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Blogging about Blogging Advice! Geesh! By Catherine Ratliff   Rose by Jayden Ratliff Yes, we have a million bloggers giving advice about how to sell your art, where to sell your art, to whom to sell your art, and the mistakes you make when marketing your art.   The information I stumbled across while reading random blogs, as an artist, is extremely helpful.   It’s true that no one person is absolutely correct when speaking on the subject of selling your artwork on a blog. Marketing experience is helpful.   So, I will give props to the experts who have more experience than most people from sitting in a marketing class while obtaining their degrees or just everyday strategizing to sell their work.   I don’t believe that you will get the bulk of your sales via blogging.   However, it can pull some traffic onto your websites. This point is a common statement made on advice blogs. I was perusing through some blogs about how to sell your w...

Just checking in between the different art postings and I would like to feature a few pieces.

Hi, I am back with the finished project. I decided to make her part of the Candy Collection that I have started in Fine Arts America. Shes is #2. Her name is Tootsie Sweets and her hair is blowing in the wind. She is on fire. She is sporting her blue and green shawl with a blue bow. Her lips is voluptious. The original is on 18 x 24 drawing paper and will be mounted shortly. It is not for sale at this moment but the prints are being sold on my site  .

Hi, I used the markers to trace all the lines. I whipped out my oil pastels and stunts. It is certainly time-consuming. Now, I have to decide the color scheme. Coming along.....I do a little each day while watching tv. Don't you know I can multi-task? One more thing I would like to add....I drew her lying on my back in the dark. Whoaaa!!! :)

Just wanted to feature this breathtaking view of a landscape in Newport, RI. I was standing on the end of the cliff looking down at this beautiful sight . Yes, the prints are for sale, but I still want to share its beauty with everyone. I am not into forcing my work onto anyone. It is there for the visually stimulated. If you want it displayed on your wall at home, it's available to you along with other marvelous pieces.

I have sketched a woman that came to mind. My work usually start out as a sketch and then develop into an acrylic painting or oil pastel. This week I decided to put the camera down for a bit. Heck, I have a lot of photos to sift through on my trip to the state park. However, I can hear the oil pastels calling me from my art bag. "Put down the camera!" I am mesmerized. So, I had a pouch of new sharpies. Let's start the tracing, shall we? Lets see what this woman can look like.

On a gloomy day, this sky caught my eye.  http://render.fineartamerica.com/displayartwork.html?id=4242577&width=250&height=200&domainid=1