Have you dreamed of being a famous artist? While your alive? It has been done. And it can be a good way to make a living. This post ...
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I Feel I Must Check In
Dear Reader: It has been a while hasn't it? This happens in the blogsphere. Bloggers create blogs, generate an audience and then suddenly disappear. When I got this blog going I swore that would not be me. Even if I just did one post a week I would be sure to keep up with ...
Where Will Your Art Be Sold?
This post is part of the discussion "How Do I Price My Art?" A common question for any new artist working in any medium. Often it is the last thought given to the idea of selling art. Here we are going to bring up some ideas and some ways on how an ...
Dear Fort Collins Reader
Art Palaver was started as a blog to go along with my web-zine ZAF622.com. Over time though it out grew the Fort Collins art community. A higher percentage of emails and comments I receive from Art Palaver come from outside of Fort Collins. It is based on this feedback that I have shifted ...
Mysterious Flame On Goal Setting For Artists
Brad Blackman over at Mysterious Flame has some great advice for artists on setting goals. To get you started here is a very easy goal: "I will click on this link right now and read the article on goal setting." Say those words to yourself, click the ...
Free 278 Page Photoshop Book
One of the greatest tools being used today is Photoshop. A complex and rich visual editing software that can be used for way more than photography. Photoshop has pretty much become a medium in and of itself. But like I said it is rich and complex. So we need all the help we can get ...
Keeping You Informed
Hello Art Palaver Reader, As you may have noticed the posts have slowed down a bit as of late. It is about time I told you about that. I've been working hard under the hood of Art Palaver and also ZAF622. It is taking more time ...
Art Palaver Did Not Win A Webby
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative ...
Planning Culture In Fort Collins
The City of Fort Collins Cultural Services has released a "Cultural Plan." A 30 page document stating what they hope to do in Fort Collins. This is the vision statement: To identify Fort Collins as a uniquely creative community and destination for the arts, culture, and science that enriches the lives of our citizens and visitors, and ...
A Candidate That Inspires Creativity
I've heard it said that Hillary is a PC and Obama is a Mac. And it does seem that the creative community has embraced Obama. Doing a Google search for "Obama art" yields about 2,380,000 results. Doing a Google search for "Hillary art" and Google asks you if you meant "hillaryart." Crude research for sure ...
