Dandelion Misty Train - finished

Dandelion Misty Train (2013)

10x7 cm.

Smokey Train 2 - finished

Smokey Train2 (2013)

10 x 7 cm

Smokey Train 2 - Business opportunity...can you help?

I still enjoy putting my work here for you. My audience here however has remained fairly static for a long time. I also run a fan page over on face book which has a much bigger reach...it's also growing each week. my work is also available to buy from that site.

 

I'm currently producing work to sell as originals...I have an exhibition coming up in April and another one in May...my aim is to have a good stock of work to sell....which of course they never do! But one has to try. i'm am forever frustrated by my lack of marketing skills. If i'm perfectly honest, it doesn't excite me...I realise that to make a successful business, one has to give all ones energy and time into developing it. I am primarily an artist who loves the conception and creation of art. I'm also a Husband and Dad who's devotion to his family means that my wife could not do what she does (doing the job she loves and coincidentally earning the wages that put bread on our table) If i were to dedicate my time to exhibitions and selling, I would spend a lot of time away from home. I'd not only neglect my children's needs but the domestic needs aswell.I'd also probably do even less art than I do now.

what i'd really like...what i really dream and pray for is either an agency...or an agent who will help me to develop a market. I'm absolutely sure that just around the corner lies a lucrative market for my work. i hold fast to my claim that i'm the only person in the UK producing the kind of work i do...unless anyone can step up and contradict me ( which of course i'd be pleased to have happen!!!) I remain unique...and in the art world, that is something that is very rare these days.

So I know it's a long shot, but if you or anyone else you know has the time/experience and desire to join me in business and help me, i'd love to hear your ideas. i'm sure I can ask anything else or more. I can't afford to pay anyone, but a join business partnership between us and also possibly with other artists might be an idea. Have a think and let me know.

Smokey Train - finished

Smokey Train (2013)

10 x 7 cm.

Moon train - finished.

Moon Train (2013)

14 x 10 cm.

 

Well....it's taken long enough to finish this minipic...it's actually rather stark and cold, the colours are quite nice especially when you see them for real in the daylight. I'm currently spoilt for choice as to what I'm going to go forward with next...I have one or two very solid ideas for larger pieces, but am tempted if i'm honest to press on producing these smaller pieces which i intend to sell as originals at my up coming exhibitions. I'll have a rest tomorrow and see what comes to mind.



Misty Train 4.

The final Misty train in this series. I've really enjoyed getting to know my coloured pencils...working with them 9 at least as far as I've discovered here) is a subtle and careful process building up gentle layers of shade. I like the effect which is quite pointillist in it's texture if you look closely. In fact, Seurat himself produced a great quantity of crayon sketches on rough textured paper.

My inks arrived today ironically just after I'd finished this piece. However, I've started a new sketch with my crayons and will finish it tomorrow. I'm wondering if there is some way i can balance to need to spend lengthy time on my dot pictures whilst also being able to create quick pictures like the one above which I can sell....

Anyway, time for me to be off now...I should also have some good news tomorrow regarding a return to exhibiting, and the availability of my artwork originals and prints on line ( at last!)...

Misty Train 3.

Here's a third piece on the Misty Train theme. This time I've taken much more care over the way I've used the pencils.Again it's only postcard size so was relatively quick to finish...in fact it actually took as long as the last two minipix together.

I've decided to complete one more in this series for now.but if there is interest, I'll make more. I shall also prepare mounted prints which will be for sale. My new inks should arrive by the weekend, so I shall be returning to dotting.But these pencil sketches are rather satisfying, I think I might be persuaded  to make more.

Misty Train Minipix.

Both postcard size at 14.07 x 10.50 cm each, I created these sketches using my coloured pencil crayons. It's quite refreshing to finish two pictures in one afternoon as opposed to one in 4 months!!You' be right in assuming the inks I ordered have still not been delivered. I contacted the supplier who assures me they will arrive before Friday. So in the mean time, I'll sketch up a few of these colour drawings which would have been the subjects had I been dotting. they make quite effective pieces on their own and might look good in a frame at some point.