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Episode 14 – Questions Part 6

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:58:58 +0000

Episode 14 – Questions part 6 (last one)

Back in July, I sent a mass email to my list letting folks know they could ask me anything they wanted about my art and licensing career. There were several questions and some of the answers are lengthy so I divided it up into a mini series. Enjoy! (If you are not on my email list, click here)

IN THIS EPISODE I answer the following questions…

How did you sell your first art piece? (from Julie Bibb)
Are you or would you considering making a new Quilt Jounal so we can record all of our projects? (from Linda Klungle)
Are your fabrics still being produced? (from Linda Klungle)
How do I get exposure for my Etsy store? (from Lynda)
How did you get started in angel art? (from Kathleen Antidormi)
What kind of patterns do you offer or are you contemplating some pattern business? (from Kathleen Antidormi)
What are your plans for the future? (from Kathleen Antidormi)
How did you hear about ACCA? (from Kathleen Antidormi)
What forms of art are you involved in? Do you paint in oils, watercolors or acrylics? (from Kathleen Antidormi)
Do you sketch first? (from Kathleen Antidormi)
Do you do computer art? (from Kathleen Antidormi)
What is Gather, Dream, Create Inner Circle? (from Kathleen Antidormi)

Hope you enjoyed the series. See you next week!

Episode 13 – Questions part 5

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:53:02 +0000

Episode 13 Questions part 5 from Teresa Kogut on Vimeo.

Episode 13 – Questions part 5

IN THIS EPISODE I answer the following questions…

When did you first become interested in angels and collecting them? (From Sandy Rippie)
I was wondering if you would be offering your patterns as e-patterns in the future? (From Debbie St Germain)
What is your favorite subject matter for you artwork? (Debbie St Germain)
How much time per week is allotted to the "business" side of your business? (from Ann)
Is the world of licensing products hard to break into? Do you have to have an invite or do you submit work to companies? (from Ann)
Do you have an established work routine you stick to throughout the week? (from Ann)
I have always looked forward each year to the Country Bears calendar. How do you keep coming up with fresh, new, cute ideas and sayings? (from Laurie Snow)

In the video I refer to some links that will help you to determine if licensing your art is right for you and if so, how to get started part 1 and part 2.

Hope you are enjoying this series. See you next week!

Episode 11 – Questions part 4

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:30:56 +0000

Episode 11 questions prt 4 from Teresa Kogut on Vimeo.

Episode 11 – Questions part 4

IN THIS EPISODE I answer the following questions….

What art form did you start out, you do so many different things? (from Sandy)
What is your great love of all of them? (from Sandy)

This video is short because I thought it was the last two questions! Come to find out, there is a whole other video I will be editing. I will make the next videos longer so we can get through the questions before Christmas! lol!

Hope you are enjoying this series. See you next week!

Episode 9 – Questions part 3

Thu, 15 Aug 2013 05:00:58 +0000

Episode 9 – Questions part 3

Episode #9 questions prt3 from Teresa Kogut on Vimeo.

IN THIS EPISODE I answer the following questions….

What is your inspiration for the angel pictures? (same question answered in episode #8) Do they come to you at certain times or how? They are wonderful. (from Julie Bishop)
What would you say is the first thing and/or the most important thing someone interested in marketing a craft should do? Have you ever done a painting or punchneedle of a Westie? (from Linda Detrich)
I am a Yankee Candle fanatic & love your designs you did for them a few years back, especially the Halloween items. Any plans to design for Yankee Candle again in the future? Also, I did buy a few of the Halloween items you were selling on Ebay a few months back, any plans to list more Halloween items? (from Tammy)

I would like to add something to question #3….in the video I said that we licensed artists don’t get to pick and choose what companies we work with….what I meant by that is that we can approach a company and show them our art and ideas for products but it doesn’t mean they will work with us. It can go the other way as well. A company may want to work with an artist but the artist has the right to decline. So in a way, we can "pick and choose" but we can’t force a company to feature our art on their products.

Also, I mentioned in the video that I would share a link to an article I wrote from the viewpoint of a licensed artist. Click here to read it.

Hope you are enjoying this series.

If you would still like to add a question, I am willing to do this again down the road (please make sure it isn’t a question that I’ve already discussed) so email me at teresakogut3@gmail.com

Episode 8 – Questions part 2

Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:08:30 +0000

Episode #8 – Questions Answered part2 from Teresa Kogut on Vimeo.

Episode 8 – Questions part 2

IN THIS EPISODE I answer the following questions….

How long did it take to go from being just an artist to making your business possible? Are you happy with your decision? (cont’ from part 1, Sandra Kaye)
Will you ever sell your work as clip art again like you did with PC Crafter? (from Marsha)
Where does the inspiration come from for the beautiful angels that you paint? (from Sue)

So far the running theme seems to be that by being out there, meeting people, asking questions and talking with people, is how I was lead from one step in my business to the next. I also have never been afraid to take chances.

I hope the insight into my business is helping you in some way to come to the realization that you, too, can follow your dreams!

If you would still like to add a question, I am willing to do this again down the road (please make sure it isn’t a question that I’ve already discussed) so email me at teresakogut3@gmail.com

Episode #7 – Questions part 1

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 02:24:02 +0000

Episode #7 – Questions part 1

If you happen to be on my email list, a few weeks ago I sent a mass email titled "I need your help". In that email, I gave everyone an opportunity to ask me anything they wanted regarding my art and licensing career. (If you are not on my email list, click here)

I had several questions and pondered the best way to respond so everyone could benefit. I decided my tv site was the best route to take to give you the most sincere and honest answers possible.

IN THIS EPISODE I answer the following questions….

Will you ever teach in Illinois?
If you could have your art made into any household object, what would you like it to be? (from Dixie Bahma)
What was the turning point in your thinking….to go from just an artist/crafter to making your business possible? How long did it take? Are you happy with your decision? (from Sandra Kaye)

This series will run long….over several weeks. So in order not to bore you to death….I will run something with a different topic every few weeks.

Bless you all for watching and many thanks to those who participated by sending me a question.

If you have a question you would like answered, regarding my art & licensing career, please comment below