Well, I finally made time to do a print run of the Celtic Heart I designed earlier in the week.
I drew it free hand using the carbon pen supplied with the machine. However, next time I am going to prepare the design digitally and print with a laser printer. The design incorporated strong clean lines and I tried to keep it as unfussy as possible, going for a bold and dynamic design.
Each of the artists featured here has made efforts to develop emerging artists through whatever ways work best, whether through teaching, lending a hand with a newcomer on Etsy or other on line venues or just making friends with somebody new to the scene. One of the important traits of a leader is their security in the uniqueness of their work and their knowledge that while technique may be copied style and vision cannot be.
Late last year I bought a Gocco printer. I had wanted one for ages and when the rather talented Mel from Inkmeup bought one and blogged about it, I decided to get one. I bought a second hand PG10 from the lovely Liz at Dreaming Spirals. However, as with most things in my life, it took a while to get around to actually designing some art and printing.
Yes, I have a lovely group of followers and buyers who have found my work via Etsy, Facebook, Twitter, my Blog and my website. Most of them keep up with my work either through Facebook or my Blog, and some have subscribed to my shop (Art4Sale) newsletter.
I have lost count of the people who have said to me, when having told them I am an artist, or that I had studied art at University, how much they loved art at and painting at school. How much they loved drawing or painting as children.
My marketing journey has not been as well planned as I would have hoped or advocate. However, I did write down some SMART goals of what I wished to achieve, and wrote a loose business plan, which I need to update. Having done some business courses, the skills and tools I learnt from those have stood me in good stead, particularly when it comes to planning, marketing and measuring performance.
From a very early age I was drawing and painting, and every Christmas and for every Birthday I was given pens, pencils, paints, paper. I learnt to sew also when I was very young, and my Grandmother taught me how to do embroidery. She had a very old Singer sewing machine, not an electric, you had to turn the handle.
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