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I'm off to Brean in a few days and looking forward to getting the oils out on the coast. I'm going to be forced to paint outside as I can't risk getting paint all over the mother-in-law's caravan!
This photograph I took on Weston beach last year. You can see Brean Down in the distance. There's an abandoned old fort at the bottom that would make a great location for a short scary film but that's another project.
I rode my bike up to the top one evening a couple of years ago and there's a tremendous feeling of solitude. The first stars were just coming out as the wind rattled through you. The view was tremendous, stretching for miles and miles.
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"I'm going to be forced to paint outside..."
I hope you have some good weather. If you do, I think you might enjoy it.
I know what you're saying Keith, though I've only been painting 3 years and still a bit shy when it comes to painting outside in front of passers by. It's only recently since I've tried oils that I think my work has improved enough to be on public display.
tHAT does look like an eerie place to be at night! Probable lends much room to the imagination though -
I think anyone seeing you paint outdoors the way you do in your videos would be very impressed. I know what you mean about being shy about painting outdoors though. I think most people probably feel the same at first. I have found that once you get into a painting you tend to become less aware of what is going on around you. The few people who do actually come up and have a look are usually friendly.
I don't think you can expect to paint at your best on your first few outings. There is so much to get used to and you have to go through a bit of a learning process.
Also working outdoors can be a way of making contacts and even sales. I have heard of people selling paintings straight off the easel, before the paint is dry!
I like the sound of selling straight off the easel. Do you sell many through the 'We Frame It' shops? I clicked on the gallery link but it doesn't work.
They don't have websites unfortunately Steven.
I've sold quite a few paintings from the Thurso shop. I usually put local views in there and they seem to be popular. I've only recently had anything in Inverness so it's too early to say how they are doing.
Frame shops usually take paintings on a sale-or-return basis, but they often insist on doing the framing. That means that if you have a painting back, for any reason, you have to pay them for the frame. Shops that will take in framed paintings usually take a commission of 30% - 40% on sales.
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