I’m working myself out of my little mental crisis, slowly but surely. I’ve been focusing on my art for the last three days–systematically going through that list of 66+ websites I mentioned before and determining which would be a good fit for me, thinking about a new artist’s statement, looking at a grant application, painting, sketching.
I’ve found a few good blogs that are new to me, and I’d like to share them with you:
- Betsy Lewis’ How to Build an Art Career in One Year - for career support
- Ken Robert’s blog Mildly Creative - for a quick intro, read his manifesto
- Patricia Ariel’s blog Mesmerized by the Sirens - I love to watch her gorgeous paintings come to life
- Daily Art Muse - because they condense the noise down to really cool stuff
- Empty Easel - a good source of art info, especially of the web variety
- Cory Huff’s The Abundant Artist - more career support, and local (to me) to boot!
- And due to sheer awesomeness: the Pancake Project - I especially like the Leggo my Eggo
I’m looking forward to reading them. If you have a blog you love (or a blog yourself (not necessarily art related!)) drop me a line in the comments.



Lesley is a painter living and working in Portland, Oregon.

Hi Lesley! thanks so much for the mention. I hope that you find my site helpful.
Hi Lesley,
I am glad you found my list of 66+ sites for artists and thanks for mentioning it.
You mention the overwhelming feeling - believe me, when I put it together, they all look the same after awhile
Hope you bookmarked it, because I am adding new ones all the time…
Cheers
Moshe
I can imagine! I’ll keep checking in with it, glad you are posting more!
No problem!