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Creating a Web Site for Small Business

Create an Online Presence workshop at Linn Benton Community College

1-day workshop for artists, musicians, and small businesses

February 20, 2010
9:00am to 4:00pm
Room BC-246, Benton Center, Corvallis, Oregon
$105

To reserve a seat, dial 541-917-4929 for LBCC’s Small Business Development Center.

Corvallis artist, businesswoman, and educator, Pam Van Londen, will assist small business owners in setting up a freely hosted web site in just a few hours.

Agenda

  • Overview: what is a web presence and how can you have a successful one?
  • Demonstration: how to plan ahead.
  • Demonstration: how to keep inventory to streamline the process.
  • 15 minute break
  • 1 hour lunch break (on your own)
  • Build a site: Create a web site and add your biography and photos, documents, or movie links (using a free online service).
  • 15 minute break
  • Demonstration: 10 free options for promoting your new web site

Follow-up

  • One free consultation via email (must happen within 2 weeks of the workshop).
  • If enough students are interested, I’ll schedule a half-day catch up class for $30.

Student requirements

  1. Comfort with basic computer skills. Please review this list to help assess your comfort level.
  2. Access to web mail (bring username, password, and link to your online mail site).
  3. Comfort with using a USB stick drive (also known as a thumb drive).
  4. Bring in at least 4 digital photos, music files, and/or documents on a USB stick drive.
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Flowerpot Around the Corner

© Pam Van Londen 2009, Flowerpot Around the Corner, oil on clayboard, 8x8x1
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Flowerpot Around the Corner, 8x8x1 on oil on clayboard

I think this is my quickest painting yet (just an hour). I’m working on loose brush strokes and exaggerated color.
I just downloaded 64 photos from my phone which were mostly gardens around my neighborhood. Corvallis is sure a pretty place to live!

Donated to the Heart of the Valley Children’s Choir annual fundraiser.

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Ceder Waxwings

© Pam Van Londen 2009, Ceder Waxwing 1, oil on gessobord, 8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Ceder Waxwing 1, 8x8x1 on oil on gessobord

One of my favorite birds is the ceder wax wing, for it’s subtle color changes.

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Crows at the Beach 2

© Pam Van Londen 2009, Crows on the Beach 2, oil on gessobord, 8x8x1
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Crows on the Beach 2, 8x8x1 on oil on gessobord

More for the bird series.

Any requests? Send me a photo or let me know what birds you like and I’ll paint them for you.

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Waiting for the Wave

© Pam Van Londen 2009, Waiting for the Wave 1, oil on claybord, 8x8x1
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Waiting for the Wave 1, 8x8x1 on oil on claybord

These two kids enjoyed skimming the waves two summers ago. I guess I’m feeling a bit sad that summer is over again. We do have such great adventures then.

Painting a wonderful memory helps it last. Consider commissioning a painting of your favorite memory. An original painting can stay in the family through many generations, adding to the family history and leaving an impression for your descendants to enjoy.

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Non-objective mood strikes

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Ball Barings 1, Acrylic, 24x18 Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $250 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Ball Barings 1, 24×18 Acrylic

I visited the Mod Pod store earlier this week to hang some of my daily paintings and was inspired by the trendy-retro-FUN atmosphere of the place.

That experience combined with this image I saw behind my eyelids when I shut them after looking at something too long, resulted in this playful non-objective painting on canvas.

See it in person at the Mod Pod.

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Rose of Pink

© Pam Van Londen 2009, Rose of Pink, oil on clayboard, 8x8x1
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Rose of Pink, 8x8x1 on oil on clayboard

During one of my walks around the neighborhood, I spotted this lovely pink rose. Who know the name of it?

Send me a request for a flower portrait.

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Portrait of an artist

© Pam Van Londen 2008 Portrait of Brian Kowalski, Artist 8x8x1 in oil on canvasboardSOLD © Pam Van Londen 2008 Portrait of Brian Kowalski, Artist 8x8x1 in oil on canvasboard

This gentleman is Brian Kowalski, an artist. He has painted a portrait of me and I of him. See both together at the Different Strokes project blog.

For this painting I focused on color and shape instead of personality…since I had no background information with which to take artistic license. I learned about him after the work was done. He resides in Canada where he paints and farms.

“very very cool. great job pam” ~ Karin Jurick.

If you are interested in original portraits in oil or acrylic, let me know. They are quite fun to paint!