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How Daily Painting Changed My Life (and Can Change Yours Too!) -- My Materials -- Subject Matters -- Value -- Color Mixing -- Drawing and Proportion -- Composition -- Staying Fresh and Loose with Oil -- Fighting Artists' Block -- How to Photograph and Edit Small Paintings -- Tips for Better Online Sales

"A unique system for jump-starting artistic creativity, encouraging experimentation and growth, and increasing sales for artists of all levels, from novices to professionals. Too many artists find themselves in a frustrating rut: unable to sell paintings hanging in galleries, bogged down by projects they can't finish or abandon, and using any excuse to avoid working in the studio. Author Carol Marine was herself suffering from painter's block--until she discovered "daily painting." The idea is simple: do art (usually small) often (how often is up to the individual) and, if you desire, post it and sell it online. Today Marine is among the best and most celebrated daily painters, and the curator of the popular online gallery dailypaintworks.com. In her debut, Daily Painting, Marine reveals the tips and tricks that helped her and other daily painters pick up the paintbrush and start creating beautiful, bountiful, marketable work"--