1 post tagged “planning art”

Where to begin?

I am studying early childhood education, and the papers are wicked, I mean evil, not awesome...I am thinking about an art exhibition, but not sure where to start. Well, I read online that the general place to start is to have a topic or a bunch of paintings hoarded somewhere in a cellar to be able to put on a show. I have got little space to store them and am not sure where to go from here. I hope to sell my art and have it hanging in houses on peoples walls and eventually get to the point where people want my work. I have run out of space on my walls. No more walls to hang paintings on but I love to paint and it really makes me human so I have to do more. And I have to get on with it and go with it and work out the bits and bobs and just make it happen.

So I have started to play with some ideas. Obviously, I wouldn't want to give it away but all I can say is that I have weirdly been attracted to illustrated books since I was little. Saying this there cannot be a literal translation and suddenly you all know what I am going to do and go out and do it, but you get the idea.

There are lots of logistics to consider like finances, buying supplies, canvases and paint, finding and renting the showing space and marketing and advertising to get the people who have the money to pitch up to the exhibit and to immediately snap up a bunch for millions of dollars. Right, back to reality, Niki, you have to paint, so get off your ass and do some planning and some working while chomping down some ice-cream.

Remember to make notes on how much time is spent on each painting, the value of the art work and the cost of the supplies per canvas.

Mmm...maybe I am going to be busy, better get the bucket of ice-cream for a nice cold, wintery, creamy session of brain storming.