Steps Needed to Become a Full-Time Artist (2024 & Beyond)

[@grozdavranic6972]

Gwen you are Amazing. Glad to know you.

[@GwenFoxArtist]

You just made my day.....thank you!!!

[@ArtLindaMcDonald]

Great words of wisdom 😊

[@mariakapatos9545]

Gwen I have followed you for sometime now on and off, and it’s always good to come back to your posts your encouraging ways and your love in helping us one and all, to me you are like a mother sharing in your wisdom and kindness, and to not give up on the journey to becoming an artist, Bless you and thank you.❤

[@GwenFoxArtist]

What a lovely comment....thank you so much!!!

[@teresazielonko6461]

Thank you Gwen. I feel good all what you say. The people like you, like us, inemployable, but creatifs and curieus, make the world better. I'am a very happy full time artist. The best for you.

[@GwenFoxArtist]

Teresa.....so happy you are one of those wonderful, crazy, unemployable people who share their joy with the world.

[@SimonWrigley]

That is just so lovely, thanks a lot. Just had my first exhibition in about 35 years and wow, I had about 3 weeks to put it all together, it worked :) Your advice is so good, many do not have a plan, I am sort of one of them, but I know it's very important. The workforce is very much based incorrectly with art and creativity often overlooked in the workforce, we see things differently we combine un-combinable things together (on the one canvas) we say they are related, we break many of the cultural boundaries, especially now after covid. Here comes the new renaissance and it's the artists that bounce back first, because, they face themselves every day. We tend to be optimists, and we know how to create, let's get to it. Thanks for your beautiful advice.

[@GwenFoxArtist]

Oh Simon....your advice is fabulous....congratulations on your exhibition.....bet it was great!!!

[@momdonnelly]

I was going back and catching up on some of my bookmarked videos and just watched this, so glad I did! Wow such an inspiration. You hit the mark on everything I needed to hear. I'm stuck on the marketing thing but I really needed to realign why I'm doing this and not be deterred by the minutia in the process. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and great advice.

[@GwenFoxArtist]

So happy it helped you...

[@GulfIslandRock]

❤❤❤great mentor

[@fcruz2012]

Very helpfull. Thanks a lot!❤

[@GwenFoxArtist]

You are so welcome....glad you liked it...

[@davidgoyettemedia4064]

Wonderful insight, Gwen. I would add that the most difficult challenge for many in becoming a professional artist is the capacity to internally self identify. That is, to confidently tell people that you care for that yes, you are an artist.

[@GwenFoxArtist]

David....I totally agree with you . Developing confidence is one of the things I should have added.....thank you for pointing this out. As wonderful as it is to be an artist it requires that we step into ourselves , accept that we are wonderfully different while sharing with the world what is in our heart and soul.

[@nancymiller1013]

Gwen i am retiring and going full time into, “real people portraits”, portraits need to be revived from the rich privilege to be enjoyed by all. My daughter is helping me build a website. Because of you i have made a giant leap into bright non traditional colored portraits . I will keep you posted when i go “live” eek so exciting.

[@GwenFoxArtist]

I am soooooooo excited for you Nancy. You do fabulous portraits and I know your going "full time" will be a great success. I am so happy I helped in some way but can't figure out what it was....how kind of you to thank me .....love you!

[@estherwit1124]

❤️🥰thank you!!❤️🥰

[@GwenFoxArtist]

You are so welcome Esther....

[@AntonioManlioNieto]

Good Morning , since few days i looked at many youtube vedeos. Good Artists , good taste or bad taste ( always relativ) but elegance is someting else. You are an Artist. A rich geerous soul. I can see your eyes meanwhile painting; They express more than thousands words. You are a poet. as well And i can feel it. I will contact you soon because i do really think i need a coach and never had one during my entire life. I prefer to call a coach A guide, a muse that encourage you to go behind the mirror. best wishes

[@GwenFoxArtist]

Antonio....thank you so much for your lovely comment. I totally agree with you on the words used for coaching....a guide or a muse sounds great. I look forward to your email if you choose to do so going forward with discussing future guiding.

[@pattyburroughs3785]

In one of your videos you use a transparent black….. what is the name of that black? Made by who? Thanks love your videos ❤️

[@GwenFoxArtist]

Patty....I bet you are referring to the transparent brown that can look like black.....it is Asphaltum by Gamblin. You will love it as it is a fabulous color.