12x16 inchesoil on panel800.00gold framePurchase HEREPainters Tip I've been experimenting with a couple of mediums in the last couple of weeks. The first is Gamblin Alkyd Medium, supplied by my workshop sponsor Central Florida Office Plus in Gainesville, Florida. it is nice to get samples to try before you commit to a product. I really like this medium and will purchase some more when I run out.The other arrived today via USPS and it is fairly expensive but I've heard about it for years so I was ready to invest $40.00 for a large bottle . It is Garrett Copal Medium, made by Ron Garrett. I gave it a whirl this afternoon for a bit of painting and I like it. It is darker color than the Gamblin but works in a similar way, to set the paint up nicely and make it stay where you put it. it is a bit thicker than I prefer but I think it will work fine. I'm not really sure which one I will like the best but I am leaning toward the Gamblin because it is lighter in color and a bit thinner, ju
8x10 inchesoil on panelsilver frame500.00
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Evolving In Our Process
I believe that painters who are open to new ideas, will evolve in their painting process. I started out as a drawing major in art school and did many years of painstaking, photorealism drawings. I became bored with the process and progressed to fresh new drawing experiments, which were less fomulaic. I painted some large abstracts in art school which were quite bad of course. About 15 years ago, I did a period of very loose pastel paintings for a couple of years. They were primitive, primary colors, mostly palms, and I still run into people who wish I was still working that way. I then began playing around with oil landscapes, and became a plein air painter about 13 years ago. I did that exclusively for about three years. I was very much into the whole phenomenon of being a "plein Air snob". After a time, I felt the alla prima method of working lacked finesse and refinement. It
10x10 inchesoil on Deep Gallery Wrap CanvasWired and ready to hang sides painted light blue.
550.00
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Live with it for awhile
I saw a discussion about where artists like to hang their work at an online forum recently. I think it made a good point that we need to have a stage for our paintings to hang for a bit. We need to be able to look at them in their glory, properly framed and hung in a furnished room. It's not always possible to keep them long enough for that, with sales taking priority, but I sometimes keep paintings in the studio for months just because I like them and want to live with them awhile.
Find a spot on your wall for the latest painting to hang and keep changing them out. Be sure to put a frame on them and enjoy them for a bit before they go to their new homes.
24x36 inchesoil on panelgold frame1900.00Purchase at: www.lindablondheim.com
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Pricing your work
This is a topic of endless debate among artists. Here is my take on it.
There are several factors which should go into pricing. The first being brand name recognition. Never underestimate the importance of that. Brand name isn't about skill, it's about brand. You can be a highly skilled painter with no brand name and your work will not sell for the prices that Joe or Sally can command because they are well known. Their work may not even be close to a good as yours but they will command much higher prices.
Another factor is location of your market. If you are living in an urban sophisticated market then the chances of higher prices goes up. If you live in a rural farm community you will have to market outside of that area or paint subjects which appeal to rural people. This is of course a generalization but true much of the time.
Do you want to wholesale your work or
