Blog Triage - HW 1 - Desperately Seeking Art-Loving Readers

Since the birth of my blog, "Art Making is a Journey" in January 2009, it has grown into the spirited and precocious toddler.

It has changed from a place to share my artwork and journey as an emerging artist to a place that I can connect with artists and readers from all over the world.

It is a visual and written representation of what is in my head, my heart and what is being created with my hands. It is a necessary and exciting part of my own creative process.

But it wouldn't have grown to this without you.

My readers (frequent or first-timers) help me to define what it is that I write about.

When people email me asking about encaustic techniques or set-up, I know it is because of posts on this blog. I love to share my knowledge with others, and this blog has become my platform.

Yet, sometimes it is neglected. ::Cough, Cough:: Even sick. Ignored. Needing medical attention...

So to help revitilize my blog's health, I have signed up for the online "Blog Triage" class taught by Art Biz Coach Alyson B. Stanfield and Original Impulse/Journey Juju Cynthia Morris.

I have been reading Alyson and Cynthia's blogs since the birth of my blog, so I feel like I know them personally. They are doctors who know the secrets to a healthy blog.

Our "Homework" for this class will be completing assignments on our blog. I hope by sharing this that you will be inspired to check the pulse of your own blog. Here is part 1 of Homework 1.
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Blog Triage - Homework 1, part 1 - Describe your ideal readers

Desperately Seeking Art-Loving Readers

You:

• Highly interested in Encaustic (hot beeswax painting) and want to know more about it

• Has a sense of humor!
• Love to look at and/or make art
• Lifetime learner and seeker of knowledge
• Enjoy reading about the creative process
• Visually stimulated
• Loves process art and experimentation
  
• Cares about contemporary art
• Can be artist working in any medium
• Can be a student, retiree, working person, male or female (or cat), physical appearance does not matter
• Hardworking and dedicated to the creative process
• Wants to learn more about how to market your art
• Interested in Feminism, Conceptualism, Post-Modernism, and other Art History-isms
• Understanding if I ramble and change topics
• Willing to support an "unknown," emerging artist

Preference: Living in San Diego area, CA, but open to other areas of the country/world

Enjoy reading blogs and social networking a plus, but not necessary

Me:

• Emerging, Mixed media and Encaustic artist

• Loves to share and promote Encaustic paintings and sculpture
  
• Hardworking and dedicated student and mother
• Loves to write about process art
• Tends to write excessively about own life - even the "bad" stuff
• Takes lots of in progress pictures
• Needs to blog as part of the creative process
• Lover of knowledge, with a tad bit of nerdiness
• Needs to teach and share that knowledge with others
• Cannot resist sharing on Social Networking sites
• Very interested in Conceptualism, Feminism and Art-isms yet to be named
• Supports other artists
• Tends to talk too much and change subject at will

Looking for long-term relationship with multiple readers.
Let's get together and share this love of art! Will you be my reader?

No application needed - just read and enjoy.

Feeling moved to reach out and connect with me? I am always available to respond to your comments and email.

Thanks for sharing in this journey with me, however long you have been here!

Until next time; Happy Art-making! ~ Jaime Lyerly