The paint money report is a huge success, so here’s another one.
Take it, use it, earn more paint money for yourself.
I’ve even taken the trouble to record a downloadable MP3 audio for you, so that you can quickly get what I wanted to say.
By the way, this is my first time doing an audio recording. It’s not easy for me because the English language in my country is a little bit different. Over here, we’re famous for our heartland language called Singlish.
I’ll tell you a little more about Singlish some other time, but for now, you may click “Play” to enjoy the MP3 recording.
I even managed to sneak in some cool entry and exit music into the recording…check it out.
I was working on Vol.2 of the Home Study Course and received an email from a customer who just bought Vol.1. Apparently, she thought the Free welcome email was all that she was getting.
There must be confusion in the communication process that allowed this to happen and I told myself, “This wouldn’t do!”
So I immediately stopped what I was doing and wrote this blog post.
First of all, I want to assume responsibility for what happened, and I want to apologize to ALL customers. If there’s any confusion in the download process that caused you some miscomfort, I’m truly sorry.
Now I want to do something that make sure the same thing don’t happen again.
1) I’ll be including CLEAR download instructions in all future sales copy for the premium products.
2) I want to clarify that this is a DIGITAL purchase. You won’t be receiving any physical products. This is a digital purchase for several reasons. I’ll explain more on this in the sales letter for vol.2.
DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS
Right after the purchase, please DO go ahead and click the “CONTINUE” button and you’ll be brought to the download page immediately.
There’ll be no welcome email until you join the customer email list on the download page.
Hope that clears things up.
Again, I apologize for any inconvenience, misunderstandings, confusions etc. Thank you all for your kind support and purchase.
A member sent me a picture of her hand art, and I thought I’d share it with everyone. Take a look at this…
See the faint lines in the background? That requires sketching skills. I’ve been writing about the importance of basic sketching skills because so many artists choose to neglect those foundation building activities.
You absolutely need to know how to sketch properly before you can create any kind of wonderful art. The right thing to do here is to be patient and hone your sketching skills before moving on to more advanced stuff like painting, decorating, or hand art.
I want to share this picture with everyone because I want to encourage all the members to start interacting on this site. Whether it’s just sending me some emails or leaving some comments on this site…just let us know what you think and perhaps we can get to know you a little better.
This is only beneficial for all parties. If I can understand you better, I can put out better free and paid reports that’ll suit your needs better.
So…let’s start by telling everyone what you think about this piece of hand art?
For the past few days, I’ve totally shut myself in to work on Vol.2 of the home study course. I’m not even half way through this volume and I’ve already filled over 40 pages.
I’ve expanded this volume from 10 chapters to 13 chapters. 10 chapters is just not enough given the amount of material that I’d like to include! So what’s new?
Let’s see…
First, I completely missed the chapter on Goucahe paints. I’ve already planned for this chapter but I didn’t remember it until I was taking photographs of the different types of paints.
The next new chapter is one that would come as a surprise. I’ve decided to include a chapter on oil painting as well. Now that’s A LOT to take on. I hope I don’t kill myself doing this…
Finally, I’m going to include a workshop style case study of working with mixed medias. I think this will give me the perfect opportunity to demostrate the application of the many different theories that I’ve included in this volume.
Other than adding a whole bunch of new chapters to burn myself out, I think the vol.2 is turning out pretty well. I’m pushing very hard to make sure that vol.2 launches in time (end Feb). That looks like a long time away, but given the demands of vol.2, I think it’s a reasonable time frame.
I want to thank you for being patient, and I promise you, it’s going to be worth the wait.
I better sign off soon…I’m doing the “night time” blogging thing again. So I better stop before I start typing gibberish. I think it’s starting soon…
Have a great week ahead!
Oh, before I go, I hopeeeeeee (cross fingers, cross toes, cross hair) that I’ll be able to leak some illustrations out in my next post, but no promises though.
And if there’s anything in particular you’d like me to elaborate on, now is the time to leave some comments!
I’ve had the chance to sit down and ponder over the contents that I want to include in Vol.2. Once I complete this volume, MyArtPassion Home Study Course would be one of the most complete drawing resource on the Internet.
And I’m not saying that to put a feather on my cap…I’m saying that because I’ve done my research and have seen the products out there there are being offered by other websites. They are practically screaming, “What is in it FOR ME?” What do I mean? Let me explain.
The goal of MyArtPassion Home Study Course has always been to build and strengthen the foundation of any aspiring artist. So the focus and emphasis will be on sound drawing techniques and principles that all artists can use in their drawings and paintings.
When I was developing Vol.1 of the course, that was exactly what I had in mind. I didn’t think about how much I’m going to charge for the course, or how much profit I’m going to make and all that nonsense. Those are valid business considerations to run a successful site but it’s not the right time to think about that when I’m developing products.
When product developers lose their focus and start thinking about their bottom line, the inevitable happens. Not enough value is created, and the product cost more than the actual value delivered. We see this happening all around us more often than we know.
Think about the last time you bought a crappy book or some substandard materials that you paid good money for. How did that made you feel? Not too good, I believe. So if you’re going to make any purchase, choose to buy from a vendor who cares about your goals, and understands the meaning of value. That’ll save you a ton of money.
On the other hand, how do you feel if you’ve purchased a product that’s worth every penny that you’ve spent? That vendor automatically becomes your trusted source for valuable information.
That’s the primary aim of MyArtPassion.com. That’s why I always immerse myself completely into the process when I’m developing a product. If I’m going to launch something, it has to be a killer product.
Having said that, I want to put my neck out on the chopping board, and just say that I want MyArtPassion Home Study Course Vol.2 to be EVEN BETTER than vol.1.
I carry with me the experience and the momentum from launching vol.1, and am definitely confident of doing a good job and delivering valuable and useful information.
For the past 2 weeks, I’ve taken some time in between my marketing activities to ponder over what I want to include in vol.2.
Most of the chapters you see below are a manifestation of the most challenging problems faced by artists like myself. Some ideas sprouted from my own research, and others just came from my own experience as an artist. So here they are…
Table of Contents for Vol.2: Drawing in Color
Chapter 1: Understanding Colors
This is the perfect chapter to start of vol.2. Without a deep understanding of the physical characteristics of colors, the artist will find it hard to express himself or herself well in a color drawing or painting.
Chapter 2: Coloring tools
Unlike vol.1, which teaches drawing in monochrome, vol.2 allows us to explore a wide range of options. It’s easy to get lost in the wide range of tools available in the market, so this chapter aims to provide some clear guiding principles when it comes to choosing which tools to work with.
Chapter 3: Planning and decision making
There are some key issues that the artist will have to take the bull by the horn and make some sound decisions. These decisions have a strong impact on the final outcome of the painting, so care and wisdom is required when considering these matters.
Chapter 4: Application of basic drawing techniques
This chapter displays the basic drawing techniques when using different drawing tools and coloring mediums.
Chapter 5: Key color challenges
This chapter will discuss some of the most common subjects that the artist will encounter when drawing in color. Key subjects include drawing skies, drawing foliages, painting portraits, painting metallic textures, and creating flesh tones.
Chapter 6: Working with color pencils
Chapter 7: Working with oil pastels
Chapter 8: Working with watercolors
From chapter 6 to 8, we’ll be examining each type of drawing medium in greater detail. These drawing tools have different characteristics and behave differently, so we’ll need to spend some time tackling those issues. In each chapter, we’ll explore how to use these drawing mediums to overcome challenges discussed in chapter 4.
So chapters 5-8 will be the highlights of this volume.
Chapter 9: Moods and atmosphere EXPANDED!
Vol.1 touched on the theoretical aspects of moods and atmosphere. It’s now time to put them into practice and see what comes out! This is going to be an interesting chapter.
Chapter 10: Finishing off with style
Finishing has always been an important stage in the drawing process. In this chapter, we’ll explore the different ways to finish up a painting with style.
Bonus chapter: What a colorful world
I’ll play the “secret” card for the bonus chapter and not reveal too much at this stage.
Workbook for Volume 2.
And yes, there’s a workbook for volume 2 as well. But my idea for this workbook is that it’ll not be as hands on as the one in vol.1. Instead, it’ll be a workbook filled with fun mental exercises that you can complete to sharpen your thinking skills. These activities will arm you with the appropriate knowledge to work (very) comfortably with colors. The answers will be at the end of the workbook.
Remember that the above is not something that’s cast in stone. In this early stage of development, anything can be changed.
So I welcome all IDEAS and COMMENTS that’ll help make this product into a killer product. Comments anyone?
All the juicy, never seen before news on the development of MyArtPassion Home Study Course Vol.1.
I’ve compiled it into a free report, and it contains some interesting lessons and entertaining stuff. Here’s the full scoop of what really happened behind the scenes that very few people know about…
