The Pet Portrait Blog
Welcome to my blog.
Hello, I'm Sema Martin, and I welcome you to this series of blog posts tailored to assist fellow artists in their quest to achieve greatness. With a specialization in color pencils as a medium, my expertise stems from creating numerous pet portraits that have found homes across the globe. Join me as we delve into the intricacies of art, unraveling techniques, and insights to elevate your craft. Let's embark on this artistic journey together!
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How to start an art business
To all my fellow artists out there wishing and hoping to be full time and actually make a living from selling your artwork. Based on everything I have learnt in the last three years of building my own successful pet portrait business, I have created this 200-page book that provides everything you need to know about starting your own art business.
Must join Facebook Groups for Colour Pencils Artists
As an artist working from home, I sometimes feel isolated and it can be hard to find people in the local area who has the same interests as me. Since joining these Facebook groups, I have found such a large and wonderful community that has taken me in with open arms and all have the same wonderful thing in common, a love for coloured pencil art.
5 Artist Studio Must Haves
When it comes to the right studio space for any artist, some of us can be limited or find it hard to know what we need before we can sit down and draw. I have taken around 3 years to learn and build up the must have items I use every day for my commission work. In this blog I have laid out the 5 Artist Studio Must Haves I cannot live without including scanners and drawing board. There is a direct amazon link for a UK or US customer for each item I talk about. I hope this is useful to you. Let me know in the comments below.
Engineering or Art?
As a child I had always loved drawing and colouring for hours on end. I went through hundreds of colouring books and tried every medium of art imaginable. I was forever creating and imagining beautiful animals and plants to draw until I was told I had to pick a ‘real career’. I don’t understand why we are told, so young, that art and music are just hobbies, not career paths. Becoming a doctor or an Engineer is the ideal path and so that is what I chose.
Becoming a Pet Portrait Artist in the UK
Drawing has been my passion since early childhood but I hadn't considered the possibility of art being a wonderful and successful career path for me. Instead of studying art as a degree I decided to become an engineer.