Blog Topics for Artists – Timeless Tips from the Art Print Issues Vault

Here are 52 blog topics visual artists can use to pump up the volume on their blogs. Blogging is free marketing & easy with topics like these.

52 Blogging Topics for Artists – A Post that Keeps on Giving

Blog Topics for Artists – the gift that keeps on giving.

Unless you live under the proverbial rock, you have repeatedly heard why as an artist you should be blogging. For instance, you may have listened to or downloaded the podcast on blogging for artists I recently did with Jason Horejs.

The primary reasons for blogging by artists is it helps to find new customers and retain existing customers. Blogging gives your customers a chance to know you on a different level than you can achieve through a static website.

It allows your other interests and personality to come through, which makes buying from you more likely. Besides, no other tool is as easy and affordable to use. It’s a great way to build your email list, too.

What’s New with You?

Plus, blogging is a crucial component to getting higher Search Engine Page Ranks. Search engines love new, fresh content.

Sell your art your way on your time and your terms

Like the rest of us, search engines like to ask, “What’s New?” Because providing relevant content via your blog is beneficial to search engines, your customers, and you, it is all the more reason to make it blogging as an artist a disciplined, routine habit.

If you think you don’t have enough to write/blog about, you are wrong.

You just haven’t given it enough thought, or you haven’t had a push with suggested topics like this in this post. It’s been three years since I first posted this Art Print Issues Classic. With summer in full swing, it’s time once again to present to you:

52 Blog Topics for Artists

(If you have some good topics for a future Part Two of Blog Topics for Artists, please comment. If I use yours, I will credit you with a link to your site.)

Why I support XYZ charity
The most inspiring art teacher I have known
How I came to understand being a professional artist was my career path
Why I love working with XYZ medium
What you can learn from the traveling exhibit at the ABC museum
Four galleries I would love to carry my work and why
Five contemporary artists whose artworks inspire and inform me
Clues to the subtle messages in my art
My color palette is (nature/technology/environment) driven and why
Ten things they don’t teach you in art school
How being in the business of art affects my art
When I paint, I like to listen to Guns n’ Roses/London Philharmonic/Enya/Toby Keith
How the other arts influence my work, e.g., how I attempt to interpret the fluidity of a ballerina in my brush strokes
Here are blogs by other artists whose work I like, or whose blogs I like
Art retreats; although you may not get rich and famous, you can still travel and stay in wonderful places. Here are my favorites or fantasies
How other jobs I’ve had have added perspective to my art
Spirituality is personal, but growth in it has made me a better artist
Nine things I want to paint before I stop
Why painting en plen air is exhilarating
Art by other artists I bought in unusual places
Visually inspiring day trips around where I live
Museums I’ve visited in other cities and around home
Art books on my bookshelf
If I could only recommend one book, art or otherwise, for someone, it would be…
How living the creative life has uplifted my spirits and made me a better person
Advice for young artists
Why I love my local galleries and the local art scene
How blogging has stretched me as an artist
You can find my art online at these sites, here’s why I chose to use them
Art magazines I like to read
The most significant influence on my life was…
Why and how parents should encourage artistic development in their children
Some funny experiences either colleagues or I’ve had at art shows
I still can’t believe people have asked me these things
The five best quotes on art I’ve ever read
How the courage and creativity of some disabled artists have inspired me
Here are blogs I enjoy that are not about art
Seven ways technology has changed how I make and sell art (Some examples are: Photoshop/digital camera/digital painting/digital printing/Painter/online art sites)
I’m grateful because this person came in my life, or because this happened to me
Eight reasons I get out of bed to paint every day are (Suggestions: Let’s be honest, I need the money. I’m OCD and can’t help it. It’s the best job a person could have. A day without painting is like a day without sunshine. I can’t stand the thought of going back to the 7-11)
And you heard writer’s block was difficult
How overcoming creative obstacles has made me a better artist
So I went to a tradeshow/convention/workshop, and the best/funniest/saddest thing happened
It’s tough to part with my originals; here’s why
Five reasons you will like the giclee prints I offer
Flowers in my garden make me smile and make me paint
If I weren’t an artist, I’d be a…
Why faces are so difficult to paint, and hands are tough too
The most inspiring movie I’ve ever seen is…
How the arts organizations in my area are helping children/charities/??
Why you should always use a docent when you go to a museum. Here are some special things I learned at…
How reading the Art Marketing News blog has made me smarter, better looking, more creative and much richer