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Acrylic Paint Review -- Product comparison of acrylic paints and why this is important!

So many acrylic paints and not enough time or money to keep trying them all??!!! Do you love the endless creative possibilities that the world of art gives you but aren't sure if each brand's consistency of product will meet your needs? Relying solely on the description when you flip to the back of the box or tube isn't exactly reliable and most of the time not helpful at all. Therefore, in this post, I'm filling in for you the best uses and for 5 brands of acrylic paint so you get the results you're looking for. This post is going to seem like I am comparing and contrasting a lot of brands. These are my opinions from personal usage and in no way meant to promote or defame such products mentioned. There are Blick Art Materials affiliate links throughout this post, where you can purchase these products at an awesome price. If you decide that you want to buy from one of these links, I will receive a small commission that I utilize to create more work

Mixed Media Artists That Want To Make Money Series I: Part 3

I apologize for leaving you off so abruptly in the last post. I gave you a lot to digest and didn't want to take up anymore mental real estate. Not that I didn't think you couldn't process it this fast but I wanted to give you time to let it really sink in! I would never a doubt fellow artist's capability! I went through the right-side portion of the business model canvas and in this post I'm going to pass along the left side of secrets before going into the bottom portion in the 4th part of this series. If you enjoyed the last post feel free to leave a comment throughout this series as I always love any kind of feedback! -This post contains affiliate links. When clicked it will open in a new tab in your browser and when you make a sale I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you! Here is the basic business version again just as a reference of where I'm going to be headed! Ahhhh, much better and artsy! Start with the big pictu

Mixed Media Artists That Want To Make Money Series I: Part 2

H ope everyone had a wonderful time over the holidays and got to take a few days "off" from creating! As I'm aware this post is well past due which I apologize in advance, I wanted to really organize my thoughts to convey the message that I believe is super important. In my first post of this series, I told you about the power of taking a few days off from anything involving your creations to find your "muse." In this second part of series one, I’m going to introduce to you something that will save you a lot of trouble and something that I had to go back through my grad school notes and dig up. I knew it was worthy enough to search through the avalanche in my closet as during a consulting practicum before graduating college, I had to memorize the entire thing before presenting to a company the findings while on a team of 5 others. It’s called a business model canvas …. If you’ve never heard of this, that’s awesome because over 3000 bloggers blogging