02/03/2008 16:53:23

I am with all of you.  I just purchased Photoshop and am working on creating a portfolio, etc.  I am having to spend many, many hours just educating myself with the software.  I have not made applications to galleries because I still am working on portfolios, but that is coming.  Alison, how many hours do you spend a week marketing and how many hours do you spend painting? I am just curious.  I seem to be working a ton of hours doing these promo packs-and I just hate writing bio's and such, blah blah blah-- I just want a brochure and some info for purchasing.  I know that it is good for business, but uck!  Is it just me that feels this way about it?   Deb

01/05/2008 09:36:33

I'm pretty well versed with today's computer applications but there's something about putting together a promo packet that just drives me crazy.  Maybe it's spending so much time thinking about how to describe my self, my work and my work ethic when I feel like I'm losing my work ethic by writing that crap.  Now a days my friends just leave me alone whenever I have to put together a packet.  They now the drill.

01/05/2008 09:04:00

I'm with you. Too much time is demanded by this machine.  I worked without it for many years and now can't understand how.       me

01/04/2008 22:53:54

My husband also an artist, is not as computr-centric as i am.. i end up going his promo work too... believe me most of us doing self promotin have earned computer science degrees with time served!

thanks for the input & nice to meet you!