Hello, New To The Group

Gorgeous artwork!

Great stuff! How would "you" describe your style?

Thanks so much! This piece is called Natural Baby Girl. I like her so much I use her for my picture on Facebook art fan page! This is a digital art piece taken from a photo turned into a drawing and run through a couple more computer applications to get th finished product! Believe me my fingers were pretty tired by the time I was done and I went back and forth with color, texture, line, shading, values the whole 9 yards. I'm happy how it turned out she's soo cute!

Hi, Karen -- your work is wonderful! :-)



I learned long ago not to count on friends and family as a viable market for my art; It's the entire rest of the world I'm after! Here's some unsolicited, late-night advice --

Remember to always market yourself and your work where it's appropriate. For instance, if you mention having a Facebook page (which you did), follow up by making sure interested parties can then find, Like, Friend, and/or Follow your page. There are also Facebook and Twitter threads here in the forums, where you can add your links. That's an easy way to pick up new followers and follow other artists, too. Here's a current/recent FB thread --

http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2531650

Search the forum for threads on marketing your work. There's tons of easily accessible information available here.

Leave no stone unturned in getting the word out! Oh, and late-night threads don't have nearly the reach of threads posted during peak, daytime hours. Stop by tomorrow (oops, make that later today, in my time zone), and comment in your thread. That will bump your thread up so, hopefully, more FAA members can read it and get to know you. Our discussion threads show up in Google, so participating here can boost your overall Internet presence -- even if just a bit.

Wishing you the very best,

~ Wendy
https://www.facebook.com/wendyjstchristopher (See what I did there?) ;-)