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sandi · 03-23-2007

Hey Thanks,
I didn't mean to derail your thread here. I'd say work in whatever size that you are comfortable with. I like to work big, but they are a pain to haul, pain to hang, they have to be photographed for reproduction purposes where as with smaller works you can just scan them.
If you like working on paper, then you will need to learn how to mount it in some fashion. I'm not familiar with paper mounting techniques. I use panels because I just like them, and they don't require framing to show. You use whatever you like.

What is the worst that can happen???? They find you alone in your home, the cat terrified- and you in your pajamas with matted hair walking around repeating ''just one more painting'' over and over....and then they find this awesome body of work left behind after you went mad. That's when the money will start rolling in. But seriously...you will have built a body of work that you can sell, show, loan out, or make reproductions of, for the rest of your life! I hope you go for it.
If you need help, or pointers with this kind of thing, please feel free to email J W or me, and we will be glad to share what we know.

I feel the same about photorealism. I personally don't try to go photorealistic in my work, I like more stylized work. I think that the public tends to gravitate toward photorealism because there is a general lack of art appreciation in the U.S. anyway. In general people are not taught what art is, and therefore can't appreciate what they don't know. Photorealism is safe to like. All the more reason for Artists like yourself to share that unique gift with the rest of the world!

03-23-2007	#17 (permalink)
sandi MEMBER Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 142	Re: Sketch1 Hey Thanks, I didn't mean to derail your thread here. I'd say work in whatever size that you are comfortable with. I like to work big, but they are a pain to haul, pain to hang, they have to be photographed for reproduction purposes where as with smaller works you can just scan them. If you like working on paper, then you will need to learn how to mount it in some fashion. I'm not familiar with paper mounting techniques. I use panels because I just like them, and they don't require framing to show. You use whatever you like. What is the worst that can happen???? They find you alone in your home, the cat terrified- and you in your pajamas with matted hair walking around repeating ''just one more painting'' over and over....and then they find this awesome body of work left behind after you went mad. That's when the money will start rolling in. But seriously...you will have built a body of work that you can sell, show, loan out, or make reproductions of, for the rest of your life! I hope you go for it. If you need help, or pointers with this kind of thing, please feel free to email J W or me, and we will be glad to share what we know. I feel the same about photorealism. I personally don't try to go photorealistic in my work, I like more stylized work. I think that the public tends to gravitate toward photorealism because there is a general lack of art appreciation in the U.S. anyway. In general people are not taught what art is, and therefore can't appreciate what they don't know. Photorealism is safe to like. All the more reason for Artists like yourself to share that unique gift with the rest of the world!