Beth, I love the idea of sharing your art so that others can also feel the joy and exhilaration of discovering beauty in the present moment. Turning a profit allows you, the artist, to continue on in your journey of growing and offering to others--it’s an exquisite reciprocity.
I love your sunflower and wish you all the best in refining new techniques with the palette knives. So glad I’m signed up here to witness the results.
I appreciate your insightful, supportive comment and thank you for your consistent readership. I am also glad you are happy to have signed up for my blog.
Yes, art in the present is so valuable. When I create art and experience flow, it's an unbeatable experience. Giving and selling art to others is simply joyous.
There's a book on palette knife painting I thought I might buy. However, I actually need to see how it's done. There's an accomplished palette knife artist I follow on Threads and she demonstrates the strokes. That's exactly what I need right now, as I'm a visual learner.
I love the dunes behind the sunflower- they work well with the complimentary green in the leaves. I agree with your philosophy about finding the joy and flow in painting and giving or selling it away. I know that feeling of parting with a painting you become attached to, but like you, I am happy that it gives someone joy.
What I do is find a venue where I can either give away or sell for very little the paintings that just sit there. If I feel they aren’t that good and/or no one wants to buy them after a while, I will save them for an opportunity to label them “study paintings” and try to make a few dollars, but so they are affordable for people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford to buy art.
They aren’t doing anyone any good if they are just sitting on a wall somewhere or if they are in my garage. If nothing else I can recoup the money I spent on the canvas and/or paint if I charge a few dollars. I also try to give away paintings through donations to charitable organizations I want to support. I have a couple dozen paintings right now that will go the donation or study painting route, I have a plan for selling them next spring and summer.
I hope you have fun with textures and palette knife techniques. I love using different shapes of palette knives and I’m still learning how to use them in different ways. I know with acrylic it takes a long time to dry with those thicker textures and oil will be a long time, but worth it. Paint on!
Thank you so much, Alene, for your encouragement and feedback. You are an astute businesswoman, and I really admire your attitude, acumen, and ways you market yourself and get a good number of your paintings out into the hands of people who cannot typically afford fine art.
You inspire me to do the same. I know of a charity I will be approaching for a fall 2024 event that gets donations and raffles gift items away. I hope to donate art work for the cause.
I love the idea of selling painting studies at reasonable prices. I hope you don't mind me using that approach.
Good luck this weekend. Sending you positive vibes.
Beth, I love the idea of sharing your art so that others can also feel the joy and exhilaration of discovering beauty in the present moment. Turning a profit allows you, the artist, to continue on in your journey of growing and offering to others--it’s an exquisite reciprocity.
I love your sunflower and wish you all the best in refining new techniques with the palette knives. So glad I’m signed up here to witness the results.
Hi Gerry,
I appreciate your insightful, supportive comment and thank you for your consistent readership. I am also glad you are happy to have signed up for my blog.
Yes, art in the present is so valuable. When I create art and experience flow, it's an unbeatable experience. Giving and selling art to others is simply joyous.
There's a book on palette knife painting I thought I might buy. However, I actually need to see how it's done. There's an accomplished palette knife artist I follow on Threads and she demonstrates the strokes. That's exactly what I need right now, as I'm a visual learner.
I love the dunes behind the sunflower- they work well with the complimentary green in the leaves. I agree with your philosophy about finding the joy and flow in painting and giving or selling it away. I know that feeling of parting with a painting you become attached to, but like you, I am happy that it gives someone joy.
What I do is find a venue where I can either give away or sell for very little the paintings that just sit there. If I feel they aren’t that good and/or no one wants to buy them after a while, I will save them for an opportunity to label them “study paintings” and try to make a few dollars, but so they are affordable for people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford to buy art.
They aren’t doing anyone any good if they are just sitting on a wall somewhere or if they are in my garage. If nothing else I can recoup the money I spent on the canvas and/or paint if I charge a few dollars. I also try to give away paintings through donations to charitable organizations I want to support. I have a couple dozen paintings right now that will go the donation or study painting route, I have a plan for selling them next spring and summer.
I hope you have fun with textures and palette knife techniques. I love using different shapes of palette knives and I’m still learning how to use them in different ways. I know with acrylic it takes a long time to dry with those thicker textures and oil will be a long time, but worth it. Paint on!
Thank you so much, Alene, for your encouragement and feedback. You are an astute businesswoman, and I really admire your attitude, acumen, and ways you market yourself and get a good number of your paintings out into the hands of people who cannot typically afford fine art.
You inspire me to do the same. I know of a charity I will be approaching for a fall 2024 event that gets donations and raffles gift items away. I hope to donate art work for the cause.
I love the idea of selling painting studies at reasonable prices. I hope you don't mind me using that approach.
Good luck this weekend. Sending you positive vibes.