I was set up at the Farmer's Market today, and I sold more paintings than jewelry, yikes! And the other weird thing, all 3 of my painting customers were children! I just don't know what to make of that. My style, or maybe my subjects appeal to the the younger crowd...and maybe my price? I'm selling it as "student" work...$10 for the small boards, $15 for the larger, $15 for the tiny ones on the easels....pretty cheap. So, what sold? Two on the easels: the clown fish to a young boy, 12 or so years; and the German Shepherd to a young girl about 11 or so years; and one small board, the Tomato Tango, to a young girl about 10 or so years. The 10 year old is the daughter of one of the other vendors there who sell produce, and she was being coached by the young daughter of the red truck family, so I'm thinking the tomato painting might be a gift for her parents, not for herself. But the other two kids, they were definitely buying for themselves.
May was lost to other projects...I didn't get much painting in. I'm going to try and correct that this month. Of course, because the easel paintings were selling today I decided to paint more in that size. Two of Batman and two of birds. They went pretty quick, although I fussed over the love birds a bit....their kissing beaks were not visible enough, so I kept trying out different edges. My first impression of these was "Well, they're done anyway." A bit of frustration, born from the merry month of May where barely any paintings got done. But after I walked away and came back after a bit, I decided I liked them well-enough.
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