Polymer People Sale Ends Tomorrow - AHT Updates

Sale ends tomorrow - Dec 24th (or whenever I get to it on the 25th)

Have you been wanting a book on how to sculpt the human body in polymer clay? This is your chance! We are having a two for one sale on our best selling books;

“Polymer People: An Artist’s Method of Sculpting the Adult Head in
Polymer Clay”

& “Polymer People: An Artist’s Method of Sculpting Hands and Feet in
Polymer Clay”

Buy Both Now For $12.99!!! A savings of $7.99

http://artist-how-to.com/Christmas2007Sale.htm

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Added a New Tutorial on Paper making on the ‘Free Art Articles and Tutorials’ page.

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

Look for tips on taxes and business planning for the coming year.

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Free 2007 Christmas Countdown Image Collection Continues:

http://artist-how-to.com/Christmascountdown07.htm

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NEW Image Collections Added

Image collections to use in your last minute ornaments, charms and bottle caps creations. MUST SEE!

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

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Gift Certificates

Have a friend, perhaps far away? Or maybe you know them primarily online and you want to show them how blessed you feel having them in your life? One of our Gift Certificates could be the answer.

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

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Interesting Link

One blog that I check regularly is Ally Carter’s. Although not a visual artist, she is a successful local author. By successful, I mean recently making the New York Times Best Seller List, impressive companies purchasing the movie rights to her books, and just an all around nice person.

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Everyone have a wonderful and safe Holiday Season!

((((Hugs)))))

Diane

Artist-How-To Thanksgiving eBook Sale!

Thanksgiving Sale! Until November 26th

$6.99 Regular Price $9.99

“Controlling Creative Clutter: Organizing the Artist’s Studio”

Sixty-eight pages of tips, worksheets and information on organizing, to help you get your studio or work area together and keep it that way. As a working artist, Diane knows how difficult it can be to have materials take over a work space.

$6.99 Regular Price $9.99

“Make a Profit with Your Passion: Starting a Home-Based Art Business”

A home-based art business can be a huge challenge. In Profit with Your Passion, Diane breaks it down for you in manageable steps, and helps to direct you to the art career that is right for you.

$7.99 Regular Price $12.99

“Polymer People: An Artist’s Method of Sculpting the Adult Head in Polymer Clay”

The beginning of the ultimate collection of information for the polymer clay artist working with the realistic human form.

Step-by-step examples and instructions show you how to create a realistic human head in polymer clay, grounded in fine art tradition.

New Sale - Polymer People Sculpting Heads - Update

Well, here we are at November 12th already! Weekly sale item changed, see below:

Until November 18th!

“Polymer People: An Artist’s Method of Sculpting the Adult Head in Polymer Clay”

Sale for $7.99 - Regularly $12.99

The beginning of the ultimate collection of information for the polymer clay artist working with the realistic human form.

Step-by-step examples and instructions show you how to create a realistic human head in polymer clay, grounded in fine art tradition.

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Links of interest

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Not exactly an art site, but we all love cookies don’t we? Maybe that is just the recent change to eat healthier rebelling.

http://www.northpole.com/Kitchen/Cookbook/cat0001.html

Pillow Bead Tutorial

http://clayfulminglesgallery.homestead.com/pillowbeadlesson.html

PixelSoup

http://pixelsoup.livejournal.com/

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Have a great-creative week everyone!

Diane

http://artist-how-to.com

eBook Home-Based Art Business / Sale Ends Tomorrow - "Profit with Passion"

Sale ends tomorrow! (or whenever I get around to changing to the next sale on Monday Morning)

Until November 11th!

eBook “Make a Profit with Your Passion: Starting a Home-Based Art Business”

Regularly $9.99 on sale for $6.99

(164 Pages)

A home-based art business can be a challenge. “Profit with Your Passion”, breaks it down for you in manageable steps, and helps to direct you to the art career that is right for you. Interviews with twenty working artist’s including;

Aileen Roberts, Claudine Hellmuth, Teesha Moore, Sharilyn Miller, Dee Gruenig, Jan Bode Smiley, and More!

http://artist-how-to.com

AHT Creepy

OK, here is the story. I do a lot of sculpting of figures and not all of them turn out the way I want them. Usually I will sit them on a shelf and live with them a bit before I decide what I need to do to 'fix them'. Below are a few images of how I decided to 'fix' some for Halloween 2007.




For instruction on how to make these and other creepy, and less creepy crafts in polymer clay go to http://artist-how-to.com

AHT Wanna Give Someone The Finger?

"Creepy Fall in Polymer Clay"

Zine of Eight Fall Polymer Clay Crafts. I am in the finishing steps, and will have this available to pre-order http://artist-how-to.com/fallorder.htm

I will send it out to buyers on Monday Sept 26th.
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Items listed on eBay
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Order "Polymer People: Creating Hands and Feet in Polymer Clay"
http://artist-how-to.com/Sale.htm
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"Polymer People: An Artist's Method of Sculpting the Adult Head in Polymer Clay"
http://artist-how-to.com/Preordersale.html
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Interesting Links
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Stupid Creatures
http://www.stupidcreatures.com/news.html

This brings up the topic....

Copyright always makes folks debate. The site posted above is for sock creatures and I have heard that it is often debated as to how far this artist should go to fight for copyright of similar images.

For instance...

Is the following artist work a violation?

http://flickr.com/photos/kazendei/89926989/

I have my thoughts, but I will keep them to myself. Something to make you ponder......
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Conclusion
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Feel free to forward this blog to others you think you would benefit.
((hugs))

Diane

AHT Polymer People: An Artist's Method of Sculpting the Adult Head in Polymer Clay

Learn to create realistic polymer Clay figures, to be used in sculpture, doll making, or puppetry.

"Polymer People: An Artist's Method of Sculpting the Adult Head in Polymer Clay"

SPECIAL PRE-ORDER SALE PRICE

$8.99
Regular Price After Sept 9, 2007 Will Be

$12.99
For More Information:

http://www.artist-how-to.com/Preordersale.html

AHT update - Video Tour

Office Tour in Real Player - Click on Image to View

Since I moved things around and refocused, I decided to share a tour of what my 'cave' looks like. Has the room gotten smaller? Or has the monitor just gotten bigger? This is a chance to laugh at my Southern/Midwestern accent and see my main work area.
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Interesting Link
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Welburn Gourd Farm

We have gourds growing in the garden and I was JUST given this link and was so impressed I had to pass it on to you all. :0)
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Free lessons
http://artist-how-to.com/free.htm
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Conclusion
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Feel free to forward this blog to others you think you would benefit.Emails concerning business transactions are always answered right away. But, because of the volume, I am no longer able to personally answer all others.

((hugs))

Diane

May 17th Artist-How-To - New Free Tutorial

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New
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There is now a new tutorial up on the Free Lesson Page

To some it may look familiar? It was used on the AHT Wiki and lost when we went back to the original form. How To Make Your Own Buffer Wheel
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E-Books
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Learn how to do Pinhole Photography!

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

Finally start that Home Art Business you have always wanted!

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

Take advantage of the warm weather to learn how to use that 35mm camera of yours to take amazing shots!
http://artist-how-to.com/phototextpdfall.htm
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Interesting Links
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The first link I am totally jealous! It is what I had hoped to bring forth with the ArtyWiki. But they have done an amazing job! Instructables

http://www.instructables.com/forum/E3W7VC6A9WEXCFFIBC/

The second is one that I heard about last year on diggnation.com and I have been watching from a distance to see how well it would go. It is no secret to those that know me that I love LOVE LOVE my Alphasmart. But I am wondering about trying this out for an inexpensive portable word processor.

http://www.laptop.org/

If you do not follow the link, know that it is a $100.00 laptop. Originally I heard that you have to purchase two at a time, where one will go to a child in need. They are bare bones, and come in neon colors, but would totally meet the basic needs of a writer. Another interesting feature is that they are designed so they can be charged up through human power, aka a generator. This would make it so that children with no electricity could use one to learn. Worth keeping an eye on the program!
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Personal
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BTW a new book, articles and a possible new zine are in the works.

On a more personal side I will not be as productive over the next couple of weeks, producing free lessons and tutorials as I have been in the past months. June is the first ScriptFrenzy event and I am a Municipal Liaison for the Chanute, KS area. http://www.scriptfrenzy.org

Although I have never written a script before, I see it as a good way to stretch my boundaries a bit and the more writing I do the better!

I will still be adding things to the site, just not quite as often over the next 6 weeks or so...
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Congrats to RunnerGurl! (Gail) for winning our latest contest! WHOOWHOOOOOOOOO!! (throwing confetti in the air) The rest of you keep an eye out there will be more contests in the future.

Runner Gurl be sure to send me your email address :0)
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Stay safe and see you soon :0)

Diane

Free Artist-How-To E-Book

Free e-book! Read the previous post to find out how to receive the e-book of your choice from our site.

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

Artist-How-To.com Update March 19, 2007

Artist-How-To free articles and information can be found at

http://www.artywiki.org/.

Choose between a number of e-books for $9.99 or less!

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

Have a class you would like to take online? But you just can not find someone that offers it in you price range? Let us know what you are looking for, bartonstudio@cox.net. Be sure to check out the classroom.

Our ETSY shop contains a number of charms and pendants perfect for Spring!

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Interesting Links
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Gordan Parks Center and Photography Competition
http://gordonparkscenter.org/



Think you can live without your computer for 24 hours?
http://www.shutdownday.org/



Wonderful use of the human form in sculpture
http://www.richardmacdonald.com/



Free Marketing Information
http://www.psychotactics.com/free.htm

Interesting laser project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWcAkxzkv4

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...On a more personal note
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This past week the weather has permitted e to get the garden started. Along with the standard vegetable fair I will be including items we artists can use for create purposes.






Yes, this i an image of the garden area. Initially I thought that 450 sq feet would be enough, but after dividing the area up on paper, I will need to add to it.

FYI after planting a few seeds, about 1/3 of the space, I am sore in areas that I forgot I had. (Back of hand on forehead) Oh how an artist must suffer for their work ;0)

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Coming Up
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A new Amulet Bag

Plants for the artist to grow.

Tax information for the upcoming April 15Th 'CRUNCH'.

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Closing
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Have a wonderful time creating!

Feel free to share this information with anyone you feel could benefit from its contents, and keep up the emails with suggestions and questions :0)

Diane Dobson Barton
http://www.artist-how-to.com/

March Sale - 50% off our best Sellers!

Until March 6th 50% off our best sellers! For the next 50 buyers only!

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

This includes "Controlling Creative Clutter" and "Make A Profit With Your Passion" E-books.
This is my way of celebrating the 1187 subscribers over the last month :0)
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I think PHP was designed by God to torture right-brained people lol. This past week has been feverishly spent producing our new ArtyWiki After looking at a large number of programs and possibilities I decided on TikiWiki to set up our new feature. The goal is to move all of our free lessons to the wiki so that others can easily share, comment and ask questions. For now there are just a few items set up as examples to get things moving.
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ETSY Shop

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

The more I learn about Open Source Software the more I appreciate it. The following links are to a few of my favorites.

http://www.openoffice.org/ Free Open Source Software similar to Microsoft Office.
http://www.scribus.net/
http://amb.vi.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook

There is also the progam called GIMP that is supposed to be similar to Photoshop. But it is just not the same quality in my opinion.
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I must apologize also if this post sounds strictly like an advertisement. I did get a bit of creative work done the first of the week by creating a amulet bag, from the weaving of last week. Now that the basic wiki has been set up I will finish it in the coming days.

http://artist-how-to.com/Sale.htm
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Have a wonderful week all!

Diane Dobson Barton
http://www.artist-how-to.com/
http//www.artywiki.com

Artist-How-To.com 02/25/07 Update

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New Free Lessons and Tutorials
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Three new lessons/tutorials listed today!

Photo Essay “Sculpting the Human Head in Polymer Clay”
http://www.artist-how-to.com/pchead.htm

“Weaving On a Bead Loom”
http://www.artist-how-to.com/weavingbl.htm

Creating a Pin Cushion from a Found Object”
http://artist-how-to.com/pinc.htm

To see all free lessons and tutorials
http://www.artist-how-to.com/free.htm

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E-Books
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Choose either E-Book for $9.99

"Controlling Creative Clutter: Organizing the Artist's Studio"

"Make a Profit with Your Passion: Starting a Home-Based Art Business"

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

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ETSY

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

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Vote

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View and vote ‘Yeah’ for our entry at JPG Magazine

Look for a February wrap-up post, in the coming week. :0)

Diane

Artst-How-To - Balls and Other News of Interest

Do you want to see my balls? Balls of variegated thread balls that is? New lesson on how to make your own, and a new article on copyright issues
http://artist-how-to.com/free.htm
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This past week we have been throwing around the idea of not only offer classes, but also adding a wiki to the site. Adding a wiki will enable free sharing of ideas, and support. I would love to continue to hear thoughts from everyone concerning either.
bartonstudio@cox.net
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Shipping fees have been lowered in my ETSY shop so check it out! I will be moving things around this evening so keep an eye out for a clearance category.
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And speaking of moving around, I am upgrading the site's space. This involves moving the site to a new server. So, just in case, be aware that this may cause things to behave funky over the next 48 hours or so. I have not noticed anything yet, but just in case.
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Interesting Links

I LOVE podcast. And whenever I find one that I truly enjoy I can barely contain myself. A friend informed me of the following online radio show and I think it is perfect for any quilter out there. Best of all you can download it and listen to it at your convenience on your Mp3 player.

Alex Anderson (Simply Quilts)
http://alexandersonquilts.com/podcast/

The next link is for those interested in setting up blog with RSS capabilities.
http://www.toprankblog.com/tools/rss-buttons/

If your not yet ready to take the plunge with RSS, the home page contains links to myriad of useful reading. http://www.toprankblog.com/

The final one is my favorite. It is a massive list of free online education, including MIT, UCLA, and Berkeley.
http://www.eliteskills.com/free_education/
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That wraps up this weeks annoucement. Feel free to share this with anyone you think could benefit from its contents.

Have a creative week all!

Diane
http://www.artist-how-to.com/

Artist-How-To.com Class Inquiry

Recently, I have been throwing around the idea of offering online classes through the site. I need to know if folks would be interested. If you are please contact me at bartonstudio@cox.net. If possible include the types of classes you would like to see, if you would like to teach or participate in a class, or just say ‘Heck YEA!” to let us know you would like to see us pursue it further.

http://www.artist-how-to.com/class is where the class area is currently located, and a few ideas of possible classes can be seen.