Protecting Your Artwork Online
I made this video today as a quick response to a question someone sent me. It is geared towards artists who may be hesitant to put pictures of their artwork online for fear of others copying their...
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How to Approach an Art Gallery
Today I made this video very quickly during a stolen moment, so forgive me if it’s a little disjointed and rambling. This is another video geared towards beginning professional artists, so I hope it...
View ArticleHow To Fold Canvas Corners
I made this video to show people how I fold the corners of my canvases when stretching my own. This is obviously geared towards people who are teaching themselves how to stretch canvases, but even if...
View ArticleFocus Your Intention in 2012
Happy New Year! 2011 was eventful for me (maybe a little too eventful even)–I gestated and birthed my second child, had a hugely successful art show and sale, and most recently packed up my entire life...
View ArticleWhat Budding Artists Need to Know about Commissions & Feedback
This post is just for aspiring artists and those just starting out in their careers. In case you missed them, here are my 2 most recent YouTube videos. All about doing work on commission: And all about...
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Responsibilities out the wazoo: Being an artist when you have kids
This is a pep talk to myself and others. Being a professional artist can be lonely and discouraging even when you’re untethered in every sense of the word (think single, childless, healthy, and rich.)...
View ArticleHow to Find Inspiration
Here are a few of my thoughts on how to cultivate inspiration on a regular basis so that you will produce more inspired artwork, more consistently. This is based on what I’ve learned, in almost 20...
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My Art Inventory
Since 2005 I’ve been keeping an inventory of my artwork. Because of this, I have detailed records of 226 of my paintings. I know that my paintings reside in at least 102 households. I have the names...
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4 Art Supplies I Am Digging
In case you are curious, here are 4 art supply products I highly recommend: 1) I’ve been using Holbein Duo Aqua Water Soluble Oils for about 2 years now, and I absolutely love them. I love that because...
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Creating Movement in Paintings
At the recent artists’ conference I attended, I had the privilege of hearing several great speakers. One of them was figurative painter F. Scott Hess who teaches at the Laguna College of Art &...
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Varnishing Oil Paintings
I often forget that details about an artist’s work can be fascinating to others, even if they seem mundane and boring to the artist who has spent years developing a process. So, today I had to remind...
View ArticleHow to Tone a Canvas
“Toning” a canvas is when you cover your entire surface with a thin layer of color before starting your painting, so when you actually begin the painting you had planned, you’re painting on top of a...
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Hypothetical Book for Aspiring Artists
Every now and then–with increasing regularity–I’ll get a question from someone online or in my email that boils down to “How do I create an art career?”–a question so vague and huge, I never know...
View ArticleHow to Attach a Hanging Wire to a Painting
Every painter needs to be proficient at attaching hanging wires! This is a simple task that I’ve done hundreds of times and is very easy to do–if you have the right tools and hardware, and you know how...
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Art By Cedar in Top 100 Art Blogs
Exciting news! A journalist who writes for the NY Times has contacted me for permission to be included in this list of the top 100 art blogs for 2014. This is the second time I’ve been on this...
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My Techie Roots: The Advantages of Being a Multi-Skilled Artist
In case you missed it, this article about the “birth of the creative entrepreneur” is a pretty good read. While of course the world and the way artists work have both changed drastically throughout...
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6 Words That Bring More Art Buyers
“I offer interest free payment plans!” These 6 words are responsible for getting many of my paintings into the hands of excited art buyers–people who, without the option of a payment plan, would’ve...
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Purchase Cedar Lee Prints on Artist Rising
Some of my paintings are already available as prints at Fine Art America. You can now also find my prints for sale on another print website, Artist Rising! I do not have total control over the pricing...
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Salem Art Festival & Portland Open Studios
On Friday, I worked a booth at the Salem Art Festival, spreading the word about Portland Open Studios! Portland Open Studios is a group of just over 100 artists in the Portland, OR metro area, myself...
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PDXOS Community 6 Preview Show
Please join me at this upcoming art event! My artwork will be on display and it’s a great chance to meet some local SE Portland artists if you are in the area. Ben Will Gallery is hosting a Portland...
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