International Artist February - March 2018/ No.119

“How did you do that?” has been our guiding motto since the very early days of this magazine. In fact, it is printed out and on our wall for us to see every day. It is the simple idea that launched this magazine as well as the one that keeps us going well into the future. Artists want to see other work by artists, and when they see such work they typically want to know how it was created. That is where International Artist comes into the picture. There is another thing we are fascinated with. And that is a little beyond this simple question of how. It is with what? What materials did you use? What brushes? What paints? What pigments? What canvas? What palette? What easel? In fact,…

Grand Prize Mark Hobson British Columbia, Canada, The Survivor, acrylic, 32 x 64" (81 x 163 cm) Grand Prize is a four-page editorial feature in American Art Collector magazine Celebrating the Natural World Working in a realistic style, artist Mark Hobson finds inspiration in the varying habitats of the natural world—from deserts to rainforests to high alpine to underwater and even weathered buildings and boats. “Living on the rugged outer coast of Vancouver Island—though my work is strongly influenced by the drama of the North Pacific and the moody rain-soaked forests and inlets that surround my studio— the ultimate goal is to try to portray the feeling of a particular place rather than copy the landscape precisely,” says Hobson. In that, Hobson is triggered by how light interacts with subject matter.…

FULL COLOR DIGITAL PRINT-OUTS Use the Official Entry Form over the page ONLINE Visit our website to upload digital files of the images you want to enter and pay for them using our secure server. www.internationalartist.com To upload your entries you need to prepare your image files to be at least 400 pixels at the shortest edge. Once you are in the Official Online Entry page simply select which challenge you wish to enter then follow the prompts and finally pay the entry fee via our secure server. There you can also see other entries received along with past winners of our competitions. HINTS FOR PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR ARTWORK • Set your camera to the highest quality available. • Shoot your paintings dead square on and fill the frame as much as…

A continuing series of art competitions designed to encourage the best talent working in the world today open to any painting or drawing medium. ENTER OUR NEW ART COMPETITION CHALLENGE No. 105 Still Life See your work published in International Artist magazine and also receive a 4-page Editorial Feature in American Art Collector, the prestigious magazine read by collectors and galleries looking for new art work in the world’s biggest art market. Winners and Finalists in our competitions don’t just win awards to hang on their walls. The real value of entering and being one of the winners is that your work will not only be seen by hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide but also by leading galleries and collectors in America, the biggest art market of all. Our…

For your convenience there are three International Entry Points. You can pay your Entry Fee by Visa or MasterCard. 1 USA / CANADA THE AMERICAS Send your entry and payment of US $9 per entry/picture to: International Artist magazine Challenge No. 105: Still Life 7530 East Main Street, Suite 105 Scottsdale, AZ 85251, USA Enter your Credit Card details on the Entry Form below or include a Check/Money Order made payable to International Artist. (Checks must be in US Dollars and drawn on a US bank) 2 UNITED KINGDOM / EUROPE AFRICA Send your entry and payment of £5 (or 8) per entry/picture to: International Artist magazine Challenge No. 105: Still Life 7530 East Main Street, Suite 105 Scottsdale, AZ 85251, USA Enter your Credit Card details on the Entry…

Asking questions to your clients can help you handle any sales situation. Just remember to let the client answer each question before you ask another. Let’s look at different kinds of questions and how they might help us sell. Closed questions narrow the focus of the response. » They tend to encourage factual answers, often simply yes or no. » Usually closed questions begin with words like did, do, can, where and are. » For example, “Do you like my painting?” Open questions tend to encourage discussion. » That’s because they do not have simple responses. » They encourage opinions as answers and often begin with how or what. » Such as, “How do you think you’ll explain your choice to your husband?” Permission questions open up a situation. »…