tekk
i was just woken up my mom. but she had good news. she brought my light up painting box of my grandpa down with her to visit them. she said she wanted them to see it, and she didnt know when they'd be up this way. anyways they decided to buy it. i had previously decided on a price because 1. those light boxes took forever to make. and i hurt myself alot doing it. 2. the painting took quite a while also 3. it had alot of steps in making it (box, painting, transparencies, painting the trans., gluing them on, attaching the light thing) 4. not to mention the fact that the materials i had to spend on it added up real fast (the light things were 12 dollars each! and we had to buy a new power tool just to make the windows!)
anyways i feel like to be successful you have to set a certain price and stick with it. especially keeping the above things in mind. there's definitely something to be said for art that is affordable (like those crappy robot paintings someone i know does) but i feel like i need to look at it like what the scottish lady said to mitchell one day. she said (in her accent) "you don't want to start working in a cheap hair salon because by the time to have a clientèle list going you can't up your prices all of a sudden. so you'll never make money" and i think thats true. obviously if i do a small painting that takes not much time and i didn't invest myself in it that much then i would charge significantly less. buttt i am really really attached to these lightboxes. and my papops was one of the best. so, i am glad they have it...but sad its gone, and i didn't even get to say goodbye (take pictures). they only live a few hours away so i'll probably be visiting them soon and take pictures then.
goodbye sweet painting. and good luck. they'll probably never plug you in.
anyways i feel like to be successful you have to set a certain price and stick with it. especially keeping the above things in mind. there's definitely something to be said for art that is affordable (like those crappy robot paintings someone i know does) but i feel like i need to look at it like what the scottish lady said to mitchell one day. she said (in her accent) "you don't want to start working in a cheap hair salon because by the time to have a clientèle list going you can't up your prices all of a sudden. so you'll never make money" and i think thats true. obviously if i do a small painting that takes not much time and i didn't invest myself in it that much then i would charge significantly less. buttt i am really really attached to these lightboxes. and my papops was one of the best. so, i am glad they have it...but sad its gone, and i didn't even get to say goodbye (take pictures). they only live a few hours away so i'll probably be visiting them soon and take pictures then.
goodbye sweet painting. and good luck. they'll probably never plug you in.