Feather of Peace 1

Unfortunately, the other 2 suffered failures (check out oi_you_blondie on Instagram for confirmation :’D)

Personally, I’m still rather disappointed with this. The smaller birds, in my opinion, are awful (and I don’t think I’m being overly critical of myself here). I knew I would struggle with the scale of 3″x 5″ and I did let my client know this – however, she loves it! And as the saying goes: the customer always comes first.

If anyone would like to request a painting – if for purchase or just to challenge me 😉 – please email me on samanthaburnettartist@hotmail.com

Exhibition Night

Well my first charity auction was definitely an experience!
A few negatives first: the paintings were not placed on display and were auctioned at first sight. Also they were auctioned all together rather than individually. I was surprised I sold any!
But positives: I sold 4 paintings and nearly £6,000 was made for prostate cancer 🙂 I also have a commission set up who I will be speaking to next weekend. I also learnt valuable lessons:
1. Try not to take peoples comments to heart.
2. Know you’re limitations
3. Be more positive.

The painting that sold the most happened to be the one I was considering not taking because I didn’t think it was good enough! Lesson learnt 🙂

Hare: Finished

Sometimes it is just the small touches that make a big difference.
For this hare, it’s the splatter across the bottom and the pink mist around him and his purple whiskers.
I don’t like it if the painting looks too neat – My favourite way of applying paint is via toothbrush!
My only criticism about this painting is that I wish I’d used a different colour at the bottom; the red makes it look a bit violent….
But despite this, this hare sold within a week for £100. *grinning from ear to ear*

Hedgehog

Behold! The first painting I ever sold!
My work was in the Art Shop for nearly 3 months and nothing had sold. “Lots of interest” but not a buy.
It was the 2nd of February 2014 when I was told my little A4 Hedgehog had sold for £40. They even let me keep the frame as “they already had one waiting for it”.
Needless to say, I was chuffed to bits *grin*