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I had been meaning to do a still life for the longest time, but I guess I simply lacked the discipline to set up a some objects and actually sit down and paint! Well this time the group of objects that one of my student's put up for her still life was too much for me to resist!! I sat down and actually painted a still life for the first time in years. The one thing that I realized painting this piece was how much I loved good old fashioned styled painting , still lifes, landscapes, while I will never stop painting abstracts, I think thanks to my student's I have rediscovered my love of  stills and also realized the discipline it takes to simply sit down put everthing aside and paint ( Since she was going to dismantle everything in a short period of time! :(  )
It was a wonderful experience !!

Nayna Shriyan - Business Networking on Ecademy

Nayna Shriyan - Business Networking on Ecademy

Art promotion websites

        For quite a while now, I have been showcasing my work on online galleries, like abosolutearts.com, artmajeur.com, creative-brush.com , and so many others. While I think that these sites surely provide a great platform for artists to showcase their work, I am yet to see any real response from it.
       I have had some interaction with artists that I have met and that has been really interesting. I have had some interesting conversations with these artists, and have also heard of some great opportunities, form these fellow artists, but where actual sales figures are concerned, I have only had a few inquiries.
      I have been told and also many art marketing experts have said that it is quite important to drive traffic to these sites. I do agree to this logic, but my confussion is this: I have my own website to showcase my work,( and I am also working on a new site for specifically shwocasing my enamelled jewelry along with a blog for the same).
So now do I promote my own site or do I promote these other sites on which I have a page each?
I would love to hear opinions on this subject .