Video: this category of my blog includes all vlogs and posts that have videos in them.
Cross-pollination

A few days ago, Mistress Clarissa approached me about drawing something to go with a poem she’d written. I answered with a video of me doing the drawing as well as with an image of the drawing, and she responded with this video.
On being picky about who buys my art / Choisir qui peut acheter mon art

I don’t have to reject a lot of clients, because most people who wouldn’t enjoy working with me realize it long before they contact me. Je n’ai pas à refuser un grand nombre de clients, parce que la plupart des gens qui n’apprécieront pas ma manière de travailler s’en rendent compte avant de me contacter.
Process work / Le travail du processus

There are times when I have to make art in order to be able to make other art. Parfois, je crée une œuvre afin de faire d’autres œuvres.
Thinking out loud in a visual sense / Penser tout haut dans un sens visuel

That’s what drawing is for me. Voilà comment le dessin fonctionne chez moi.
Un livre sur le marketing de l’art écrit par un artiste

Le marketing de l’art vous permet non seulement de mieux vendre votre art mais aussi de mieux le faire.
Why I can write a book about science even though I’m not a scientist

My credibility as the author of Crime Against Nature, a book about science, has been called into question now and again.
Working small / Travailler tout petit

A lesson from the small side. Une leçon sur la petitesse.
10 things learned in 10 years / 10 leçons apprises en 10 ans

To celebrate a decade of pro art-making, I made a video full of things I wish I’d known from the beginning. Pour célébrer une décennie de création artistique professionnelle, j’ai fait une vidéo pleine de choses que j’aurais aimé savoir dès le début.
The artist’s story / L’histoire de l’artiste

Where you come from has very little to do with whether or not you will manage to be an artist. D’où vous venez a très peu à voir avec votre capacité pour être artiste.
Whose brand is it? / La marque appartient à qui?

When artists make changes to the sort of work they create, it can upset fans, but, when they understand how their brand works, their evolution is received quite differently by their audience. Quand un artiste modifie sa façon de créer, souvent ses fans ne sont pas contents, mais, quand un artiste comprend comment sa marque marche, son changement se déroule autrement.
An art marketing book as an artist would write it

Art marketing isn’t just about selling more art. It’s about making better art.
Drawing me / Me dessiner

My partner and I both drew me recently as I recorded our progress. Mon ami et moi, nous avions tous les deux fait mon portrait, et j’ai filmé notre processus.

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...
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