My Favorite Tools

 

Wherever you are in your journey, the right tools can:

  • make all the difference in how you create and how you feel

  • relieve you of stress and time

My commitment to you is that I will always be 100% honest with you. I only share about products and companies that I truly believe in.

I play around with what's out there then make recommendations based on what I discover.

Access the list of tools and goods below.

***Many of the links are affiliate links, which means I may get a commission if you purchase. However, none of the fees of these resources have been increased to compensate me. When possible, if special discounts are provided to me, I extend them to you!

My Top Art and Art Business Tools & Resources

  • Flodesk

    Beautiful. . .AND Effective Emails!

    When I started using Flodesk, my email open and click through rates shot through the roof! People started commenting and raving about my emails! As an artist, the way my emails look is important to me. I love that I can use image collages and custom fonts. It’s really important to me that everything is on-brand.

    Equally as important as the way my emails look is the way they work. Afterall, if nobody reads them, what’s the use, right? Flodesk emails are designed to convert. I don’t have to do much to them and people will get a lot out of them.

    Last but not least, I love how Flodesk integrates with Instagram. I’ve got so many followers there and the integration of the systems is seamless.

    Flodesk has been a game changer for me. Give it a try!

    Using my affiliate link will enable you to get 50% off your Flodesk subscription!

  • Creative Market

    Weekly Free Goods and Market Artists

    I love Creative Market’s Weekly Free Goods - I usually find one or two designs to download each week! Each week, six great products offered for free, selected by their Design team to showcase the great designs from various shops on their site. They can range from fonts to graphics to WordPress themes. There are 6 new products every week, so make sure you get them before they expire!

    Click here to sign up to receive notifications each week.

    I’ve been inspired by so many of the artists at Creative Market throughout the years. I’ve purchased fonts, mock ups, and patterns and textures.

  • Amazon

    Art Supplies & Video Equipment for Creatives

    How you create your art and videos is a personal choice. My Amazon page is a list of recommendations with some of my favorite art supplies and equipment for creating instructional artist videos.

    When in doubt, keep it simple to start!

  • Dick Blick Art Materials

    Amazing Art Materials!

    I’m an art supply lover and I’m a huge Dick Blick fan. . .my husband sometimes has to hide my credit card so I’ll stop spending at the site! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    So, I created a wishlist to make some of this purchasing AND special occasions easy. . .they make it so simple (see below).

    Their art supplies are top-notch. They last and the quality is the best around. Give it a whirl.

    Get a free $10 e-gift coupon on orders of $100 or more, a free $15 e-gift coupon on orders of $150 or more, and FREE SHIPPING on orders of $45 or more! Promo code CFDZ. Exclusions apply.

  • Canva

    Dazzling & Easy Design

    I use this tool each and every day and it’s truly one of my favorites! Canva is a graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content. I love their premade templates. The platform is free to use and offers paid subscriptions like Canva Pro and Canva for Enterprise for additional functionality. It’s so easy to use, it saves me loads of time!

  • Searchie

    Content Delivered Spectacularly

    This is a tool I didn’t know I’d admire as much as I do. It’s one that saves me time and helps to provide great value to clients in The Painterly Way, my artists’ membership. I also deliver all of my courses using their Searchie Hub feature.

    Searchie eliminates content overwhelm & reduces support by making content easier to consume. Video and audio can be search for by specific keywords. And all the video has captions.

  • Streamyard

    Superb Streaming

    If you’ve seen me on Facebook, you may have noticed StreamYard. It’s a live streaming studio that works right in your browser. It makes it easy to interview guests, share your screen, and much more. I love that I can stream directly to Facebook - and not only respond to comments and questions but show viewer comments on screen. It makes my audience feel special when I pop their comments up on the screen!

All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction,
and a vision in your mind.

-Bob Ross

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