ArtBistro

I think learning from all of you is great. good thing we are all different with our ideas and thinking. This keeps life interesting and hopefully versatile.Art is to me is expressing our innerself and what holds our interest. Life don't have to be a bunch of rules to be an artist as I learned from my surrounding. I am open minded to critics who say what goes which is hypocritical.We're living in a BS world constantly adapting to new way of thinking and living and imatating new art forms.

great advise but some of those tips are only usefull dependingon where you live, i live in a country where creativity is a minor detail, where cheap and effortless work sells for little or nothing, but great work sells for nothing unles you're from another country contracted to do the same work that someone living in the country can do.
My country is also very traditional and close minded to things outside the norm, in the art world that can vary from graphics to music, people rather buy african art no matter how badly done it is, they rather buy a beach landcape than buy impressionistic paintings, they rather listen to badly composd music they grew up hearing than listen to a well composed form of music ouside of their tradition. We have one art college and when you leave their the only job you are required to get is with a graphic firm if you studied graphics, and getting that job is a million to one chance.

So you end up working for you relf making money outside the country, but stil wont get thta much opertunity of being a great artist unless you leave the country, because the only "great" artists here are those well known for doing sculptures and paintings of poor people living on the street, or celebrating their oh so awesome independence from slavery (which is getting old now), now in a country like this who's perception of art is limited to a beautifull sunset painting, then what's the hope? can you blame artists like me who decide to find outlets else where, maybe even a home for my art itself?

so yea all those are good advise but location helps a lot too.

Yes, good advise, but still :::) I've done all this!!!LOL! just sometimes we have to be way too much involve and search but I have no time!!
I need to work in order to make it for a living as well!!
I WISH WE NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ECONOMIC ISSUES! Than I would have paint nonstop!! CREATIVITY TAKES OVER THE LIFE PROBABLY! in my case. Of course YOU'LL NEVER GIVE UP!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!:)

thanks
this is what i do now really but the proplem is that i am away from the college i love to study in
can anyone help me by suggest how i can do that

I wish I had read this 20 years ago. I like the step by step process. You have defined a clear route.

Excellent article - I noticed that it was written in August, 2007, but the guidelines are timeless - great job!

My problem has always been Step Three - I have so many diverse interests that it is difficult to narrow them down! Thanks for pointing this out!

can we skip step five? I wish i'd had this infor 15 years ago.