Face Making

Artist Gwenn Seemel’s bilingual blog about all the faces she makes while painting faces.

Le blog de l’artiste peintre franco-américaine Gwenn Seemel. Les articles sont en anglais et en français, et souvent ils sont bilingues.


For art or for money? / Pour l’art ou pour l’argent?

Thursday 28 October 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

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I think it’s “for art and for money,” and I hope to convince you of it as well in a two minute vlog! C’est plutôt «pour l’art et pour l’argent.»  Regardez mon vidéoblog pour voir si vous êtes d’accord ou non!


Gagner sa vie avec son art

Friday 15 October 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (6)

American artist Gwenn Seemel painting


Le marketing peut être un acte créatif, un peu comme faire de la peinture. Concevoir le marketing de cette manière m’a aidé à accepter l’aspect commercial de l’art.


My new site / Mon nouveau site

Wednesday 6 October 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

grandmother


It’s my same portfolio site, but now it’s in French!  C’est mon ancien site avec des galeries de mes œuvres, mais maintenant il est en français!


Art and money

Wednesday 14 July 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (3)

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A conversation with Gabe Flores about art and money.


Commission work ≠ commercial work

Friday 9 July 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

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In this vlog, I talk about a few things that are important for artists to keep in mind when they’re doing commission work.


Selling art

Thursday 10 June 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

Matt Zaffino


Asking for the sale is a sure way to lose it.  As long as people know what you do, they’re potential clients, but, if you get pushy about it, you’ll only seem too desperate to be worth the investment.


How to get publicity as an artist

Wednesday 2 June 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (1)

the Oregonian


Over the years, I’ve discovered that arts writers are people too and that it’s best to treat them that way.


How jealousy can be useful

Tuesday 25 May 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (3)

portrait painting


Envy has a bad reputation, but this particular deadly sin can be positively fruitful for an artist’s career if handled properly.


Richard Brilliant wrote about my work…

Tuesday 2 March 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

Subjective, introductory essay by Richard Brilliant


...and I didn’t even have to die first.


The expert versus the model

Monday 1 March 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

M Lee Pelton


We live in an “expert culture,” surrounded by artist coaches who have to tell us what to do because they can’t show us how to do it. 


Making a living is like making a painting

Friday 26 February 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (4)

American artist Gwenn Seemel painting


I like to think of marketing as a creative act, much like making a painting.  Reframing it in this way has helped me to embrace the business side of art.


On blogging and being a better artist

Wednesday 17 February 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (3)

Portland Business Journal


Today is the second birthday of my blog, and, in the last two years, my forum has done me more good than I could have imagined. 


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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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