JohnSmolens.com is Live

That’s right, JohnSmolens.com is live. I’ve been busy creating a new website for my brother, John Smolens, this summer. Today, I have the pleasure of announcing the new website is now live. Although the website is still a work in progress, please look at JohnSmolens.com and let us know your thoughts.

His old website was simple, basic, and functional. It used old website design technology. The person who built the original website was no longer in the picture. When he went to update the old website to announce his new book “A Cold, Dark Prayer” which will be published next month at Michigan State University Press, it was suggested he replace instead of trying to update his website.

John took a chance on using his younger brother – me! I had built my website. He asked me to create a new website. Since I’m the “computer person” of the family – boy, do I have them fooled J

It took a while to get started, but during this hot summer, I stayed inside. Around caring for Linda, I worked on two projects – in the mornings, I was working on updating and expanding my book “Digital Painting using Adobe Photoshop,” which I hope to have published before the holidays. In the afternoons, I built John Smolens a new website using WordPress – JohnSmolens.com.

Building John’s website works well in many ways. I signed up for an online AWAI class, Writing SEO Content, earlier this year. I’ve been working on the lessons of the course. I’m able to incorporate many of the lessons from the class into the content on JohnSmolens.com.

New Digital Painting

“Waiting for Daddy – Cat’s in the Window” is a digital painting I created for Linda as a Mother’s Day card back in the spring. Coming home from golf, I saw Sunshine sitting on the small front table, looking out the window by the front door. Artist preference: I added Andy and changed the perspective from outside looking in to inside looking out. I was looking for an image to accompany this post and found one I had not shared. You can find this and other images in the gallery section of my website, PBSStudios.com