Happy Easter! At last it really is starting to feel like spring- the sun was streaming in when I woke up and I’m off with some friends (plus my trusty camera) to walk up Win hill. My two sons are coming too, to give them a break from revision and get some fresh air. The garden is really starting to look good and the lawn has had its first haircut. Now I’ve got a weekly job for the next 6 or 7 months!Once again, I don’t seem to have got more than a couple of hours painting done in the last week but I have achieved all sorts of other things. I’ve mounted and framed three pictures, visited the printer (who incidentally has done a fantastic job getting the barn owl just right), given 2 hours tuition and cut lots of mounts for prints. I’ve also been to the picture-framers to order two frames for myself and three for someone at church.
My main job, however, has been to spread out all the pictures I’ve produced over the winter and decide what to put in The Hallam Art Group Exhibition on the 21st/22nd April.
Tonight is selection night and I need to have my list done and make decisions on titles and prices. It’s always hard to anticipate what kind of work might sell best at a particular venue and it’s made slightly more difficult with Open Up just round the corner as I don’t want to find that I’ve sold my best pictures beforehand (that I should be so lucky!). Several paintings of cats and alpacas have been put on one side with a view to printing in the future and I need to make time, hopefully next week, to re-visit the Mayfield Alpaca farm to discuss options.
In next week’s blog I thought I might look at the age-old problem of pricing your work. In the meanwhile I hope that this lovely weather continues and that you all enjoy a bit of rest and relaxation. I’ve got a busy but enjoyable weekend ahead as I’m singing with a choir at several special Easter services and if Monday’s good we hope to offload years of accumulated clutter at a car boot sale!
