My day ( The life of an Artist )
I thought it would be fun to share my life as a working artist with you.
My alarm goes off at 5:30 a.m. Monday through Friday.
The early part of my morning is dedicated to Marketing via Social Media mostly Instagram and Pinterest,
I move on to calling local and national Interior Designers to see if they need any custom abstract paintings for their projects.
Mid-Morning is when I like to start painting and go until late afternoon while checking email and social media intermittently throughout the day.
There are a few days when certain "to do's" will change my schedule a bit but it's what makes it all interesting, like:
Definitely sealing and varnishing a painting.
The long lines at the post office for shipping.
Packaging is always a priority, it's important that every order I send out is packaged very well and protected in transit. The person who made the purchase in one of my paintings or prints made an investment in my work so I'm going to package it the best way I can to make sure it arrives to them in perfect condition.
When I create a special paint color ( I create my own paint colors ) that can have an impact ob my day because it's not always right the first time around then it has to be tested which involves natural drying time.
Meeting an Interior Designer to show them some sample colors and paintings.
The majority of my workdays quite down somewhere around 7:00 p.m then it's time to get a few "house things" done. At some point in the afternoon I will have checked in on my Mother who's in a Nursing Home but after dinner I like to respond and catch up with the Instagram friends I communicated with earlier in the day.
So that's my typical day in the life of a working artist.
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Thanks for visiting.
Marti
