Festival Diva V16" x 20" Oil Pastel on Canson Paper
I really love to work in soft pastel and oil pastel but for some reason they do not sell as well as oil paintings. One problem is they need to be framed under glass which causes a problem for those of us who travel and do shows. When I work in oil pastel the medium allows be to be looser and less detailed which I like. The down side of pastel and oil pastel is the limitation of color. You have to use what you have to work with. Oil paints I can mix a million different colors because I never, never, never paint from the tube.
I need to do more horses in oil pastel but it is a sure sale when I paint in oil and that is important to me. For some reason I have found it difficult to sell my musician series which are in oil, pastel and oil pastel. So I always go back to the proven sellers horses and bike racing. I prefer to paint horses but bikes sell just as well as horses.
When I go and exhibit in Fl shows I have no idea what will be selling there. I have tried to paint a variety of different things for that market. Another thing I have had trouble selling is wildlife go figure, I was a wildlife illustrator and I cannot sell wildlife. A lot of it has to do with the slumping economy I am sure of this. If we can just get through this tough time I am sure everything will begin to sell again.
Time to go and paint another horse I know they will sell always do in every market.
~Mike
I need to do more horses in oil pastel but it is a sure sale when I paint in oil and that is important to me. For some reason I have found it difficult to sell my musician series which are in oil, pastel and oil pastel. So I always go back to the proven sellers horses and bike racing. I prefer to paint horses but bikes sell just as well as horses.
When I go and exhibit in Fl shows I have no idea what will be selling there. I have tried to paint a variety of different things for that market. Another thing I have had trouble selling is wildlife go figure, I was a wildlife illustrator and I cannot sell wildlife. A lot of it has to do with the slumping economy I am sure of this. If we can just get through this tough time I am sure everything will begin to sell again.
Time to go and paint another horse I know they will sell always do in every market.
~Mike
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