There are 3 primary Blog provider companies ; Wordpress . com , Typepad . com , and Blogger . com , although secondary photo based blogs also include Tumblr . com and Flickr . com . All offer FREE blog service for startup , with Wordpress , Typepad , and Blogger offering great flexibility of format and premium services for hosting other features such as multiple page integration and adding an online store .
Donna Downey ’ s Typepad blog and website Rick Stevens Art Tumblr blog and website .
Ophelia Staton ’ s blogspot ( Blogger . com ) blog and website .
I k n o w t h e h i s t o r y o f Ophelia ’ s blogspot website , and it wasn ’ t pretty ! She told me it was very economical to hire someon on Etsy . com to redesign the blog layout and punch up the graphics with her own artwork .
Building a blog website may be best done by those who answered questions earlier with , “ I know a lot about websites and love to tinker and add the features I need ,” or you can hire someone with the know-how to set up an appealing blog website page like Ophelia did , then all you have to do is periodically make entries with beautiful ( large ) photographs .
I recommend for an artist beginning in the blogging world , that you try Blogger . com ( which is a Google product ). It is the most forgiving and easiest to manage of the top 3 blogs , plus it is easily tied to and accessed through your Google account - which allows you to manage Gmail , Drive , Google +, Blogger and more from one online login .