Comment gagner sa vie avec son art

1) Créez beaucoup d’art.
2) Montrez le meilleur de ce que vous faites.
3) Soyez sympa.
4) Répétez.
Look versus feel / L’apparence par rapport à ce que l’on ressent

What Tai Chi is teaching me about life and art. Ce que le Tai Chi m’apprend sur la vie et sur l’art.
Following paintings: Lyndsay

This is my second in a series of videos of chats I have with subjects of my paintings.
Selling a service instead of an object / Vendre un service plutôt qu’un objet

In the art world, there’s too much focus on selling the product of art and not enough interest in selling the service of art. Dans le monde d’art, on se concentre trop sur la vente des objets et pas assez sur la vente des services qui entourent l’objet d’art.
Learning from copying / Apprendre avec l’imitation

Recently, a stranger made a painting based on this detail image of one of my portraits, and in doing so she made me very happy. J’étais ravie quand, récemment, quelqu’un a fait une peinture basée sur cette image d’un de mes portraits.
Opinionated and open

Trying to please everyone is a good way to please no one and also a sure way of failing in business.
Ignoring a painting to finish it / Ignorer un tableau pour le finir

Sometimes the only way to complete a painting is to stop working on it. Parfois, la seule manière de compléter un tableau est de ne plus travailler dessus.
On too much and too little

A favorite argument for those who believe in copyright is that too little is just as dangerous as too much.
The list / La liste

I keep a list of certain people, and that list is a rather backwards source of inspiration sometimes. J’ai une liste, et cette liste est une source d’inspiration parfois.
Potential energy

I’ve been traveling a lot recently. Some of it was more about working and some of it was more about relaxing, but all of it took me away from my paints.
My kind of paradise

I just got back from Hawaii but I didn’t go there for the sun and the water: I went there for the people and the plants.
Paint-saving palette / Une palette pour garder la peinture fraîche

I like having all my acrylics out, ready for me to use, but I hate wasting paint. That’s why I developed a paint-saver palette. J’aime avoir toutes les couleurs de peintures sorties, prêtes à être utilisées, mais je n’aime pas gaspiller la peinture. C’est pour ça que j’ai inventé une palette pour garder les acryliques fraîches.

My name is Gwenn Seemel. I live in Portland, Oregon, USA. I’m a full-time artist and I’ve sold my soul to the genre of portraiture. I blog in French as well as in English. More...
Je m’appelle Gwenn Seemel, et j’habite aux États-Unis. Je suis artiste peintre. Je crée des vidéoblogs et des articles en français et en anglais. En savoir plus...
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