Newsletter Subject
Blog: FREE neon color palettes; how to be an artist; add color to black-and-white photos
From
shutterstock.com
Email Address
shutterstock@e.shutterstock.com
Sent On
Wed, Sep 15, 2021 10:45 AM
Email Preheader Text
Quick: What comes to mind when you hear the word "artist?" [What does toile have to do with Marie An
HTML
Quick: What comes to mind when you hear the word "artist?" [shutterstock]( [IMAGES]( [FOOTAGE]( [MUSIC]( [BLOG]( [Wednesday, September 15, 2021]( [Keep it like a secret]( [Click here to subscribe to this newsletter >]( [We spend a lot of time babbling on about taking risks and trying new things--and in the interest of walking the walk, this week weâre doing something for the first time, which is sharing an adaptation from a book. We swung for the fences on this one: The piece is by Jerry Saltz, who has won a Pulitzer Prize for his art criticism, and weâve paired it with a phenomenal curation of portraits of artists in their studios from the Life collection at Shutterstock. Saltz shares his insights about how to be an artist, a topic I think about often--not because anyone is going to pay me to pick up a paintbrush but because it seems to me that infusing our lives with beauty, challenge, and creativity is an admirable goal. One of my favorite get-unstuck levers is to ask, "What else is possible?" Artists put their answer to that question out into the world every time they face a blank canvas or a blank page. How will you answer it today?]( [Happy creating!]( [jen]( [Jennifer Braunschweiger]( [Senior Director of Content Marketing]( [DREAM IT]( [Everything a Design Expert Needs to Know About the History of Toile]( [What does toile have to do with Marie Antoinette, cotton trading laws and free advertising? Our writer connects the dots--or rather, she fills in the pastoral scene with a fascinating look at the history of this subversively cool French fabric. (And as you might expect, the story is accompanied by an exceptional curation of patterns.)]( [Read more]( [MAKE IT]( [How to Transform Black-and-White Photography into Color]( [Adding color to a black-and-white photograph allows you to move the eye around the frame in a new way. And--oh happiness!--itâs technically easy. Hereâs how.]( [Read more]( [SELL IT]( [10 FREE Fall Color Palettes With a Neon Twist]( [If your feeling about color is that more is magnificent and brighter is better, youâll love these fall palettes with a neon twist. Have you studied the shades in a brilliantly changing tree? Or considered the colors in a late-season sunset? Nature loves herself some neon, too.]( [Read more]( [TALK ABOUT IT]( [7 Artistâs Tips That Will Change How You Work Forever]( [These days, Iâm seeking out the things that make me feel optimistic, and to be honest, sometimes that task is more daunting than others. Music does the trick, color fits the bill--and yes, so does this collection of first-rate photographs and musings on art. Cheers!]( [Read more]( [shutterstock](
[images]( | [footage]( | [music]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [Instagram]( [Vimeo]( [YouTube]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. [Unsubscribe or Change Email Preferences]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service](
Shutterstock, Inc. | 350 Fifth Avenue, 21st Floor | New York, NY 10118 | USA
© 2004-2021 All rights reserved - Shutterstock®
EDM Keywords (83)
yes
week
walking
walk
unsubscribe
topic
toile
tips
think
things
task
talk
swung
subscribe
studios
studied
story
spend
something
sharing
shades
sent
sell
seems
seeking
read
rather
question
portraits
piece
pick
pay
paired
paintbrush
one
often
newsletter
neon
musings
move
mind
make
magnificent
love
lot
lives
like
know
interest
insights
infusing
history
hear
going
frame
fills
fences
feeling
face
everything
email
else
dots
days
daunting
creativity
considered
comes
colors
color
collection
change
brighter
book
black
bill
better
ask
artists
artist
anyone
answer
adaptation
accompanied