Time is just flying by
Last Monday I officially quit work. Talk about being super awkward going in and then leaving. With the way things worked out however, I really didn't have a choice. I had nobody to watch the kids, and my husband ended up starting work last Monday. My supervisor was understanding. The head honcho down in Minnesota, was not. I actually felt the way he handled it was unprofessional. He pretty much raked me over the coals for 20 minutes trying to tell me that the company was giving me such a good opportunity with my job that I'm throwing down the drain. I can understand that he was upset because I wasn't able to give any notice. However, what I did wasn't illegal, and to be honest my department had already been working without me for the last four months. I really would not have done any good working for two weeks. I would have spent the two weeks just messing things up. I really don't like that man. The couple times that I did see him, I felt uneasy about him. Anyway, it doesn't really matter now... it's been done and I'm now at home with the kids. I'm so excited to actually get to watch Mikael grow up now... I never realized how much I missed with Gabriel because he was in daycare for 8+ hours.
With that being said, I really hope to supplement our income with my art a bit. My only problem is I have NO idea how to promote myself to get people to commission me. I know I'm not the best artist, but I've seen artists worst than me get tons of commissions... And I mean people who just make stick figures in paint get commissions...
I feel like I have such a hard time making friends online theses days. All the art sites seem to be business only so it's hard to make a group of friends these days. The other thing is that I live in Alaska... so I can't go to any sort of convention to promote myself. I have only the internet...
Maybe my prices are too high? I don't feel that they are... in fact I wish I could charge a lot more. When you break down the prices, most artists make less than $5 an hour with their freelance work.
Anyway, I'm just thinking out loud.
With that being said, I really hope to supplement our income with my art a bit. My only problem is I have NO idea how to promote myself to get people to commission me. I know I'm not the best artist, but I've seen artists worst than me get tons of commissions... And I mean people who just make stick figures in paint get commissions...
I feel like I have such a hard time making friends online theses days. All the art sites seem to be business only so it's hard to make a group of friends these days. The other thing is that I live in Alaska... so I can't go to any sort of convention to promote myself. I have only the internet...
Maybe my prices are too high? I don't feel that they are... in fact I wish I could charge a lot more. When you break down the prices, most artists make less than $5 an hour with their freelance work.
Anyway, I'm just thinking out loud.