Category: Artful Resources

Category: Artful Resources

Links, articles, and other useful information for Art League artists. Topics include how to build an online presence for your art, how to craft an artist statement or photograph your work, online resources, and other helpful tips where we find them.

Popular posts in this category: How to Photograph Artwork, How to Create an Artist Website, Starting an Artist Blog, and What Are Jurors Looking For?.

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May 22, 2016

An Artful Assemblage of Found Links

Artful Resources

In this edition of Artful Links: building a camera from nature, resurrecting the aurochs, and when Antiques Roadshow goes bad….

May 20, 2016

How to Price Your Artwork: A Beginner’s Guide

Artful Resources

Are you new to exhibiting and selling artwork? Here’s our advice for this tricky process….

May 6, 2016

Peeling Back the Layers of a Silkscreen Print

Artful Resources, Exhibits

If it were physically possible, it would be a lot of work….

April 8, 2016

Upgrade Your Artist Statement on April 23

Artful Resources, Artist Opportunities

Do you dread looking at your artist statement? Do you struggle to find the right words for your website, exhibit entries, or CV?…

March 17, 2016

NEW Artful Links to Use & Peruse

Artful Resources

In this edition: New tools for digital artists, drip-free spouts, and more ……

February 24, 2016

What’s That Thing? Color Shapers

Artful Resources

This curious, versatile little tool looks like a paintbrush, except on the brush end is a flexible silicone tip….

February 18, 2016

A Beginner’s Guide to Paintbrushes

Artful Resources

Here — in broad strokes — is The Art League guide to paintbrushes….

January 27, 2016

8 Art Documentaries That Put You In the Artist’s Studio

Artful Resources

“I’d have loved, for instance, if there was a film of Rembrandt, to have seen the order of marks, to have seen the speed…

January 20, 2016

10 Artful Ways to Spend a Snow Day

Artful Resources

Doing something creative is bound to warm you up. Try one of these activities!…

December 18, 2015

Seven Amazing Letters From Artists

Artful Resources

Written by typewriter and by hand, these are some of our favorite letters from the Letters of Note blog….

November 26, 2015

The Massive, Online Museum You Didn’t Know About

Artful Resources

See thousands of years and hundreds of museums in one place….

November 16, 2015

What Art Class Should I Take?

Art Classes, Artful Resources

With registration now open for Winter classes, there’s no better time to catch the creativity bug….

November 11, 2015

Arts Programs for Service Members

Artful Resources

In addition to the visual arts, there are programs in writing and performing arts serving varying groups including veterans, current service members, their families,…

October 14, 2015

What’s That Thing? Tortillons

Artful Resources

What is a tortillon? What’s it for, and how’s it different from a blending stump?…

October 8, 2015

How to Read a Tube of Paint

Artful Resources

Here’s our quick guide to finding what you need to know on paint tubes, front and back….

October 2, 2015

A Fountain of Artful Links

Artful Resources

Every so often, we like to share some of what we’re enjoying on the Internet….

September 11, 2015

A Fiber Arts Primer

Art Classes, Artful Resources

In our fiber arts studio, you can weave, felt, knit, dye, and hook your own wardrobe from head to toe….

August 24, 2015

8 Artist Statements We Love

Artful Resources

Artist statements don’t have to be a source of fear (in those who write them) and boredom (in those who read them)!…

August 13, 2015

The Zero-Budget Guide to Photographing Artwork

Artful Resources

If you’ve attempted photographing your artwork in the past, you’ve probably noticed a number of issues: uneven lighting, incorrect colors, and glares and shadows….