Mike Sibley is one of the world's few professional graphite pencil artists, has been drawing professionally for over 30 years, and is the author of the drawing bible "Drawing from Line to Life". His well-known prints of dog head-studies can be found as far afield as America to South Africa, and Europe to Australia.

Mike is also a wonderful art educator who now runs online correspondence courses at www.Drawspace.com and physical 2- and 3-day workshops. He is also running four UK workshops - Somerset (FULL), Kent, and North Yorkshire (2) - see www.SibleyFineArt.com/_workshop.htm for details.

From 1980 to 1989 Mike drew over 50 head-studies of dogs - an open edition range of prints that many believe to be the definitive collection. At that time his publisher was selling over 20,000 prints a year, and the collection continues to sell today.

In 1990, Mike switched to drawing and self-publishing limited edition prints, featuring dogs in their environments. The first print, an Irish Water Spaniel composition, was released at Crufts and sold out in less than three hours.

In 2000 Mike set up his popular website - http://www.SibleyFineArt.com - and began writing online tutorials to help less-experienced graphite pencil artists. These tutorials have proved to be very popular and Mike was constantly being asked if he would consider writing a book on the subject. In 2005 he took 18 months away from drawing to write and illustrate "Drawing From Line To Life", his comprehensive 288-page drawing instruction book. More recently, due to many and repeated requests, he has embarked on a series of Workshops.

Mike hosts his own drawing forum at http://www.artpapa.com/forums/ in the company of renowned trompe l'oeil artist J.D. Hillberry and master oil painter Alexei Antonov. Mike also designed and personally runs http://www.Starving-Artists.net - a website offering artists worldwide exposure for their artwork.

Later in 2011 and 2012 onwards, Mike's major project from his new studio is the production of Instructional Drawing DVDs. Sign up (under "Books") on Mike's website to be kept up to date on progress.

Listen in as Mike shares:

• The biggest challenges Mike faces as a professional fine artist
• Mike's strategies to diversify himself to create multiple incomes streams from his art
• How to stay focused on your core business and not get distracted
• Why specialization is critical to success as an artist
• The beauty and danger of being technically proficient at your artistic craft
• The 3 biggest things (one is price) Mike has learned the hard way in the art business
• One critical thing you need to know about copyrights
• Direct marketing, workshops and other marketing strategies that are currently "crushing" his market