Monday, March 29, 2010

Spring at last



It's spring! Time for a little studio cleaning and tossing. Spring is a great motivational time with the world turning it's bright yellow green and flowers adding to the color mix. That's what I love about spring, the new beginning, a time of awakening.

It is time to make my spring goals. What I would like to accomplish in the next three months. Sometimes it is easier to make three month goals and not try to tackle the whole year in one bite. Now is the time to stop procrastinating and take action.

A personal goal for me is to start running again, I have stopped during the winter and starting is painful. The first few weeks everything aches as I push myself to get back into physical shape.

Sometimes starting is the hardest part. As I get back into shape my mind gets new energy better ideas. I get wonderful painting ideas as I run and I see the world in a whole new way. You miss so much when you just drive through life.

Another personal goal is to start to journal again, to write down my ideas. I was doing journal daily but I have stopped and I can feel the difference. Journaling helps me to clear my mind early in the morning so I am free to create the rest of the day. It gives me place to put down ideas that I can visit again and maybe work into a series of paintings.

I also want to start a sketch journal. I take a sketch book with me when I travel but I have never done a long term project of a sketch journal with notes on a daily bases.

Two old things to reinvent and a new project along with other more serious goals, that should be enough to keep me hopping for three months.

Blue Vase with Flowers
Blue Vase with Flowers, painting by Delilah Smith


About This Painting: This painting and more are available at Daily Painters.
Blue Vase with Flowers
B010-1302
8x6 oil on canvas mounted on hardboard



Media: oil
Size: 6 in X 8 in (15.2 cm X 20.3 cm)
Price: $100 USD



How to Purchase:


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Price: $100 USD plus $10 USD s/h
Or, send me an email

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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Is it Taboo to Use White and Black in Watercolor


Is the use of Black and White paint in watercolor something you should avoid? I have seen marvelous paintings done in watercolor where the artist has used both black and white.

Keep in mind that you can mix a wonderful shade of black by blending red and green pigment so most watercolorists don't even keep a tube of black watercolor.

Keep in mind if you do use black and white paint that some exhibitions will only accept only pure transparent watercolor.

This weeks small aceo paintings are available at my ebay store.











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Monday, March 15, 2010

The Business of Making Art

Artist often forget that art is a business. Making great art is the first step in your artistic business development. Your business starts out as a one man show ,so you must show up each day and be at the top of your artistic game

If you are going to succeed and prosper in a business where so many others fail , making a good living with your talent is your goal then you must also develop your artist marking skills. Do you have a marketing plan? Are you using it daily? How much time do you set aside each week to increase your marketing skills?

No one know your business better than you do. You are the best person to market your art so now is the time to learn.

The year is almost 1/3 over, it is time to review your annual goals. Winners value the power of planning and persistence. Many artist are not natural planners and organizers. These are skills that can be developed over time. The devil is in the details so get those details down and start today to plan. What has been successful for you over the past three months? Can you build on this? A larger body of work? More collectors? Decide what will be your path for the next three months. What will you do to reach those goals? What is your three month marketing plan? Plan, Organize,and create the best art you can.

Morning Outing
Morning Outing, painting by Delilah Smith

About This Painting:
Morning Outing
8x10
oil on stretched canvas

Media: oil
Size: 10 in X 8 in (25.4 cm X 20.3 cm)
Price: $150 USD


How to Purchase:

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Price: $150 USD plus $10 USD s/h
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This weeks aceos have an Irish Theme for St. Patrich's Day.

This weeks aceos will be available at my ebay store.


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Friday, March 05, 2010

Artist are Collectors also.




Tony Cenicola/The New York Times article



The artist Jeff Koons in his Upper East Side home, which houses examples of his own collecting efforts.


JEFF KOONS, at 55, is one of the world’s most famous living artists. And every night before drifting off to sleep in his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, he is able to survey the salmon-pink walls of his bedroom and commune with a small pantheon of the most famous artists of centuries past.


click here..To read the rest of this article from the New York Times


I have started my own collection of artist that I love. Now is a wonderful time to begin a collection. I try to buy at least one a month a modest start but it fits my budget.


I only buy original and I only buy what I like. I suggest you purchase artwork you love because you will love it even more as time goes by?

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Thursday, March 04, 2010

Paintings from December and January

Here are some of the Paintings that I did in December and January of this year.


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Monday, March 01, 2010

Balance: An Artist Collaborative Game


This is the first painting in a series of collaborative paintings that I am doing.This is a project of the Women's art caucus of Michigan. The rules are Do a painting based on the Balance: An Artist Collaborative game. You are paired with another artist after one month you exchange paintings with your partner.
The next painting is your response to your piece number 1. The third painting is the response to the partners # 2 painting.

Here is the start.
A little more work.






The finished painting. 36x18 Balance in the Ocean






This weeks Aceo have a Tropical Theme, they will be available at my Ebay store.





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