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Welcome artists and creative people of all kinds! This page is for those of you who are trying to make it in the arts or just love the art world. In the coming issues we'll have information for visual artists, sculptors, musicians and performing artists.
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Color Trends for Artists & Designers
Fall is here and the seasonal palette is warm and autumnal. If you are a craftsperson, potter or an artist who designs housewares, your color palette right now will be yellows, golds, oranges, reds, browns and purples. But what about color trends in fashion or interior design? Those trends effect all creative people as these are the colors of the moment.
The 12 Hottest Design Colors and Combinations
- Gray (especially if paired with a bright color like yellow or green)
- Turquoise (especially when paired with hot pink)
- Camel
- Rose
- Lime and Fuchsia together
- Black and Red together
- Coral
- Lilac
- Olive
- Cobalt Blue
- Metallic Sheens
- Loud 80's Colors (They're baaaaaaaaaaaaack!!)
CREATIVE TIDBIT
Paint your studio walls gray. This neutral, calming color will not compete with your paints, tints or pigments so you can see the colors as they truly are. As you know colors look different depending on what other colors they are next to. And gray is also the easiest color on the eye which is another plus for any workplace or studio.
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Art Books You Should Own
Oldies but goodies that should be in every artist's bookshelf:
Marketing for Artists CD
Based on Susan Lee's successful Marketing for Artists presentation, this highly informative CD can be viewed on your pc or printed. It includes the following sections:
- Marketing for Visual Artists
- Public Relations for Visual Artists
- Marketing & PR for Writers (information for published and non-published writers)
- Photoshop Tutorials
- How to Photograph Your Artwork
- Portfolio Creation and Organization (hard copies and online galleries)
- Complete clickable links to recommended instructional videos, marketing books and software
- Clickable links to artists resources on the web including grants, mailing lists, benefits for artists & more
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