A Day in Creativity....

I love those days when you can sit down and play around with several different things at once. Today has been one of those days spent at the long studio table (aka the dining room table) and I have had my fingers in paint, ink, fluid chalks, glue, glaze, clay, solder....well you get the drift. I have gone from one project to another and then spent some time listening to music and the Virginia Tech game in the background.

As you all know I am getting ready to be very brave and begin selling my artwork on Etsy, from my blog, while vending and in a shop in Salem. Even though people see my art all of the time online, while I am teaching, in swaps, etc. it is a bit different to put it out there to sell. What if nobody wants it??? Eeek! It's hard to put something that you have created out there to be accepted or rejected. But I'm doing it....I believe in myself and my art and like I said the other day my new mantra is "She thought she could so she did". So I am. <smile>

A lot of the newer items are me putting what I learned at Art Is to use....I have been wanting to create iconic faces for a while and now, thanks to Pam Carriker, I am actually doing it and loving it!!  Here is a new piece...the substrate is a piece of architectural salvage.....

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Another class that I took was JoAnna Pierotti's on Friday evening.  I had taken her doll class in Connecticut at the first Art Is when it was known as Art Fest For The Soul.  This was a wonderful class that was filled with my friends, laughter and beautiful creations!  Here is a piece I have been working on today using the doll face I learned in JoAnna's class....

The word bloom on this piece was inspired by Jane's beautiful necklace that she created.

I will be posting several of my iconic faces tomorrow evening on Etsy.  The creations I make with the doll faces I will be selling at the shop in Salem, VA but if you see something you like let me know. 

Would love your feedback....good or bad....just would like to know if these are creations that "sell worthy". 

xo,

Comments

[Gail]

Lesley,
Oh my goodness, "sell worthy"? I think so, they're stunning! I found you on Etsy while searching for gem tintypes and love your shop.
Actually I've had it favorited for quite some time, now I have your sweet blog on my blogroll as well!
Your work is lovely, hope it does fantastic on Etsy, it's a very artsy community so it should fly....:).

[Jean McNulty]

Your work is beautiful and very sell worthy!! Good luck with Etsy...I am sure you will sell everything you list!!