JOURNAL — Business

Rare Bird Co. Studio Newsletter #2 Happy February, here’s some recent posts from the Rare Bird Co. Journal + some interesting links around the web. Starting a journal and ideas for what to write in it (My beautiful new olive green notebook, isn't she pretty) A few weeks ago, I came into my daughter's room and was pleasantly surprised to find her journaling. About a year ago, we had started journaling together. We both had gotten new notebooks for Christmas and we were on vacation with plenty of time to kill. We enjoyed doing a few journal entries together, but...

Currently, I am working on posting more to the journal/ blog section of our website. I am calling this my online journal.  The problem with social media for artists Lately, there's been a lot of talk about social media and Instagram and sharing online. Is it dead and what are we going to do next? Where are we going to go next as artists and creative businesses that share online? Carson Ellis wrote a lovely comic about it here. Kristen Drozdowski quit instagram last year and wrote about her experience since quitting here. Some interesting food for thought. Coinciding with...

It's one of my goals this year to make my art practice front and center in my work days. I can get caught up in all the other aspects of running a creative business (ie. administrative task, packing and shipping, social media, research, etc) that I leave little room for the actual creative part. As I’ve been slowly moving away from social media, I’ll plan to post weekly to monthly round ups of art that I’ve been working on lately here in the journal.  New line art style drawing In the past few weeks I've been interested in making art...

Just popping in to let you know I just posted a new studio vlog on my youtube channel. This one basically covers February and March, which have actually been pretty busy months. I talk about life and work right now as a full time artist / illustrator and small business owner.  Art business topics discussed Lots of art + business topics covered new video podcast my studio makeover the 100 day project new artwork my childrens book progress business growth/outsourcing website/portfolio update a new skillshare class life stuff Phew! As you can tell, it’s been a busy season of life. Hope you enjoy the video!

There’s a new studio vlog on my YouTube channel! It’s a long form/very chatty art biz vlog style update. Follow along as I pack up framed art print orders, work on a new Skillshare class and talk about new creative projects. Let me keep you company while you work around the house - that’s how I like to watch these style videos ;).It’s been almost a year since my last YT video (thanks covid) and I’ve been thinking a lot about creating more content on this platform. I hope for it to be a way to connect and a place...