Week 8 Be Prepped With Pricing

Welcome to Week 8. This week we are going to make sure that we are ready with our pricing strategies and really consider how long it takes us to a create piece and if we are paying ourselves enough based on our market.

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Revisiting Martha's Vineyard

Workshop with artist Susan Nichter.

The Seaport, Boston take 2

 

View From The Seaport District II

Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord

6" x 12 x 2"

SOLD

I painted another version of this for the holiday show at Zullo Gallery in Medfield. That one sold but the gallery director told me that someone else really wanted it so he asked me if I would paint another one. So of course I said yes.

Week 7 Be Ready To Share Your Best Work

It's week 7 and this week's challenge is to get your best work ready to share with those that ask. Don't be one of those people who scrolls around on their phone while others wait for you to find the right images. Have it ready to go in a folder or with a link and practice bringing it up! You will be so happy you did. And so will your audience.

Happy Valentine's Day from Bailey

 

Bailey

6" x 6"

Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessoboard

How can you resist this cute face? Bailey is the neighbor dog to my friend Danielle and she comes to visit them in their backyard almost every day. She wanted to have a portrait painted to give as a birthday gift to her neighbor. She asked me to make a print also so that she could have a copy for herself to enjoy as well.

I love painting pet portraits so if you have a favorite photo of a special dog or cat that you'd like to turn in to a one-of-a-kind piece of art, please send me an email. I'd be happy to recommend some size and price ranges for you.

Week 6 Understanding Procrastination

This week in my Jump-Start Your Art weekly challenge for artists, we'll explore the reasons we procrastinate and hopefully check a few of those off of our to-do list!

Here is your free downloadable worksheet.

And 3 boot paintings makes a series

Old Gringo Freedom Eagle Boots

10" x 10"

Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Encausticbord

This is the third painting of boots and you know what that means? It officially makes it a series. These boots are so fun to paint that I have already lined up several more boots from www.bootitude.net that I want to paint next. 

Here is a process shot so you can see that I still used the orange ground color as with my other paintings. I tried a new technique with this pair. I painted on all of the different tones for the brown leather sections, then scraped some of it off which I think gave it more of the appearance of leather. 

Week 5 Start Keeping Track

This month we switch our theme to "Getting Organized." And for Week 5 we'll focus on keeping good records. I still have more workbooks available that I would be happy to mail to your for just $20 to cover printing and shipping. Email me at anngorbett@gmail.com with your mailing address.

Here is the worksheet ready to download.

Giddy-Up with Old Gringo Boots

Old Gringo Double D Ranch Boots

10" x 10" oil with palette knives on Ampersand Encausticbord

Available at Art Gallery at Patriot Place, Foxborough

The second painting of a pair of boots inspired by the beautiful collection from Christy Soloman at bootitude.net.

I found that I seem to be drawn to the Old Gringo boots in her collection. These especially look like ones I would wear. They also kind of reminded me of a boot I made for a floral show a few years ago. I called it Bootanical.

Giddy-up.

Week 4 Choose a Theme

I think this is a fun one. Choose a theme word to keep you focused throughout the year. Below is your worksheet ready for download. Good luck!

 

These boots are made for painting

Swift's (Liberty) Boots

10" x 10"

Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Encausticbord

I first discovered the beautiful and unique vintage boot collection of Christy Soloman at the Brimfield Antique Flea Market a few years ago. Since then I've followed her on Instagram @bootitude. I am constantly in awe every time she posts a new pair and I hope someday to own the perfect pair for myself. In the meantime, I decided to paint a few of my favorites. These boots by Liberty were the same style as those worn my the one and only Taylor Swift. Sweet.

Week 3 Identify Your Values

 

Today we begin Week 3 of this 52 week year long challenge: 

IDENTIFY YOUR VALUES 

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Christmas pet portrait commissions: Meet Tootsie and Daisy

Tootsie

6" x 6"

Oil with a palette knife on Ampersand Gessobord

Daisy

6" x 6"

Oil with a palette knife on Ampersand Gessobord

Loren asked me to paint these two cuties as a Christmas gift for her kids. So how could I say no?

I had previously painted 6" x 6" portraits of her two goldens a few years ago (click here to see Nala and Sophie). She had them enlarged on to 48" by 48" canvas to fill these walls in her beautiful home. She sent me this photo of them installed. Amazing.

Week 2 Give Yourself a Boost

Today we begin Week 2 of this 52 week year long challenge. GIVE YOURSELF A BOOST Below is your worksheet ready for download. 

High on Hydrangeas

Blue Hydrangeas

8" x 6"

Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord

Available at The Artists Studio and Gallery at Patriot Place

Blue and Pink Hydrangeas

6" x 8"

Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord

Available at The Artists Studio and Gallery at Patriot Place

Pink Hydrangeas

8" x 6"

Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord

Available at The Artists Studio and Gallery at Patriot Place

Small Blue Hydrangeas

6" x 6"

Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord

SOLD

I miss summer this time of year so I went on a hydrangea painting rampage to help me get through winter. I've got the perfect frames ready to go to display these three available paintings at the gallery. I think they will look great hung together.

  

WEEK 1 Jump-Start Your Art Challenge

Happy New Year everyone! 

Thanks to all of you who signed up to join me on my 2021 Jump-Start Your Art Challenge. I am so excited to begin this year with a new challenge. Let's make it a great one.

Today we begin week 1 of this 52 week year long challenge. Below is your worksheet ready for download. 

READY?

SET?

LET'S GO!

Merry Red Christmas

The Red Inn From The Road

8" x 24"

oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord

SOLD

There is nothing more Christmasy than a red inn on the coast. Except of course, if you add some snow.

Those of you who have followed my blog for awhile will recognize this as a familiar painting. This was a commission and the 38th time I've painted this beautiful place in one form or another. But this was a new size canvas for me and I really liked it. 

Happy Christmas to all! I hope Santa brings you everything you wished for.

Entering Boston

Entering Boston

12" x 12" x 1.5"

Oil with palette knives on Blick Studio Artist Panel

Available at Zullo Gallery, Medfield

I have done many of these Entering signs before for various Cape Cod towns-Provincetown, Truro, and Wellfleet, as well as one for Foxboro. Now it was Boston's turn. I wanted to have this as my anchor piece for the collection of 10 Boston paintings I completed for the Zullo Gallery's holiday sale, 

Here is a photo I took of them all together before I delivered them to Medfield.

While it would be really difficult to hang them on the gallery wall like this, I really liked how they look all together, especially with the different panel depths giving them dimension. As someone on Facebook described it, "I feel like I just took a nice walk through Boston on a clear day." 

I love that!  

The Seaport, Boston

View from the Seaport District, Boston

6" x 12"

Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord

SOLD at Zullo Gallery, Medfield

This was the last of the 10 paintings I completed for the Zullo Gallery holiday show. I struggled with how much detail to put in to the buildings in the background but I think I ended up in a good place. This walk around the Seaport is great to do during your lunch hour on a beautiful sunny day in Boston. The boats coming in and out are fun to watch too.

60 Beacon Street

60 Beacon Street

12" x 6"

Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord

SOLD at Zullo Gallery, Medfield

I've painted this beautiful brownstone on Beacon Hill many years ago on a much larger canvas (click here to see that version) and I so enjoyed it that I wanted to paint it again smaller for a small works holiday show. There were a lot of windows to paint but the most fun was painting the window boxes with the pretty flowers.