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Welcome back to our Business of Art series, where I answer the most common questions I get from artists like you about starting a business with your art!  Once again, I’m writing this one with the help of my wife Andrea, who’s the business mind behind ColorByFeliks! This week is all about BALANCE.  Making a living off your art requires being both an artist and a businessperson, and as an artist myself, I know it can seem intimidating when you think of the business side of things.  Thankfully, it’s not as hard as you think, and Andrea and I are...

Welcome back to my Business of Art miniseries!    In this series, I answer some of your most pressing questions about starting an art business and making a living at what you love. I’m joined by my wife, Andrea, who is the business brain behind ColorByFeliks! Creating simply for the joy of creating is the most important thing as an artist, and not everyone has to make a business out of their art.  That being said, if you feel called to earn a living doing what inspires you, then I’ve got you!  I’m going to spend this week’s blog answering...

  Welcome to the first of a four-part blog series specifically about making money with your art business!  I receive a ton of questions all the time about how to do just that, and I think I’m in a unique position to answer those questions since my wife Andrea and I, currently make our full time living with our art business ColorByFeliks.  All the questions we’ll be answering below were submitted by you, my audience! My wife Andrea and I are putting our heads together to answer your questions as best as we can. This week’s blog will be all...

  Hi Friends! This week I’m revisiting another of my classic acrylic painting tutorials!  This one is a little different: I’m going into more detail to give you a specific acrylic painting technique for painting trees 🌲.  You’ll be able to bring this technique into pretty much any painting you do that involves trees, so it’s a great tool to have in your toolbelt 🔧! These may look intimidating, but I will break it down into six very easy steps and once you get the hang of it, it’ll become second NATURE to paint trees (no pun intended! 😜).  This...

  Today I’m continuing my classic tutorials series with this gorgeous field of yellow tulips at sunset!  This one is a small step up in difficulty from the colorful acrylic paintings we’ve done the past two weeks, but I think you’ll still find it easy to follow along and end up with your own beautiful painting for sale or for your wall.   This one strikes a personal note with me, as I grew up in a small rural town in northern Washington State.  Every April, the tulip fields would be in full bloom and I saw a scene much...