Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist

By Lisa Congdon

Book Overview

You don't have to starve to be an artist. Build a career doing what you love.

In this practical guide book, professional artist Lisa Congdon reveals the many ways you can earn a living by making art--through illustration, licensing, fine art sales, print sales, teaching, and beyond.

- Including industry advice from such successful art-world pros as Nikki McClure, Mark Hearld, Paula Scher, and more
- This art and business book will equip you with the tools--and the confidence--to turn your passion into a profitable business.
- Chapters on setting actionable goals, diversifying your income, copyrighting your work, promoting with social media, and so much more

A thoughtful gift for young artists, people interesting in making their passion a profession, and art and design school graduates.

Lisa Congdon's bestselling books, online classes, and Instagram feed (beloved by 375,000+ fans) have inspired so many people to follow their creative passions. In this book Condon does what she does best--bring bold and colorful flair to smart, creative, down-to-earth advice and inspiration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 145212826X
• ISBN13: 9781452128269
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Magnifying glass anyone?

This book- though it packs a lot of information is such an effort to read! It’s a small book. The font is about 9. Then there are the paragraphs and quotes that are even smaller! When that isn’t enough, there are headlines and paragraphs that are in a light orange. On a bright white page, bright orange is an effort to see. So it’s such a visual effort just to see it, I recommend getting the ebook version if there is one. Or just get somebody else’s book.