For my blog I would use mostly pictures and have short descriptions underneath them, so I can discuss why I chose to blog that picture. I'd post on tuesdays and thursdays because Ms Jones said that's when blogs have the most traffic. In order to gain followers, I would follow other similiar blogs and send the links to my blog through facebook. I'm planning on blogging about how drawings can look so much like computerized images, with having the design elements of graphic art.
An example of somebody I would follow with my concept in mind is:
http://www.jennydaviswatercolors.com/?expref=next-blog