Painting a Day

July 25, 2013 - Have you thought of starting a business with your art?

I realized yesterday that I haven't been posting my daily paintings each day.  Since the name of my blog is "Painting a Day" this might be a good way for me to keep track of my progress by using the collage  which I learned in the marketing challenge.  (Leslie Saeta even put the challenge in the form of a free e-book) on her blog. 

 

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/carol-josefiak-3555

( so far I have posted 191 paintings and am selling on a regular basis now- I am proud of this)

 

I encourage you to join Daily Paintworks.  It provides a place to track your progress and is an incentive to paint every day.  Before joining, I did paint every day, but without this kind of focus.  It has energized me to paint even more and the discipline of doing a small painting every single day has helped me improve my skills.  It has given me momentum to add marketing, create a website, and do more blogging.  Don't forget, pinterest, although I spend more time than I should looking around at other boards, it is a good way of educating yourself and often to get inspired. 

 

Carol Marine and her husband started this website (DPW) so artists would have a place to show and sell their work other than ebay.  Thank you to them for providing this opportunity.

 

If you plan on making a business of your art

 

create a website (FASO is a good one) -about $25/mo

join Daily Paintworks-$12.95/mo

create a fanpage on facebook -free

join pinterest - free

 

Painting for March 7, 2013

 

 

March 5, 2013   - my painting for today - sold

 

 

 

6 x 6

Oil

We bought a dozen donuts today.  The only one I had to eat was the peanut one because it would have been  too hard to paint. 

March 4, 2013

 

Painting a Day (from one day last week)

 

I worked on a big painting today.  My last post shows the big painting, but mainly I wanted to show a photo of the shadow box that my husband made for me.  I am very lucky to have such a nice husband. 

 

 

6 x 6

Green apple with blue vase

March 3, 20013

 

Painting a Day

 

I tried to put each lemon at a different angle.  Painting yellow is always a challenge.  My plan is to do a big painting from this, probably 18 x 36.  I'm not sure if it look right bigger than life

 

 

 

6 x 15 

Oil on board

Available at Daily Paintworks

These are frames that I just ordered from FRANKEN FRAMES.  I am very happy with them.  They are sort of modern looking and work well with the flat panels that I use for the 6 x 6 paintings a day. 

I was also pleased with the great communication they provided and the prompt service. 

 

 

Link to Franken Frames

Painting a Day - March 2, 2013

 

I started this one yesterday and finished it today.  I guess it doesn't qualify for "Painting a Day"

 

12 x 16 

February 27, 2013

This is the first time I have painted a donut. What a great excuse to buy donuts.  Next time, a jelly donut.....

 

March Give-Away

(entry forms at LibertyTown Arts Workshop or email me)

 

There is a drawing at LibertyTown Arts every First Friday.

 

 

 

Painting a day, February 25, 2013 

 

My photos are looking so washed out.  I need an intervention for my photo taking skills.  My husband is going to help me with this.  Look for this post again.  Plus I have discovered a new source of frames call Franken Frames. Tomorrow I will post a photo of the new frames I plan to use for the 6 x 6 sizes.  They are black and sort of contemporary looking.  The service from Franken Frames is outstanding and prompt.  The frames were very well packed and arrived in perfect condition. 

 

 

 

 

After getting some help, I think this photo looks better

6 x 6

Oil

Painting for Today, February 24, 2013

Yesterday I made a trip to the thrift store.  Here are two of my purchases.  I used construction paper for the flat surfaces which was suggested by Carol Marine in one of her ArtBytes on the Daily Painters website. 

 

Trip to the thrift store

6 x 6

 

 

 

February 23, 2013

 

 

 

It is so dreary here that I thought doing a painting of the beach would be a good idea.

 

a day at the beach....

 

 

6 x 6     sold

Available at Daily Paintworks

February 22,  2013

 

 

Oil, 12 x 12

Waiting for early morning sail

Sold

 

 

 



 

February 21, 2013 

 

 

Pink  and Red Roses

6 x 6

Available at Daily Paintworks



Daily Painting

6 x 6

 

 

Available at Daily Paintworks

Painting a day

 

White vase with green apple 

 

6 x 6

sold 

Available at Daily Paintworks

This is the second one of the Capitol that I did from the same photo (actually I've done several larger ones, too).  First, I see that the photo looks so much darker than the actual painting.  The one that was posted yesterday had more contrasting colors.   It's good practice to do the same thing a couple of times.  The big lesson is that I need to improve my photo taking skills. 

Daily Painting
6 x 6
I've been trying to think of a good name for this.  Clouds over the Capitol?  Hard not to get political. 

I did two paintings from the same photograph.  I'll post the second one soon. 

This is same pepper, done on different size canvases, 6x8 and 6 x 6