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Turn your art into fine art prints!

Turn your original art into high quality fine art prints - If you’re not offering prints of your artwork here’s your sign to start now! When I started turning my original artwork into high quality prints, my income JUMPED. It may seem small, but prints are one of the smartest things you can do if you want to have a successful art business.

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How to select artwork that works well together

I often get asked how to start a gallery wall or which art prints work well together, so I’d show you a few options to help kick off your creative juices. When I first begin picking paintings that could work together I like to think about the space, are these going to hang close to each other (like in a gallery wall or paired over a entry table?

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How to work through a creative rut as an artist- 5 tips

In my lifetime of creating art and my 5 year of business I have become good friends with the “creative rut.” Those dry seasons as an artist when the creativity feels harder to come by or your ideas just feel not in alignment with some part of yourself. When I feel like I’m creatively stuck I found these 5 tips helpful to get the juices flowing and find new inspiration.

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New Art Print "Sea Of Teal

I want to introduce you to the newest abstract landscape print in the shop! It’s vibrant and full of life and what’s funny is that I used to run away from bold bright paintings. I thought neutral was where it was where it was at, I love a minimalist color pallet in my home and thought that the art had to match. But as my style and taste has developed I’ve realized they are beautiful when paired together. My ideal home decor is fairly neutral because

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For The Artist, Studio Life Kendra Castillo For The Artist, Studio Life Kendra Castillo

Your workspace needs this... meet Canvas (more than a desk lamp!)

Do you hate having a cluttered workspace, a million “tools” spread about? That was the problem I felt like I was constantly battling in the studio. That was all before I was introduced to CANVAS… I know you might be thinking “I know what a canvas is” but this is not a piece of fabric. This is a stunning minimalist workspace lamp that will replace studio lights for overhead film making, a tripod for your camera and the terrible issue of desk clutter!

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For The Artist Kendra Castillo For The Artist Kendra Castillo

Goal Setting Workbook for Life and Business - FREE download

I remember sitting at my desk staring at the screen wondering "what am I even doing, what's the point." At this point I had been running my art business for about a year and I still felt like a fish out of water. I kept trying a million different things. I was spending so much time trying to absorb any free resource I could find that would TELL ME WHAT TO DO.

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Monthly Art Wall Planners

Monthly planning just got way cuter because I’ve added two brand new large scale wall calendar to the shop! They have beautiful artwork as well as space to write down all the important details for the month, plus space to mark of tasks, top priorities and goals. Lot’s of thought and planning went into the layout of the monthly calendar, it was designed so when you pop it into a frame and then it becomes a reusable dry erase calendar!

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Vintage Framed Landscape Paintings

I can’t believe I’m saying this… but the final paintings of 2022 have been released, they may be small but they are mighty!

Every year I hold this precious bundle of vintage frames and try to imagine what will be placed inside them. Something new from something old, how many stories and memories have filled these frames before?

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