000 hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide with original two- and three-dimensional semi-abstract to pure abstract works in all media. Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given. read more
World Provenance Magazine Seeks Artists
Ongoing through Tuesday, September 9
A UK and USA paper form magazine, for the promotion of artists and their works, an opportunity for exposure to a large and discerning audience of potential collectors. Artists within the Magazine will uniquely, have the opportunity to share their thoughts, inspirations and creative journeys, along with offering their works for sale to the general public. read more
The Art in Nature - Call for Entries
Deadline: Tuesday, September 16
Theme: Nature is beauty, majestic and inspiring. The Art in Nature will illustrate all aspects of nature: landscape, seascape, wildlife, floral, water, environment, and weather. The exhibition is open to all domestic and international, professional and amateur, photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both. $600 cash awards, Inclusion in the Center's 2008 Exhibition Collection CD distributed worldwide and more. read more
10th Annual Painting, Drawing, Photography and Print Juried Online International Art Exhibition
Deadline: Wednesday, October 8
The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, from November 1, 2008 through October 31, 2009, with approximately 900,000 hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide with original paintings, drawings, photography and prints in all creative processes and forms. Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given. read more
Negative Space Exhibition - Call for Entries
Deadline: Tuesday, October 14
It is not always the subject, but the Negative Space around the subject that makes a photograph truly stunning. This exhibition will highlight the compositional element that makes up the space not commonly seen. The exhibition is open to all domestic and international, professional and amateur, photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both. $600 cash awards, Inclusion in the Center's 2008 Exhibition Collection CD distributed worldwide and more. read more
Pleiades Gallery - Call for Artists
Ongoing through Sunday, November 16
Join our community of fine artists at this esteemed artist-run gallery with its many Winners of Awards, Grants, Fellowships and Juried Shows. Exhibit your work and advance your career. For information, visit our website at www.pleiadesgallery.com or send SASE to the following address: Pleiades Gallery - 530 W. 25 St., 4th floor - NY, NY 10001-5516
Emerging Artists 2009 - Call for Entries
Deadline: Sunday, November 30
Seventeenth annual competition for gallery exhibition, cash and publication awards. The exhibition will be held in March 2009 at the Limner Gallery and is open for entry to all artists working in any media. There will be a $1000 cash award and $2600 in publication awards.
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Call For Artists Submissions - 12th Annual Peace Arch Park
Deadline: Tuesday, December 30
Artists are invited to submit outdoor sculptures to be featured at the Twelfth Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition. Located on the U.S. Canada border. Peace Arch International Park is the Western United States’ International Gateway to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Located at the 4th busiest US/Canada border crossing, over 500,000 people visit the historic site and International Peace Park each year. A special edition full color self guided artwork and park history tour brochure will accompany the exhibit. Artists benefit from international exposure and recognition by being featured in North America's most celebrated International Peace Park. read more
Jump start your art career, at any level, with the smARTist Telesummit 2008
Ongoing through Sunday, January 4, 2009
Balance your life. Sell your art. Come to this 2nd annual Art Career Conference in the comfort of your own home. No travel expenses. No lost time in airport security lines. It’s a complete professional development program with 7 day’s worth of keynote presentations - all recorded and transcribed for easy access online: 15 audio (MP3) sessions + 13 companion handouts created by 13 art-career experts & successful artists. And 231 pages of written transcripts. read more
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