Still drawing for one more painting for next year’s exhibition. I am drawing with a Wacom tablet straight to the computer. I’ve been surprised that people some how think this is a form of “cheating”, I explain that each medium has it pros and cons and you work accordingly. In my case I take a long time drawing with traditional materials but speed up when drawing with a computer … correcting the line is easier. So I will use the drawings towards a poster that I can sell at the exhibition.
I have also been thinking about publicity for this exhibition. My exhibition is listed in the Art Weeks’ brochure. There is the usual putting of posters up in the local shops, centres etc. Advertising in publications is out of my price range but with luck I will be interviewed by some of them. So I have decided to spring for some postcards with the exhibition’s details and a painting on the other side. My thinking is give five cards to friends and they pass on the other four to their friends. A sedate form of spam?
