Marty Yokawonis 05 May 2013

Tina I took a quick look at your 40 works in the thumbnail versions.

The ones that stood out to me were Wolverine, pencil drawing; Leo, ink dotted drawing; the castle, woodcut; the drawing for Caden your son. I these things I saw great design skills and strong form conception. In some of your other more abstract works I wasn't as interested because they weren't as cohesive. Abstraction may not be something you are naturally adept at so I would study the works of abstract artists to see how they use the surface to design. A lot of times we think if there is no object being represented then it must be an abstract but abstraction is actually built on strong formal considerations and without a good skeleton of designed ideas an abstraction can look weak.

Marty Yokawonis 07 May 2013

as far as selling goes it's really not about good art or bad art. Selling is another skill entirely. I wouldn't rely solely on artwanted for self promotion. You need to do a blog and a facebook page as well or consider opening up an Etsy store. You should also consider a basic web page like on wix.com where you can link your blog, your Etsy store, a resume of shows you've done or awards you have received. That's what helps to get the word out that you have work to sell. But in the end the best way to sell is simply to do outdoor shows and actually face the public.

Tina Hernandez 23 May 2013

Thank you so much for your advice, and compliments, and well, just everything! I appreciate you taking the time for me and my Art, and I definataly will work more on everything you suggested!

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