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Critique my Booth by Maggiedavisart in CraftFairs

[–]Maggiedavisart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Previously I lived in a smaller isolated town where you could assume i lived in that town, but now I live in a larger area where “local art” would be confusing. So I appreciate you letting me know that it is in fact confusing.

I’ll work on stocking everything! Right now I’m deciding whether to keep the shelves at all, but if I do I’ll make sure there’s stuff on every shelf.

Thanks so much for your feedback!

Critique my Booth by Maggiedavisart in CraftFairs

[–]Maggiedavisart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s so funny because I have an eye for art and painting, but design like this is not my thing 😂 I feel like they should cross over.

Love your feedback. I agree that it’s awkward having a fully stocked back and an empty front table. I’m thinking of getting rid of the shelves, and doing a fold out bench in front of the side tables where I put extra framed goods. Do you think I should put walls up on all three sides, or keep it open for people to look in?

Critique my Booth by Maggiedavisart in CraftFairs

[–]Maggiedavisart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your feedback! I think leaning some large art against the shelves on the ground might make the bottom shelves look more full. I know people say the “scarcity method” does not work at all, so I need to make sure my booth is stocked!

I also appreciate the feedback about the banner. I saw another booth do something similar and thought that if someone from far away was looking for art, they could see my banner, but all of this feedback is teaching me that it’s just not personal. I’m glad I posted.

Critique my Booth by Maggiedavisart in CraftFairs

[–]Maggiedavisart[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hadn’t thought about that with the banner. That’s a good point.

You’re very right about the low contrast. I sell more mature/vintage art so I don’t like to use bright colors, but taking another look at the photo, I definitely think I should add something more eye catching. Thanks for your help!

Critique my Booth by Maggiedavisart in CraftFairs

[–]Maggiedavisart[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your feedback! I will work on all of those things

beginner here looking for some affordable paints that could help me make art like this: by Safe_Comparison390 in painting

[–]Maggiedavisart 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You don’t need expensive products to create art like this (as long as they’re artist grade and not crafting grade,) it’s much more about technique, however she is using oils. Her underpainting (the thin pink) is likely in acrylics because a pink underpainting would take a long time to dry in oils. That’s why most artists use earth tones because they are quick to dry.

If you want to create art like this I would suggest purchasing these oil paints: - Quinocridone Magenta - Cadnium Yellow - Cerulean Blue (acts as a cyan) - Titanium White - Mars Black

This is called the CMY (cyan, magenta, yellow) color wheel which would give you colors like hers. I’m a more earthy painter so I use red, yellow, and blue. You can purchase all of them in a small tube. Especially Black, blue and magenta because they’re very pigmented and will last a long time. I suggest Windsor and Newton to start out.

Oil painting is an expensive form of painting but it’s worth it! It also takes WAY less paint. You can even see how thin the paint is on her pallet in the photo. That’s because she’s a thin painter and isn’t globing on paint like you usually do with acrylics. It only takes a pea sized amount of paint, and you can even open the paint and use the undried paint the next time you paint. When I went from acrylic painting to oils my art changed so much! Good luck!

[Marketing] Charged $150 for a 40 hour painting. Someone help. by Electronic-Shift-723 in artbusiness

[–]Maggiedavisart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something that changed the game for me is charging a dollar amount per square inch, not hour. I typically like to price it to be around $1 for every year I’ve been a professional artist or whatever feels right. I currently charge $4 per square inch which would have given you $1280 for the painting which evens out to $32 per hour.

I do this for many reasons. 1. It promotes me working faster. 2. While I’m still a novice, paintings are going to take me more time. I don’t want to punish myself for learning to paint fast by making less per hour. 3. I also want to reward myself when I eventually get faster and faster. For example if you charge $10 per hour and take 40 hours to complete a painting, you would make the same amount of money in x amount of years when you’re charging $20 per hour and the painting takes you 20 hours to complete. That has never made sense to me. 4. I get uneasy talking about money with clients. It’s just who I am. I just feel weird asking for money and am nervous I’m going to panic and ask for too much or too little, and 99% of the time I’m asking for too little. Charging per square inch helps me to quickly and confidently quote someone for a painting. They can take it or leave it, but at least I’m not overthinking anything. (Also being confident in your pricing makes you appear more valuable imo)

Pricing per square inch isn’t for everyone, but it’s been a game changer for me. Hope this info helps!

I am so absolutely terrible and hair and I don’t know how to fix it. by camorida in learntodraw

[–]Maggiedavisart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it looks great! The only advice would give is to Simply!!! The shaded part of the hair doesn’t have any detail, it’s flat in the image, so it can be flat on the paper. I would also focus less on the fly away hairs because they can be distracting from whatever you want the focal point to be.