Katherine Tyrrell of Making a Mark has written a very good piece on creating a good ‘art blog’. There are a number of points made in How to improve your art blog but what stood out for me was her point to be clear about your purpose in blogging. Katherine points out that blogs are about people getting to know the artist a bit like private views before an exhibition opening so for her, developing a relationship with readers is important.
Moving to focusing on content Katherine states “Be authentic. Be real. Be knowledgeable” which is excellent advice. I like what she says about blogrolls as it echoes her “be authentic” philosophy.
Kathrine’s final point in How to improve your art blog is what I think is the most valuable to new bloggers which is to keep blogging as success is not instant.
What makes a successful art blog for you?
September 20, 2007 at 5:15 pm
great link thanks!
funny how we need to be told the obvious so that it clicks and we go ahaa!
neki desu
September 28, 2007 at 3:04 am
My art blog is “new” so I wouldn’t term it as successful just yet.
I’m trying to make it better by balancing it with my online gallery. I will probably write about my daily processes in future blogs, after I get everything set up the way I like it.
Great tips,by the way. They will certainly help.