Post 369: Art Tips 4

Art Tips, Tricks, and More...4

You never know when you might hear an art tip about something that is just the suggestion that will solve an issue for you or help you and your work in some way. This will hopefully be an ongoing series of tips and I would LOVE to have your suggestions as well!

 

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Art Tips, Advice, Suggestions 

1. Join an art group in your area! Many will welcome you to visit "to check them out", so find one you like and what they have to offer. Benefits
2. Get seriously involved in your local art group! Sometimes if you need something to change, if you think things can be improved and you have the skill sets - put your knowledge and enthusiasm to work! PWAS Art Group As a former PWAS President told me once, the best way to make a change is to get involved where YOU can help implement that change.
   
3. Save ALL of your artwork. Your growth and improvements are compared within your own works - not in comparison with another person's work.
4. Here's one I haven't tried YET - in a plastic container or jar with a lid, push folded up damp paper towels and add acrylic paint onto the towels for this make-do storage palette.
5. Make your own labels or use a label maker to LABEL all of your art supplies in your art space to help organize what is where. It should help to stay organized as long as you (or anyone using your space) put things back in the right place. Put like things together as well.
6. Wire rack shelving can be used in great ways to dry your artwork whether placed ON the shelf or hanging UNDER the shelf and using binder clips or clothes pins. Sometimes organization space is easier to go up than around the room or taking up your flat surface work spaces.
7. Finished a painting and loved how things turned out and wondered how you could re-create it later? I used this on a sea turtle I drew and painted one time. Once the original is completely dry, use a piece of transparency paper and copy your own work. Copy it and create your own stencil shape on hard paper or cardboard and go from there.
8. Hit the clearance racks of your favorite art or paint stores for your lucky finds, embellishments or inspirational ideas.
9. On that note, Michaels has a 70% off canvas sale about 3 times a year so be on the lookout and stock up ASAP when those sales are announced. Your favorite sizes will disappear quick.
10. If you are thinking of an Etsy shop for your artwork, consider the sizes of what all you want to offer and their shipping container sizes and stay within those perimeters of canvas sizes.
11. Makeup brushes are great as blending brushes.
12. Hair conditioner on your brushes? Makes sense doesn't it especially if they are made of natural hair. Periodically use hair conditioner on your brushes to keep them from separating.
    

What art tips, art advice or suggestions do you have to add? Money saving tips, new art tools, art "hacks" - using every day objects in usual ways - what ideas have you used?

 See the Art Tips Series on this page for more tidbits of advice: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/p/art.html

Send me YOUR art tips too or drop them in the comments below. AND let me know if you find an art tip here that you LOVE!

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Author: Donna Liguria
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA and Artistry Spin Blog Admin, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

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