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Comment on BILLIE HOLIDAY – Latest painting now available as limited edition art print by kittypackard

kittypackard — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:43:06 +0000

your work is very impressive. a jazz musician is a rather difficult subject–particularly someone like Billie who has so much emotion in each and every inch of her being. Great work here.

If you’re looking around for another jazz subject, why not try someone like Dizzy Gillespie? Those cheeks of his should be fun to work with. And there’s always Pops himself, Mr. Armstrong!

Comment on BILLIE HOLIDAY – Latest painting now available as limited edition art print by mirhezimaging

mirhezimaging — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:40:46 +0000

Hey thats a nice piece!! Nice work

Comment on Top Art Supply Stores Online by bendystar

bendystar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:55:54 +0000

A real Art store in Sd I love (they do web too):
Artist and Craftsman Supply
911 San Diego Avenue
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 688-1911
http://www.artistcraftsman.com

Comment on 5 Ways to Impress Your … by Top Art Supply Stores Online « Shellybee’s Art Notes

Top Art Supply Stores Online « Shellybee’s Art Notes — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:58:54 +0000

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Comment on 5 Ways to Impress Your … by shellybee

shellybee — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:41:15 +0000

Great idea, kc22! I totally agree.

Comment on 5 Ways to Impress Your … by kc22

kc22 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:38:50 +0000

hmm…i agree with you on everything, but the first part. In my experience, you don’t want to play a bunch of music that no one has heard of or cares about. The best way to get your friends to listen to new artists, is to mix a song or two in with popular artists.

Comment on Hate or Love My Longhorn? by bendystar

bendystar — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:46:42 +0000

I really do enjoy the armadillo, especially the details, close up. And I do appreciate the longhorn more with color. Damn that truth serum! I love all the birds and fruit. I want a pineapple for my kitchen. But I need a set of three so I need to peruse your other fruit. I like the writing here….your critical sis.

Comment on Price It Right by ekerma

ekerma — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:04:10 +0000

honestly, the “archival pigment print” is more in line with how the media would be listed say in … a gallery. One would list the title, date, media (in this case – archival pigment print – you can add ‘on such and such paper’ if more specifics were wanted), size (always height by width), and then the edition size, or the specific number in the edition that the particular piece is (edition of 100 – or 78/100 for example.) You wouldn’t ever see anything listed as an ‘art print’ – that its art is a given. That is how it would work in a physical gallery, I’m not sure if and how that applies to etsy – its a different and probably wider range of people, many of whom may need or want to be told that what they’re looking at is art. I’m not making a value judgement and I hope it doesn’t come across as that – I’m saying that different rules may apply.

A smaller edition is more appealing. People like to feel that they’re getting somethign exclusive – something special. If you had people hunting you down on the street desperate to get a sold out print then you could change it slightly – make it a different color or something and begin a new edition – and raise the price.

Comment on Artists, Keep It Real by Gary Allard

Gary Allard — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:55:59 +0000

I like #27. The thing I have found about artists (myself included) is that we are usually not first and foremost business minded people. That is why we call ourselves “artists” and not business owners. The funny thing is, unless you’re going to call art a hobby then you are very much a business person and you’d better start learning how to do it effectively.