Painting a Day - Fredericksburg, VA

February 26, 2014

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Painting a Day in Fredericksburg, Virginia

Please join and tell your artist friends about  "painting a day" on this facebook page. 

Peggy Wickham and I created a group page on Facebook and starting next Wednesday, March 5, 2014 there will be a painting challenge.  

See more at https://www.facebook.com/groups/631464063555952/https://www.facebook.com/groups/631464063555952/



If you have any questions, my email is cbjmail@cox.net

Marketing

August 18, 2013

The sale yesterday was a big success.  It is because I followed the advice of Leslie Saeta and her co-host Dottie Leatherwoods.  They do a radio show called ARTISTS HELPING ARTISTS.  The last show I listened to suggested having some kind of sale during the summer and to do some advertising.  This is exactly what I did.  In the last couple of blogs you read about the steps I went through.  I  prepared myself mentally that maybe no one would show up, but it turned out that we had quite a crowd and made a lot of sales. 

I have concluded that marketing and business are definitely a part of being an artist.  Apparently a lot more people buy art online than in the past.  Social media and internet make it so much easier now. 

I included the widget for Artist Helping Artist on the right side of this page.  You can select the shows that interest you from all the ones that have been done.  This weeks show was about "To Blog or Not to Blog". 

Still the most important part of being an artist is to paint as often and as much as you can.  I got a little behind with the sale, but finished yesterday's painting of the donut and plan to start another today. 

This is a reminder to myself when I realized that marketing could be full time job and you wouldn't have time to paint and something is wrong with that picture. 

 

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Monday, June 17, 2013 - Beach Paintings

I like the idea of taking on a challenge as a way to improve.  This "beach series" is turning into a challenge mostly because including figures seems to be a part of most of the paintings.  I've been thinking of the 30 day challenge or maybe just 30 beach paintings.  I haven't decided yet--too big of a commitment. 

So far here are two more.  Except for one, I've listed all of the beach paintings on Daily Paintworks.  There are only 4 or 5. 

Here are the paintings and the photos I used for the most recent ones:

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I'm still catching up with postings.....

Yesterday I learned that this one sold at Backdoor Gallery in Fredericksburg, VA

Sold

What I learned from doing this painting was the benefit of painting the same subject over and over.    I painted these turnips every day for a least a week and my students painted them, too.  They were shriveled up by the time I gave up on them which is okay because turnips might be the only food I'm not crazy about eating, but I do love them for their colors.  Does anyone even know a good turnip recipe?  

I forgot to post this one from Sunday.  It is part of the alleged beach series I am doing.  I'm running out of good beach photos.

I put a link here to connect to a good article about the painting a day movement.  Thank you to Brandon Newton for posting this on facebook.  I may have done something wrong in the way I posted this, but you could google it.  It is an interview with Duane Keiser in the Huffington Post. 

 

life is a balancing act

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March 27, 2013

( I thought about naming it food pyramid) - maybe it could have two names

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-seed/duane-keiser-a-painting-a_b_2776043.html?fb_action_ids=629358683747201&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%22629358683747201%22%3A132162270295948%7D&action_type_map=%7B%22629358683747201%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

Painting from yesterday, March 21

 

I'm getting behind on blog entries.  This painting was done yesterday from tea cups that my mother gave me long ago.  I never use them, but can't part with them so this is a good use for them.  My mother would like the idea that they are in a painting. 

 

Painting for March 14, 2013

 

 

I am still working on turnips.  I like these colors together.  I would like to do another, but the turnips have reached the end of the line. 

 

 

Painting a Day -March 9, 2013

 

 

 

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Red Poppies