Painting: Three Magenta Palm Trees

I have been busy with my new website, investigating what are meta tags and painting my latest commissioned painting (a penguin). I love it! So, I am making time today to post a new painting.

This piece was lots of fun to create. It was one of those days that I felt like experimenting with a new medium. I took some watercolor crayons out, and before I knew it these three palm trees appeared on the board! I love when that happens. I wish I can remember the process of loosing my mind into the painting. I think that when I am not afraid to mess up, is when I get most creative.

Three Magenta Palm Trees

The good news is that I didn’t stop there. I created a few more palm trees. You could check it out by clicking here. It will take you to my official webpage.

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Have a wonderful day!

What are Meta Tags? The answer…

… might be a bit complicated. However, here is my attempt to explain it based on what I read the past couple of weeks.

Do you remember those index cards, were you used to write recipes? (maybe school lessons? or business contacts?) I do! My favorite one was oatmeal cookies.

You are probably thinking what on earth recipes has to do with Meta Tags?  Well, believe it or not, it works exactly the same in the World Wide Web (WWW) (at least this is what I understood ).

The usual practice to write a recipe on an index card was to include a short title, which helped us find it later. The list of ingredients was as important, being that a wrong item would throw you off completely. Finally, the preparation took us into a more detailed explanation. In other words, I wouldn’t titled this recipe chicken stew, nor would I find red vinegar as  part of my ingredients, right?

Then, if you understand how we used those index cards, you understand Meta Tags! Meta Tags have the same purpose and system. The most common ones below:

My Artist Website is up and running!

Nothing can take away the feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction after finishing a project.

In my case, I can now introduce to you my official artist website. It’s still a work in progress, but I am proud of the result. There are many things I need to do to it. Change the color of the drop down menu is one of the easiest item on my list. Adding meta tags to the pages is the hardest, which not only will take me a while to complete, but before I start I need to understand it better. These meta tags are the most important part of the site, besides presentation, being that these are the tools I have for the search engines to find me. I also need to include the “add to cart” option to facilitate purchase.

As you can see, having a website is exciting as well as hard work, but somebody had to do it. Eventually, I will be able to hire an assistant to keep my page running and up to date with my latest work (I know I’m dreaming now, but this is the first step to make it happen).

It is always helpful to hear different perspectives.  So, if you would like to send me your suggestions, opinions or why not praises , I would love to hear from you!

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On fear and faith...

Reblogged from Craft-Create-Connect:

My tween daughter said something to me last night and it put a giant knot in my heart. She said,

" Mom, kids go to school and get shot. Kids go to school and are killed by a tornado. People go to the movies and are shot. They run a marathon and are bombed. Kids watch a marathon and die. Why?"

Read more… 401 more words

This post was written by Kim (KBT) a beautiful soul and a mother. She posted a conversation she had with her daughter, which is a must read!  This is the kind of post that would be amazing if it is twitted and shared in all the Social Sites as much as possible. I did! :D

Do you share your Art on Social Media Sites like Pinterest and Facebook? Think again!

I did, until recently that is !!!!

Having an account on Facebook, Pinterest or any other social media website like Instagram, Flikr (yahoo) or Twitter has become the norm.  In fact, not having an account these days is unusual.  We don’t even think about not sharing our thoughts, our interests and our lives with the world. In my perspective, it is not just a great way to connect, but also to promote my work.

At least this was how I felt until a few days ago.

I can’t remember how I begun to ponder about what happens to my art when shared on social media sites. However, I can tell you I am happy I got the itch to investigate.

I must shamefully admit that I have never read their agreements to any of these sites. Maybe because they are extensively long.  It could also be, because ‘terms and conditions’ are usually complicated.  Up to this point, I’d tried to read them and got lost after the second paragraph.  The good news is that there are plenty of articles about this subject, which explains it in plain English.  In fact, below I included links to several great publications about this matter.

Painting: Three Palm Trees with Magenta Skies

One way to exercise my creativity is by getting away from the usual medium and colors. Sometimes it is not easy and if it doesn’t come out how I pictured it, it can get expensive. So, whenever I take the risk, I usually do it in a small scale. The result turned out better than expected, so I placed it for Auction. Let’s see how it goes.

Acrylic on paper

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Painting: Low Tides

As some of you know, I recently took the leap and became a full-time artist (I like to remind myself Still feels like a dream). So now, I can take some of my time to experiment with different materials, mediums and styles. This will help me grow as an artist.

Here is the latest piece. I painted it on ampersand board instead of canvas. I was blown away by the smoothness of its surface. The paint moved with such ease, it seemed as if the brush was alive.

So, here it is and I hope you enjoy it.

Low Tides
Acrylic on Ampersand 8 x 10

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