The first day of painting on the sequoia panel was way too hot, with the sun pounding on me and drying out my palette. The second day of painting took place inside the workshop with the doors closed and the swamp cooler roaring. I didn’t think there would be enough light, so I set up the ott light floor lamp. Maybe it will all look wrong when it is seen in pure daylight. . .
The sky needed a second coat, and while working on it, OF COURSE I slopped paint over onto the tree and all the foliage.
Next I reworked the ground. The paint didn’t dry nearly as fast as when the bright sun shone on it. (duh)
The lower left greenery in the background came next, then foliage on the big tree, the lower right greenery, and finally, the wood on the tree.
Finished, photographed in low light.
Finished, photographed with the doors opened.
This is approximately 54-1/2 X 23-3/4”. It’s kind of heavy, and it has hanging wire on the back.
Do you think that $450 is a good price for this? The smaller ones sold for $250. I didn’t measure them, but am guessing they were in the neighborhood of 18 X 36”.
Someone needs a business manager around here. . . perhaps an administrative assistant. . . then this would need to be priced at $900 in order to pay him.
NOPE, NOT SHIPPING IT, SO DON’T ASK!
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I love the way the crack in the panel adds to the trunk of the tree. Yep, I think that is a good price.
Kathy, it is only tourist types who will be willing to spend that kind of money (even with it being only #450) and it would only be someone who had driven, not flown and rented a car. But I was so surprised when the other pieces sold and I have room to be surprised again!
I think $450 is too low. It’s going to take someone with a larger house with big walls to accommodate this size of a painting. That someone would probably be shocked that this painting was priced so low. I would double that to $900, due to its size and beauty and the time and skill it took to paint it.
I know you like to keep your art prices lower (“at prices that won’t scare you”) but do you re-evaluate your pricing from time to time? Maybe people are more willing to pay a little more for something they love, than you think.
Hey Marjie, want to be my business manager? The pricing, selling, marketing, bookkeeping, promoting, publicity, planning: ugh. I just want to draw. Sigh.