Art chat thread July 2018

today I have one of my fantasy butterfly aceos
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https://folksy.com/items/7157845-fantasy-glitter-butterfly-miniature-paintings-ref-F-459-DSCF0007%20(3)

although I do fairly well on folksy and am not complainingā€¦I do wonder sometimes why things can be slow for some of us. SOā€¦I went to do a searchā€¦I typed in Paintings and it was 8 pages before I came across one of my paintingsā€¦(despite having been here for 10 years and listing EVERY day for the last 4 years!)
So I tried ARTā€¦hmmmā€¦I got to page 20 and gave up looking for one of mineā€¦yet the pages were full of jewellery and other itemsā€¦yes they are artistic but not sure about them being ART)
I faired better when searching for aceosā€¦and was on page 2ā€¦
Grahamā€¦I couldnā€™t even find any of your paintings in my search.
Sometimes I think folksy should rotate the listings on pages, so that everyone gets a fair chance of being seen and foundā€¦sighā€¦
As I said, I do get sales and am quite happy with Folksy but sometimesā€¦

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Indeed Brenda, Iā€™ve often found the Folksy search facility not fit for purpose. If I type in ā€˜watercolour artā€™ my first painting appears on page three, despite all my work being tagged ā€˜watercolour artā€™ and my shop being called ā€˜watercolour artā€™ (the only shop with this term in its name).
Frustrating, however i have previously made my thoughts clear on this subject, I question if Folksy seeā€™s any value in original artwork / paintings, I hope they do, Iā€™ve yet to see much evidence tho.
Edited- Its only fair to point out that Folksy do have an ā€˜Artā€™ button at the top of their homepage, this allows the viewer to choose from the various medias etc., watercolour included.

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today, I have another of my fantasy paintingsā€¦
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https://folksy.com/items/7158104-Painting-art-fantasy-watercolour-original-ref-f-460-DSCF0004

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Iā€™ve only just returned so canā€™t really comment on search or sales yet. My stats are looking quite good though, with more coming from Google than I have on Etsy.

today I have another floral acrylic painting
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https://folksy.com/items/7080294-floral-impressionist-art-painting-ref-253-

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And I have a miniature daisy

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great work ladiesā€¦lots of flowers around here lately, so I have this one too
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https://folksy.com/items/7158625-aceo-miniature-painting-flowers-ref-f-461-

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I have another flower today

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Nice one Stephie (loving your hair)


Hi all, not sure how to get a photo on hope it works, i havent painted in a while, this is an older one, looking at all your stunning work makes me want to pick up my brushes again

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Dog and a lion

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Not sure how to post photos either, (maybe someone will let us know please)
but your photos look good and I love your paintings.

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WOW, what fabulous artā€¦welcome TibetanCharmBoutique.
Southfield barn artā€¦ go to your shop click on the item you want to showā€¦once on that page copy the link (url) from the bar at the top of your item page, come back here and paste the linkā€¦the picture will show up when you click on replyā€¦I am not very good with technical things, so if that doesnā€™t work for youā€¦just shout and someone will help youā€¦and welcome to the thread !

today I have another miniature aceo
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https://folksy.com/items/7158894-paintings-art-aceo-watercolour-landscape-ref-F-462-DSCF0014
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Thanks very much Brenda @teabreaks.

The Folksy forum is great and everyone has been so supportive.
it is a bit of a learning curve for me though!

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I painted another Hare, why not. A4 watercolour on hot pressed.

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You are more than welcome, Jackieā€¦donā€™t feel intimidated, just jump in and shareā€¦
fab painting graham your work is awesome

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Gotta love hares Graham, and yours are always splendid.

Welcome to the newbies :blush:

Iā€™m populating my shop with a few Christmas bits before running a short Christmas in July promotion. Hereā€™s the first, back later with some moreā€¦

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Donā€™t mention Christmas Stephieā€¦aaaaarghā€¦lolā€¦
Today I have another aceo landscapes
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https://folksy.com/items/7159209-aceo-art-painting-landscape-ref-F-463-

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