After the art festival

So I think my next steps after the art festival on May 5th is to begin working with other blogs to be a sponsor. My work will be featured, I could give away prints or originals and I think this would really increase traffic to my blog.


The other thing I want to do is set up my etsy shop. And expand my website.

With one weekend left before the art festival, I still have loads to do. But honestly, I'm more interested in painting right now than doing anything else, which is awesome but it's own procrastination.

I need to work in photoshop to get my prints ready for printing, I need to order business cards and postcards for the festival, get my paintings ready for selling, etc. I have a list in my phone that only seems to grow instead of shrink. I know I can do this, I know I'm ready, and that I'm excited for people to see what I've created.

I've read articles explaining that you should paint for your audience not for yourself if you want to be successful. I honestly don't know how to do that. It feels fake somehow. I want to create authentic pieces that speak to me, because I have to believe that if they speak to me, they will speak to someone else. If I think too hard about the end owner, I also become stuck. There's truths I want to/need to get out, and well, that's what I focus on when I'm working.

A good reminder for today is something I have over my desk at my full-time job:

Don't act from a place of fear. Examine every thought, to find the truth.