Post 37: How to Care for Your Art Investment

How are you supposed to care for the artwork you have come by?

So you have purchased a painting! Awesome, especially if it was from me!!

How do you take care of it?

Where should you hang it?

Where should you NOT hang it?

How do you store it?

How do you clean it?

Photo Credits: Pierre Bamin on Unsplash.com

All very good questions. I have seen and heard about hanging artwork in a bathroom and cringed...that's NOT a good idea. Anyway, others have written extensively about the subject so I will provide a few links here for the help we need to get those answers to those important questions - after all, somebody probably paid good money for that artwork!

Caring for Artwork:

How to Care for Your Art by Matt J Bruce

How to Care for Your Art by Art Evolution

Caring for Your Paintings from Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute

Storing Artwork:

How to Store Art from Wikihow

And for my fellow artists, here is an amusing, awesome video:

Storing Artwork - Tips For Artists by Rafi Was Here Studios

Now, you may want to hang that Picasso hanging next to the bathroom shower somewhere else, right?

Post 36: World's Smallest Art Studio for Painting

World's Smallest Art Studio for Painting

I'm calling this the world's smallest art studio for painting but I am still betting someone can top it - and if your studio is smaller, I feel for you.

Yes, this one is in my office - a big desk where the monitor is and I can simply swivel the chair around and paint. Well, I live in a small townhouse and this was originally a small bedroom that I use for an office/studio. 

There are lots of paint techniques I would love to try but space doesn't allow that. Maybe one day!

Know of anyone with a smaller space? Post it!! 

And maybe one day, space....and a view.

9 Famous Artists’ Studios You Can Visit, from Jackson Pollock to Barbara Hepworth

Post 35: 2004 Painting of Thomas Kinkade's A New Day Dawning

Painting Name: A Kinkade Version of Cottage and Sea

Medium: Acrylic

Size: Stretched Canvas

Edition Year: 2004

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt

Back home from a great Christmas with family and friends, encompassing Charlottesville, Louisa and Blue Ridge Shores in Louisa, so back to hit the canvases again. While in Louisa visiting a friend, I got to take some pictures of a painting I did for her back in 2004 which is a take off of a Thomas Kinkade's "A New Day Dawning". 

My brother in front of the fireplace and the painting

Of course nobody can do a Kinkade like Kinkade, but here is where you can find his original:

https://thomaskinkade.com/art/a-new-day-dawning/ 

Post 34: Koi Fish and Lily Pads 8x10 Acrylic Painting on Stretched Canvas

Painting Name: Koi Fish and Lily Pads

SKU: 12AI20AC

Medium: Acrylic Painting

Size: 8 x 10 Stretched Canvas

Price: $99.00 + shipping

Framed?: Yes, a simple black floating frame

Edition Year: 2020

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt

Fish painting on canvas is completed. It's an acrylic medium artwork with Koi Fish swimming - brightly colored fishies with some lily pads.

Like this painting? Need a handmade, original painting as a gift for a friend or family member?

Or if you want to commission me to do a similar painting for you, please contact me through this blog or go to Donna Liguria Art on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt to shop my available Artwork. Thank you for visiting, and remember to Follow, Comment, and Review! 

Post 33: Etsy Shop - Favorite, Follow, Review and Support Starving Artists!

Get your Etsy on and Favorite, Follow, Review and Support Starving Artists!

The process of getting your paintings "out there" is certainly a challenge and basically a full time job. There are all of the social sites you MUST be on and learning everything you possibly can about EACH relevant site so that your artwork on canvas can be seen. And then all the Art gallery type sites, with all of their various features that must all be learned and managed. Like I said, Full Time Job. And most artists just want time to slap some paint around!

A few of my paintings you may have already seen posted in this blog:

I heard a suggestion today to have your friends go to your Etsy site and doing a keyword specific search for your artwork site and clicking ONLY on your item for sale. Then to spend about 5 minutes or so looking around, clicking and doing what you do on other similar sites from liking and favoriting to commenting. The reason for this is so that your listing will rank better. 

In Marketing, there is a time to ask for the sale and in this case it is where do you go to do that, or LIKE that?

Here is my Etsy Shop and a couple other links which I am still sorting out but I have my paintings posted that are for sale. Give it a visit and Favorite, Follow, Comment, Review, Share, Tweet, Pin, send smoke signals - your help would be much appreciated. Of course, your name will pop up so I will KNOW what you did last week (movie reference)...love the stat features on Etsy BTW.

This Donnascavepainting blog is still where I originate and first post my paintings for sale and here you may get to know me, the artist, a little better, read about my thoughts that may have been going on when painting a canvas, or the crazy thought that occurs when you have to name said artwork. 

Etsy Shop - Donna Liguria Art

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt 

Keyword and Keyword Phrases are a word or words you use to search for something. Now, the search results you get, does that fulfill what you had in mind? Tweak the keywords to refine your search. See what a challenge it is?

Keyword phrase placement for best results isn't just a  competition, it is a battle.

Pending List - told you I was working on it. 

Try "DonnaLiguriaArt" to go directly to the Etsy Shop.

Try "panda artwork mom and baby" is one that should bring up this painting:

Etsy Panda Search Results

BTW, LET ME KNOW HOW you found me! That is the "KEY"!

Other Social Sites so far:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/donna.liguria under construction, posting art.

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dlaughsalot/ under construction, but art is posted.

Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/donnaliguria under construction, started.

ArtPal - https://www.artpal.com/DonnaLiguriaArt under construction, one posted.

Twitter - https://twitter.com/DonnaLiguria Still trying to get this one set up. Trouble in Twitterverse. Trying to get one in my real name is proving interesting.

Well, I can add more to this as I get them and it will be fun building out these monsters. What is your weapon of choice online? Leave a comment here too!

Post 32: Take Seeds with You, Poppies 11x14 Oval Acrylic

Painting Name: Take Seeds with You, Poppies

SKU: #12AH20AC

Medium: Acrylic Painting

Size: 11x14 Oval Stretched Canvas

Price: $92.00 + shipping

Edition Year: 2020

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt

Bright red poppy flower painting on a black oval stretched canvas.

When you go for a walk, take seeds with you, poppies, rainbow chard, rocket. Plant them among the weeds in patches of wasteland. See what happens. - Tom Hodgkinson

Below is the painting "in progress" although I want to eyeball it a little more to see if I want to do anything more to it. Sometimes you have to know when to stop, definitely.

Like this painting? Need a handmade, original painting as a gift for a friend or family member?
Or if you want to commission me to do a similar painting for you, please contact me through this blog or go to Donna Liguria Art on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt to shop my available Artwork. Thank you for visiting, and remember to Follow, Comment, and Review! 

Post 31: New Lewes, Delaware Beach Painting Commission!! 12x24 Acrylic on Canvas (SOLD)

New Lewes, Delaware Beach Painting Commission

My very first commission has begun! I am so excited! Woohoo!

Painting Name: Lewes Delaware Beach 

SKU: #12AG20AC

Medium: Acrylic Painting

Size: 12 x 24 Stretched Canvas

Price: Commissioned, SOLD

Edition Year: 2020

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt

This painting of the beach in Lewes, Delaware is no longer available, it has been sold.

This is the third version of the Lewes Delaware Beach of this painting with the sand dunes and boardwalk that I have painted. Everyone wants to be THERE - at the Beach!

And this is my friend, Aysen, next to the painting in its new home!

This is when it was nearly final, I think I can finish it up tomorrow, and the completed one will show above. The first one below is when I started it this morning (during the snow).

And this is the pretty close to final this evening. The light will be so much better in the AM to do any touch ups/details.

I do like painting this beach scene - even if it is the third time!! I'm very thankful, I think they turn out a little different each time - and that's ok 

If you want to commission me to do a similar painting for you, please contact me through this blog or go to Donna Liguria Art on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt

Post 30: Washington DC Cherry Blossom Explosion 11x14 Acrylic (SOLD)

Painting Name: Washington DC Cherry Blossom Explosion

SKU: #12AF20AC

Medium: Acrylic Painting

Size: 11 x 14 Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD - NO LONGER AVAILABLE

Edition Year: 2020

Check Availability and Prints on my Etsy Shop

Acrylic painting with the annual spring Cherry Blossoms in Washington DC with the Washington Monument in the background and the reflection on the Potomac River.

This one (below) is when it was still in progress...

Of all the time I have lived in the DC area, I can name on one hand the number of times I've actually been in DC at that time of year. True, it is gorgeous. Also true, everyone and their mother-in-law are there all at once the day you decide to go see it. Nature of the beast. Besides, where do you put your car? Then you have to find it again.

If you want to commission me to do a similar painting for you, please contact me through this blog or go to Donna Liguria Art on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt