Do You Want Sugar In Your CoolAid? Extra Bonus: Giveaway

I don't believe I wrote about this character on this blog, so here it is. Her name is Tatyana, and she is an artist. You can see videos with this character on my YouTube channel every week and follow the insanity.

Oh yes, and the prints really do cost $1000 each, so if you win this giveaway you will be a proud owner of a $1000 print from her greatness Tatyana

To enter giveaway you can:
Subscribe to this YouTube channel and comment on this video
Subscribe to my blog and comment on this blog post

Bonus entries (bonus entries will not count unless you have done one of the above) are:

Like me on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ArtofArmadaVolya (1 extra entry)

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Youtube For Learning and Selling

Youtube is a great tool. You can have a few laughs as well as learn something there. There are many videos on youtube showing how to do certain things. The drawing and painting tutorials are always helpful. You might think you already know how to draw it, but after watching a few videos you might find a few more tricks. You might simply find a new way to do something. You might figure out how to do it faster. Or you might decide to combine what you are already doing with what you have seen and develop a new way do draw or paint the same thing. Simple watching others paint helped me a lot in figuring out how to draw and paint realistically and it gave me ideas for my future projects.

You can also find new was to promote your art and how to add new gadgets to your site. I am not very good with programing for example. If I have to add something to my template, it's a disaster. It's always helpful to read how to do it, but to see it being done makes it ever easier.

Last but not least you can always promote yourself through youtube. There are many great artists who became very popular because of youtube. It takes some time to make a video, but it's worth it. People like to see the artist behind the art, youtube is a great way to give people what they want. Starting a youtube channel is very easy, so there really is no reason not to do it.

Clayton Kashuba's Abstract and Fantasy Art

Do you know why I love YouTube? This is why.



I mean honestly, where else would I be able to find such a great artist and see him do his artsy magic? The above video is probably amongst my favorite digital paintings done by Clayton. Now I'll be honest, I always had a thing against digital art. I feel that art done with traditional media looks more organic. After watching videos from Clayton Kashuba I'm starting to change my mind. He gives his art more depth, it looks 3 dimensional. Strangely enough I actually like his digital art more than his traditional paintings. Not to say they aren't good, it's just that his digital paintings are great. Speaking of his paintings done with paint...



I love it. Color choice is great, I always loved contrast colors being used in abstract. Composition is great as well. What can I say, I'm an abstract addict.

YouTube is a great place for artists btw, internet is a competitive place and it takes a lot for an artist to get noticed. If you want to be noticed by google, it's easier to get your video on the first page than a regular text page. There are many success stories on YouTube, why not be one of them?