Life of a Artist
There are different types of artists out there. To decide the life of a artist you need to decide the type of artist that you wish to be. Read more about the life of a artist below!
Life of a artist
As an artist I am also a teacher. I work as a teacher full time. Being a teacher full time has helped me to develop consistent and stable income while figuring out the art that I like to make and how I can make money consistently from my artwork.
When I am not teaching I work on making art and in my art business. These gaps happen on weekends, during the summer and Christmas and March break.
Life of a artist - the tasks
Here are some examples of different tasks I do to support myself being an artist and running an art business:
Making art (this doesn’t actually happen as much as I would like it to)
Growing my mailing list and sending emails
Updating my website
Taking photos of my art
Editing photos
Planning and posting social media posts
Planning and filming YouTube videos (my husband edits them)
Uploading YouTube videos, writing the descriptions and making the graphics
Marketing and advertising my art and art exhibitions
Applying to exhibitions and grants
Writing about my art
Planning exhibitions and new artworks
Researching and learning new skills related to art or business
Finding inspiration like going for a hike, walking or camping
Buying art supplies
Framing art
Shipping art
Installing art in galleries for exhibitions
Creating art to sell
Creating art products or prints to sell
Writing descriptions for products to sell
Writing poetry about my art
Deciding art titles
Posting my art on Pinterest
Making networking relationships to benefit my art
Writing blog posts about art
Staying healthy and sleeping so I have the energy to make art and get everything done!
This is just a small list of the life of a artist. As you can imagine, I don’t spend as much time as I would like to painting or making art. Being an artist is about finding balance and making priorities for what you care about.
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