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I made it through the initial jury process to the State Fair fine art show here, and now I found out I didn't make it in. Again! This is like the 5th juried show in a row I haven't made it into and it is so disheartening. Especially since I got my hopes up making it through the first round. Guess I should have drawn porn instead. E: Anyone have any good instagram follows for art? For my main media which is colored pencil, it is 99% realistically drawn and 75% animal portraits. I would like some fresh, interesting things to look at and be inspired (or shamed) by. HungryMedusa fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Aug 1, 2018 |
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dupersaurus posted:I’m in the final stages of prep for my first art fair, and oh vey I’m starting to feel the pressure What kind of art fair is it? Juried, indoor, outdoor? After doing fairs for 5+ years, the thing that stands out the most to me is that different fairs have vastly different outcomes. I have done crafty fairs where no one seemed to buy anything from anyone and been in juried fairs with long histories where I sell multiple originals. I have also been in juried fairs where I didn't make the booth fee back and my neighbors complained of poor sales. I've been in church basements where I sold like crazy. You might have to try different fairs to see where your clients are. I sell 5x7s matted to 8x10 for $25 and these are giclees, not hand pulled prints. I would start with your 8x10s at $25 or more. I bought a 10x10" screen print for myself this year for $30 FWIW. My best sellers are greeting cards for $5. My "business model" - if you could call it that - is completely different than hand-pulled prints though. I make 2-4 large drawings a year and each takes maybe 100 hours. I scan and sell prints I make with a giclee printer I bought myself and mat them because I have a source of cheap scrap mats. I am lucky if I sell one large original a year, but I sell several 5x7 matted to 8x10 and a few 8x10 matted to 11x14" each show, along with 10-25 cards. I make my card printing fuckups into magnets and have sold a few as well. I have found people like to have something affordable to buy. On the other hand, I know successful art fair artists who go the completely opposite route and would never sell anything under $50. My art is so niche that I assume I won't sell the originals, but I can make them worth the work they take by selling the prints and I think I at least break even in that respect. Art fairs are a complex beast. I love them and they can be completely demoralizing and exhausting. They can also be magical. I hope yours goes well for you.
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Nov 5, 2018 22:58
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I got rejected from like my 5th juried show in a row. It's not easy to keep sucking but I do it.
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Jan 20, 2019 03:18
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I shouldn't whine. I have made it into these shows in the past - it is mostly colored pencil only shows. I just have to keep making art, keep submitting it and not get discouraged. I wish I had more time to spend hanging around galleries, and other artists for that matter. I barely have time to make the art I get away with making as it is.
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Jan 21, 2019 03:31
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Don't lick the cane toads. I have heard Colorado river toads are better. How the gently caress do people draw straight lines? I realize this is a stupid question, but I recently have been doing some precise drawing and lining with markers and it's not easy. I am used to a more sketchy approach with paint and colored pencil. Are there any tricks to drawing a straight line in one shot? Or do I just have to practice drawing straight lines for a month? The world is lucky I'm not a tattooer.
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Feb 3, 2019 04:17
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Maybe if I try to draw wonky lines they will come out straight. Thanks for the suggestions, trying drawabox.com now Also if I was interested in academic art I would have already passed away from knowing I can't come close to being good enough or smart enough or whatever enough. I just want to draw straight (ish) lines. Except for when I don't
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Feb 4, 2019 05:34
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I haven’t used conte crayons for a while, but my recollection is the sepia ones were always scratchy, and white a tiny bit less so. I switched to prismacolor stix way back, but then those were too wax bloomy and broke constantly. Both of those are why I got way in to expensive colored pencils. Colored pencil brands have exploded in the past 10-15 years. I never got too far into pastels because of the dust.
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May 1, 2021 01:32
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Another thing you could try to kick your creativity in gear is pick a media you have no experience in so there are no stakes. Just start from scratch trying it out. Give yourself slack and just learn a new way of making. I am trying this myself with digital art to break out of a creative slump.
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Oct 22, 2022 02:28
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Regular desktop printers don't have white ink, no. Can you print the orange and leave the letters white (no ink) ?
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Sep 23, 2023 17:15
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Warbird posted:This is actually a common misconception. All printer ink is actually white to start with but you just have to wait a long time or use the cartridge enough to get it to trigger the chemical change to get it to revert back to white. Thanks for this, I was putting mine in the microwave but not getting white. been doing it wrong all this time!
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