The New Painting Settles In

 Yes, I found a bit more wall space to hang that tulip painting as I list the pattern books for the knitting machine for sale on eBay. It will be funny to see what sells first-the painting or the books but this is a busy little corner of the living room these days.

Meanwhile I'm enjoying "playing" with the painting on Zazzle and discovering how many different ways it can be used to design products. I love the idea of turning it into something useful and challenge myself to keep trying new things with it.

To Market, to market-the big finish

 Here's a wide shot of the chaos as I continue to work at the dining room table.

 One last look at the inspiration photo from my garden alongside the painting.

 I'll try listing this on eBay first. The next attempt will be on etsy. It isn't about preferring one to the other, it's about using my free listings first.

I've attached the inspiration photo to the back along with a little information on the painting.

Another approach to decision making

I'd paint a while and then scan this again  to help me decide whether it was improving or not and then when it got to this point I paused and took it to Zazzle to try it out on a couple of greeting cards to see how it looks that way. The pale yellow background really helps to set off lettering for anything I want it to say so at least for now it's working for me.
I feel like progress is being made and I FINALLY finished scanning in the last of all my drawings a few minutes ago so I can clear off my worktable and move on to the next project.
The nice thing about doing things this way is that YOU decide when you like a piece. I check the blog for comments every day . When paintings sell on eBay or Etsy it's a pretty good indication that someone liked them and when people buy the images on thing at Zazzle it shows that they like them enough to have or share them so the over used phrase "it's all good" comes to mind. I guess the fact that we're all sick of hearing it doesn't change the fact that sometimes it's just true.

The 99 cent experiment continues...

In an effort to give people a chance to invest in original art and find a way to pay for the blank cards and envelopes I charged.  I've been listing a lot of the note card and envelope sets that I draw and paint on eBay. There's a drawing or painting on each card and envelope so starting around 50 cents each it's a once in a lifetime chance as I'm not likely to try THAT again. Results are mixed so far and it's hard to tell whether the watercolors or drawings will be more popular but I figured it was worth the risk to find out. I'll let you know how things turn out.