Dear artists,

Here are some great articles we've found on the internet over the past week that are directly applicable to helping you with art, marketing, inspiration and fine living:

Yet Another Reason to Avoid Facebook:

The popular social networking site allows users to add a variety of applications to their profile. . . But a malicious program, masquerading as a harmless application, could potentially harvest personal data.

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A Secret to Success - Build Upon What You Build:

Here’s a ’secret’ that I think sets highly successful people apart (in all walks of life) from the rest of us. They don’t just take what they’ve got and build upon it. They then build upon what they’ve built upon and then build again upon that…. and so on. . . .

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Sue Smith shows painters the value of tonal analysis:

One of my painting aspirations is to become a fabulous landscape painter. Well, at least a good one. But I've been producing work that's rather ... ho hum. So, under Slump's continued nagging I pulled out Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice, by Juliette Aristides. . . . .

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Seth brings us more sage marketing advice in four little words:

Make big promises; overdeliver. . . .

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Enjoy the advice from the minds of these insightful commentators.  We hope you found something inspirational or useful to your own art career.

Sincerely,

Clint Watson
Software Craftsman and Art Fanatic