Today is going to be another painting day. Still have lots of unpainted items in my inventory so I need to get those things painted and ready for either online and local shops. Several years ago we were doing shows and festivals regularly, therefore I had lots of business. So to support those sales, I bought lots of things to paint. Then life happened. My husband had some medical problems that seemed to go on and on and some other things happened also. With so much going on, I didn't paint much and we didn't have many sales. Those unpainted items have just been sitting in our garage/workshop for a couple of years. It doesn't do any good for items to sit unpainted, no opportunity for sales. They just take up space and don't produce any revenue. So, I am trying to get all or most of that "stuff" painted, then photographed and load to my online stores.
On October 1 and 2 I will have a booth at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens, just down the road from where we live. Received confirmation yesterday. This will be our first festival in about 18 months, so I need to make sure that I have inventory for this show. There are also a couple of small local festivals for which I am going to sign up. With the economy it will be interesting to see how sales are.
Up early and a cool morning. Maybe I can get lots of things done today.
In addition to all the painting that I have been doing, I taught a painting class yesterday at Michaels, two students. We worked on painting trees for two hours. Feedback was good, both students agreed that they would like to learn techniques rather than having a small painting done. Good feedback.
Tomorrow, I will teach my regular Thursday class at the YMCA. Painting an old tobacco barn. Last week we had lots of interesting discussions about angles and perspective. So, we are going to finish this painting then have a class on just perspective and how to determine angles for buildings. Jerry Yarnell published a book on Perspective so that is what I using to study and learn more about perspective. Most of us don't realize how much you have to work at something to get ready to teach.
On October 1 and 2 I will have a booth at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens, just down the road from where we live. Received confirmation yesterday. This will be our first festival in about 18 months, so I need to make sure that I have inventory for this show. There are also a couple of small local festivals for which I am going to sign up. With the economy it will be interesting to see how sales are.
Up early and a cool morning. Maybe I can get lots of things done today.
In addition to all the painting that I have been doing, I taught a painting class yesterday at Michaels, two students. We worked on painting trees for two hours. Feedback was good, both students agreed that they would like to learn techniques rather than having a small painting done. Good feedback.
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