As I promised way back in December, I would be posting my income at the end of every month, since I needed some accountability to make myself step up. December went better than November, and January went much, much better than December. Of course, I had to pay for my tuition, so I only had [...]
You’ll remember that at the beginning of December, I decided that I was going to make more money and declared all of my financial goals to you, along with a commitment to publicly reveal my monthly income. Right, so this is the first of those, for December. Now, in November, I made $626.95. Yes, it [...]
It’s been a week since I declared my terrifying, but determined goal to step up and start making more money. Since then, the Universe has conspired in my favour – clients I haven’t heard from in years emailed me, I had a portrait commission and a print order, and then another portrait commission. I got [...]
Confession: since I arrived home from France, my financial situation has been in shambles. My boyfriend and I are bleeding cash. Six months with little work, and minimal marketing of either my art or my web design services has left me scraping by, scrambling to get my rent together. I’ve been working at rebuilding, but [...]
The day I was accepted into Studio Escalier in France, I applied for the Elizabeth Greenshields award. It’s a $12,500 grant awarded to realist artists for various reasons. I was hoping to use money to offset the majority of my costs this summer. Yesterday, I received a note informing me that I hadn’t been successful. [...]
I haven’t posted in a few days because I’ve been having a meltdown a few fears. January 5th is fast approaching. That’s the day I’m informed whether I’ve been accepted into the program in France or not. Quite frankly (and surprisingly), I’m not worried about that part. It’s totally out of my hands, so there [...]
I would just like to say a big YEEHAW for my new site – if you’re reading this by RSS or by email, you’ll definitely want to click through and check it out. I am super proud of my new baby – blood, sweat, tears, and 5 days straight of coding went into this puppy. [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about my prices lately, and as I mentioned here, my prices will be going up as of March 20th, in honour of my 22nd birthday. It’s hard though, looking at my prices. They won’t be going up by astronomical amounts, probably a few hundred dollars. Enough that I can actually [...]
Yesterday on Twitter, I asked how other artists worked out their pricing and I got some brilliant advice back. Contrary to yesterday, I no longer think I’m going to drop my prices – I’m going to raise them. When I actually sit down and do the math on my art, I’m losing money. I may [...]
The Comparison Game Oooh, I’m really good at at this game! Let’s play, shall we? First, you have to pick something you’re really passionate about. So, using myself as an example, we’ll use art. Pretty damned passionate about that. Next, you find someone who is incredibly successful at that thing you love, and is someone [...]
