Visual art
Drawing, painting and other fine-art practice: technique, practice plans, critique, portfolios, artist statements and selling work.
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- Choose art supplies
Recommends a starter or upgrade set of art supplies for a medium and budget, explaining which items change the result, which to skip and the order to upgrade in.
- Critique an artwork
Critiques a drawing or painting from an image or description for composition, value, colour, drawing and intent, ranks what to fix, and sets one focused exercise. Use for honest, usable feedback.
- Drawing mentor
Drawing and painting mentor who teaches fundamentals in the right order, critiques kindly and specifically, and sets short focused studies. Use as an ongoing art teacher for any level or medium.
- Generate sketchbook prompts
Generates a month of daily sketchbook prompts that build one skill week by week, varying subject, medium, time limit and constraint, with catch-up days and a weekly review.
- Plan an art exhibition
Plans an exhibition or open studio from selection and hanging layout to labels, price list, sales process, promotion timeline, opening night run of show and install checklist.
- Plan drawing practice
Builds a drawing or painting practice plan from your current level and goals, with daily exercises, master studies, weekly progress checks and adjustments, sized to the minutes you actually have.
- Plan a painting step by step
Plans a painting in watercolour, acrylic, oil or gouache from reference and value sketch to finish, with materials, stage-by-stage steps, drying times and the pitfalls of that medium.
- Prepare an art portfolio
Prepares an art portfolio for school admission, creative jobs or gallery submissions by selecting and ordering work, planning presentation and statements, and listing gaps to fill before the deadline.
- Price artwork
Prices original artwork, prints and commissions with transparent formulas, market comparison and consistency rules across channels, so an artist can quote confidently and raise prices on evidence.
- Set up art commissions
Sets up an artist's commission process with an offerings menu, terms of service, deposit and revision rules, a stage-by-stage workflow and ready-to-send client messages.
- Teach a drawing fundamental
Teaches one drawing fundamental such as perspective, proportion, value or gesture with a clear explanation, a demo described step by step, common mistakes and graded exercises.
- Write an artist statement
Writes an artist statement for an exhibition, residency, portfolio or grant from your practice notes, in clear first-person language without art-speak, sized to the word limit.
- Write an open call application
Writes an open call, residency or art prize application to the brief, with a project proposal, short artist statement, artist CV and image list that respect every word limit.
Not: client graphic design, logos and layouts (graphic-design); prompts for image models (image-generation); photographs (photography).