To blog or not to blog?

Enzie Shahmiri · 09-11-2007, 10:50 PM

Joan, I just sent you an Email. Thanks for your review!

Enzie Shahmiri · 09-12-2007, 10:47 AM

I am starting to wonder if maybe my blog design is too crowded with visual information. My daughter seems to think so, she has been nice enough to create a new blog, recommending I go with a layout that is more with the times.

Joan Breckwoldt · 09-18-2007, 08:50 PM

Hi Bianca,
I took a look at your blog, it's very nice. You have managed to get a lot of information and photos on your blog very nicely.
Joan

Bianca Berends · 09-19-2007, 02:52 AM

Thanks Joan! I still have to find time to translate to English. It is strange because before I was so happy with my website and now when I look back it was a bit boring, I like that I can easily ad news and post, I don't need my husband for that anymore!

Karin Wells · 01-31-2009, 08:12 PM

I did indeed start a blog. It satisfies that left brain itch after exercising the right brain all day as I paint.

I used to post more on this forum but found that mostly I wanted to say some things that won't be interrupted, take longer and gets more detailed in a technical kind of way. (But I do still enjoy the format of a large dynamic forum like this one).

My blogging satisfies my need to teach, do demos and reach out to other artists...in my "spare" (ha!) time. I've accumulated a little knowledge over the years and really want to share it.

I'd looked into making demo videos but I have been fortunate to make a good living from just painting portraits (and still life and landscapes). I jcannot see myself charging for workshops, etc. - I don't have the time or inclination.

My blog has brought me neither business nor fame...my website with Cynthia on Stroke of Genius is supposed to do all that.

But it is fun to put something out there and hope it helps another artist. Art is, after all, a very lonely profession and I've gotten a lot of interesting letters from old friends and readers who stumbled into it.

If you feel that you have something to say - start a blog. It sure is easy! I use blogger.com but there are are many others out there.

Here is the link to my blog. Please drop by and tell me what you think of it. Suggestions welcomed:

http://karinwells.blogspot.com/

Michele Rushworth · 01-31-2009, 08:22 PM

Nice blog, Karin!

I've started a blog of sorts on Facebook. The downside is that it's only viewable by other Facebook users, but the upside is that it's a more interactive conversation than a somewhat one-way blog. Most of the artists I know (and lots of my family members, friends, and clients) are already on Facebook so it's a huge community.

Karin Wells · 01-31-2009, 09:23 PM

Got a link for that Michelle? I'm on facebook too but don't really use it much (if at all)....but gosh, maybe I should take a second look.

Perhaps because I have an internet connection via Satellite I've found that facebook takes a long time to load.

I do miss the opportunity for interaction and "talkin' technical" with other artists - but in the past a tiny faction got out of hand, and gosh, life is just too short for that nonsense.

The replies on my art blog are pretty much limited to comments that I approve. And considering the fact that I did mention politics (you can do that on your own blog) I got some replies that I did NOT approve for publication.