a couple of weeks ago. It was inspiring and encouraging, and I highly recommend it to anyone contemplating art as a career path. One of the author's tips was to find people who would like your art, and one of the ways he recommends doing that is to "hang out" on sites like Instagram, SO... I set up an account late last night. It has been interesting so far to see content like Fraktur, folk art, and scripture art. It will be interesting to see what happens when I go looking for old house portraits!
My second-ever Instagram post was announcing my first Etsy Fraktur listing:
This was nerve-wracking, but exciting to complete. I had painted the tulip in last night and really didn't know what I wanted to do with the birds. Of course, it could always have worked out better, but I can live with it as it is (I had scanned it once and decided one of the birds needed more work on its neck, so made myself touch it up and re-scan.) When I was looking at my Pinterest inspiration pieces, I noticed the originals were a lot more intricate than I remembered, so this is far too spare to be in the authentic style. Maybe I will do a more involved one soon. It was encouraging to have my Fraktur liked by a number of people I don't know at all within an hour of posting. Hopefully I will actually sell something at some point...
After listing my Psalm 34 Fraktur, I started sketching a new house portrait from my Google photos. It is a much plainer house, so we'll see whether it ends up being easier or harder!
