January in Brief

January Wrap-Up

10 New Free Lessons
Romance Collection Added
Regular Sales on Items
3 new domains added to arsenal
New Blogs – biz and personal
Completed Large Number of Pendants and Listed in New ETSY Shop
Interview with Artella

Feb Plans

Video/Slide Show/Lesson (Shhh will be a Surprise ;0)
Complete Art Dolls in Progress
Continue Working on Newest AHT Book
Downloadable Version of Spreadsheet/Database for Everyone To Use To Help Keep Their Art Biz in Order
Work with Submissions for Free Lesson's Page

Beyond February

Special Classes Available Through Site – working on setting up now
More Videos
More Free Lessons
Working with Publisher

January 28th 2007 Update

Artist-How-To January 28, 2007 Update

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News from the Past Week
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3 new domains registered for Artist-How-To

http://www.artistsebooks.com/
Currently directs you to the front page of Artist-How-To (AHT)

http://www.dianedobsonbarton.com/
Registered for the obvious reason that I need to have my name registered and there is already a Diane Barton website in use.

http://www.polymerpeople.com/
In preparation for the polymer clay figures that are about to be blasted forth into cyberspace as part of Artist-How-To (AHT)
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MORE Free lessons
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Four new tutorials were posted this week on the site.

Digital Photographs of Small Objects- Flash
Digital Photography Depth of Field - Smaller Objects
Quick and Easy Light Tent and Testing
Setting Keystroke Functions in Photoshop CS2
All free lessons
http://artist-how-to.com/free.htm

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Call for Submissions
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This brings me to the next important point of this message. I am sending out a call for contributors to the Artist-how-to free lesson page.

http://artist-how-to.com/free.htm

Hits on the site continue to rise and I want to keep adding as much information on this page as I can. But I only have to hands and I want to offer the chance to those of you whom may have a hint, tip or lesson you would like to contribute to be published on the site. You of course will be given full credit along with any contact info that you wish to include. :0)

If you have any questions about submissions please contact me at bartonstudio@cox.net.

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Items featured on Site
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“Black and White With Your 35mm SLR Camera” $12.00
Includes 133 pages of creating black and white photography with a 35mm SLR camera

To find out more go to:
http://artist-how-to.com/phototextpdfall.htm
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A NEW set of 5 pages of luscious images to use in your Valentine and Wedding projects is available for $4.99. To find out more go here - http://artist-how-to.com/front.html

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Listings

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As mentioned last week, I now have items on ETSY for salehttp://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5025455

This coming Tuesday, Jan 30th and Feb 4th work will be included in the ETSY showcase. So, keep an eye out for them :0)

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Interesting Sites

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http://www.ecrater.com/

A 100% free marketplace for selling online. No software is required. To find out more be sure to visit their site.

http://revision3.com/diggnation

Pod casts not really related to art. Basically two guys sitting around drinking beer discussing things related to the internet and technology. It is something different to listen to while working away.

http://www.thumbtackpress.com/

Site for those interested in having their work printed, marketed toward artists looking for a straight forward approach.

http://www.indiedesignerlabels.com/

Want to submit your design work and get that much needed exposure? Check this out.

http://www.artbizblog.com/

If you are an artist in business for yourself, and you have not looked at this site, RUN there right now. No I am not affiliated in anyway. I just really appreciate what this site has to offer.

On first glance it can appear to be loaded with ads, but they are worth wading through if you are not interested in them to find the free content.
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Last but certainly NOT least

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In an effort to streamline things at Artist-How-To, theYahoo Group Artist-How-To.com will cease to exist after the end ofthis month. I have instead created a blog aimed JUST for businesspurposes.

You will still be able to subscribe to our group, but now I can easily load images and surprise freebies with ease. To subscribe go to the business blog follow the directions where it says `subscribe to this feed' Business blog

http://artist-how-to.blogspot.com/

If anyone has any question about how to subscribe etc, feel free to email me at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/artisthowto/post?postID=mDASz_Pe35FmR401Hy_2GOzTeVR7ySpGaDBbvMR4dw6yBXyEzZDHiZZ5042-XNaa9nqFlmTj2AkmK71Mj28 and I will be happy to help.

If you want to read my personal blog it will now be Personal blog http://willartforfood.blogspot.com/

I strongly encourage you to leave comments on the blog. This is a great way for me to find out what you are interested and what we can offer that will fit your personal needs.

I remember hearing that politicians consider every letter they receive to represent 18 people. The remainder just does not want, for whatever reason, to speak up. So come on up and post, I promise to not instill any new taxes or start any wars.

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In Closing

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FYI I would like to post comments from customers on the site. If you have anything you would like to share or comment please email me at bartonstudio@cox.net.

Feel free to pass this along to whomever you feel can benefit from its contents.

Keep creating! :0)

Diane

http://www.artist-how-to.com/front.html
http://artist-how-to/blogspot.com

Artist-How-To January 20, 2007 Update

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There have been 6 new free lessons posted to the site this past week.

http://artist-how-to.com/free.htm
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Listings
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More items listed on ETSY over the past week

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5025455

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Interesting Sites
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http://cankind.com/Can_1%20.html Can Artist
http://www.aisling.net/ Aisling D’Art – Art Business Coaching and Art
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Available
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A NEW set of 5 pages of luscious romantic images to use in your Valentine and Wedding projects is available for $4.99.

To find out more go here - http://artist-how-to.com/front.html
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To subscribe go to the business blog follow the directions where it says ‘subscribe to this feed’

Business blog http://artist-how-to.blogspot.com/

If anyone has any question about how to subscribe etc, feel free to email me at bartonstudio@cox.net and I will be happy to help.

If you still want to read my personal blog it will now be

Personal blog http://willartforfood.blogspot.com/
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In Closing
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I need to post comments from customers on the site. If you have anything you would like to share or comment please email me at bartonstudio@cox.net.

January 13 Update

Artist-How-To January 13, 2007 Update

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Newly Available
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A NEW set of 5 pages of luscious images to use in your Valentine and Wedding projects is available for $4.99. To find out more go here - http://artist-how-to.com/front.html

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Listings
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I now have items on ETSY for sale
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5025455
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Interesting Sites
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You Tube Video of making a baby with polymer clay
http://www.mcturl.com/?r=1902

If you have not looked at what http://www.youtube.com/ offers for free art tutorials you will be pleasantly surprised! To those easily shocked, remember this is a free sharing of video site, so they will naturally have things that it not appropriate for all ages.

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Lost information update

Bad news, almost all images of making a polymer clay figure have been lost, this includes all of the high resolution images. This was hundreds of hours of work BTW. This is why the free lesson on “Sculpting a Human Head in Polymer Clay” still says “Coming Soon”. I will do what I can to have it up as soon as possible, but there are other things that unfortunately have taken priority in the business of the site.

I apologize for the problem and will correct this as soon as I can.
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Last but certainly NOT least
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Again, in an effort to streamline some things at Artist-How-To, the Yahoo Group Artist-How-To.com will cease to exist after the end of this month. I have instead created a blog aimed JUST for business purposes. You will still be able to subscribe to our group, but now I can easily load images and surprise freebies with ease.

To subscribe go to the business blog follow the directions where it says ‘subscribe to this feed’

Business blog http://artist-how-to.blogspot.com/

January 11 update

Romance in Bloom for your Valentine's Day and/or Wedding creations! is now available for purchase.

$4.99 for 5 pages of 26 200 dpi images

http://artist-how-to.com/front.html

January 7th Update

The New Year is here and Artist-How-To is changing right along with it!

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Special Sale
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I am now taking pre-orders on a set of 5 pages of luscious images to use in your Valentine and Wedding projects for $4.99. To find out more go here -

http://artist-how-to.com/Sale.htm

We also still have a few of our Vintage Image Collection One for sale

http://artist-how-to.com/cds.htm

FYI I am sorry but Collection 2 is now sold out.
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New
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For starters I now have items on ETSY for sale

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5025455

On eBay is an odd variety of books, primarily aimed at literature with a few odds and ends thrown in for good measure.

http://urlsnip.com/591051

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Interesting site
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http://www.lifeonline.com/

Radio show featuring the founder of GoDaddy.com loaded with business tips and information concerning current events that may affect an internet business, this includes YOU the artist, with a website for your business.

Best of all you can download previous shows to your Mp3 player and take it with you :0)

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Last but certainly NOT least
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In an effort to streamline things at Artist-How-To, the Yahoo Group Artist-How-To.com will cease to exist after the end of this month. I have instead created a blog aimed JUST for business purposes. You will still be able to subscribe to our group, but now I can easily load images and surprise freebies with ease.

To subscribe follow the directions below where it says ‘subscribe to this feed’

If anyone has any question about how to subscribe etc, feel free to email me at bartonstudio@cox.net and I will be happy to help as much as I can.

If you still want to read my personal blog it will now be

http://willartforfood.blogspot.com/
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In Closing
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Here is to a wonderful New Year!! Keep creating!

Diane

http://www.artist-how-to.com/front.html
http://artist-how-to/blogspot.com

Hello and welcome! This is a new blog for Artist-How-To.com. Here we will be posting news, updates, and sales related to the site.