Weekly Art chat w/c 2nd June

Oooh busy on here today :smile:

Iā€™ve used moo for cards in the past, they are excellent in terms of quality (350gsm, satin outside, matt inside) but you are gambling on your images being of a good enough quality. They put them through some whizzy software to brighten them etc for printing, and Iā€™m pleased with the ones I have had done there. HOWEVER, they really do not compare with the ones I have had done at my printers, who have a choice of sizes and thickness. The secret with going local is to get LOTS of proofs done first. My locally printed cards are amazing picture quality, much better than moo.

Fabulous artwork from everyone, I love Brendaā€™s woodland the best.

Here are my butterflies at the beach, just three in this series so far.

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Oh, and moo have excellent customer service - if for any reason you are not happy they will reprint, even if the fault is yours.

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Not watercolours, just realised that will smudge the ink, back to my trusty pens!!

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Lovely Stephie esp the top one.
Is OSWA the same as SFA?

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Stephie, those are stunningā€¦you do fab butterfliesā€¦
waving Tessa and Mariaā€¦
well done on those totals Hazelā€¦I have only sold just over 200 in 4 years, so that is good.
On the other side, I have sold over 400ā€¦swings and roundabouts I supposeā€¦

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Thank you :blush:

Tessa OSWOA stands for Original Small Work of Art and they must measure 6 x 4 (or 4 x 6) inches.

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Fab butterflies/beaches Stephie, I think the middle one is my favourite

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Lovely cards Tessa and a cute doggie from you Maria :smile:

The Painted Lady is my favorite Stephie, but they are all lovely, Iā€™m sure you will get lots of interest with them :smile: nice to do a series too ā€¦

I didnā€™t get to paint today, been busy working and each time I think, I get waxing the phone goes, had a couple of business calls and then over an hour with MIL so that was nice ā€¦

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So OSWAS are SFAs but not all SFAs are OSWAS

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exactly Tessaā€¦SFA must measure 14" or under (that can include an OSWOA)
But an OSWOA MUST be 4x6
At one time, the lady who came up with OSWOAā€¦copyrighted it (her name was something like Daisyā€¦Iā€™ll remember it later) I used to belong to her OSWOA groupā€¦and one of the rules was that you had to sell for a minimum of $10 (and she accepted Ā£5 in the UK as a minimum priceā€¦which obviously varies according to the exchange rate). I donā€™t think anyone would enforce it now as she gave up the group a few years ago.

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My shop thingy has vanished on here yet again.

OSWOA sounds like something off Springwatch

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Love the butterflies at the beach series, Stephie!!

Iā€™m getting all confused with these abbreviations!!

My shop thingy has disappeared too,Tessa.

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morning, love the butterflies Stephie, I was sure I posted here yesterday evening but canā€™t see my post now! the site is ever so slow at the moment too. I know of others where the cart disappears too Maria & Tessa, I think they are working on it at the moment, in most cases others can see your shop and cart but you canā€™t, itā€™s all very odd!

Just listed

http://folksy.com/items/6251641-Artwork-Raven-Vintage-Paper-Pen-Ink-Guilt-Size-10-x-8-Free-UK-P-P

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Morning Max the Raven is great :smile:

I have been writing about myself, as part of a project I am working on and they wanted an interview to go along it ā€¦ more info as soon as Iā€™m allow to say !!! I am not good at writing about myself and some of it is very samey, its the story so I guess it will be the same, but I was looking at my exhibits to remind myself of a few things and I did love painting my Ladyā€™s ā€¦ so I am showing Lady Alexandra today with her yellow rose garden, she is still one of my favorites ā€¦ We have two larger ones, Lady Dawn and Lady Annabel in out hallway framed and they look great :slight_smile:

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morning Max and Hazel, great work
Just listed this one
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hazel, love the roses in your Lady Alexandra painting, Iā€™ve got a very large rose bush covered in gorgeous yellow roses at the moment, your painting reminds me of that.

beautiful scene Brenda.

Love the Raven Max, very clever.

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Morning gang :slight_smile: last day of the daughterā€™s exams today, thatā€™ll be a relief - then itā€™s just the sonā€™s to go. Heā€™s got another 3 weeks.

Here are a couple of my sunsets. I have some purple ones underway too.

Back later

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Good morning :smiley:

Beautiful work again!! Lady Alexandre is stunning, wish I was as glam!!

Be back later with something new.

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We have some too Margaret but I have to say I had to use my artist ā€œeyeā€ when I painted these as ours are pretty but not as bright yellow :slight_smile:

Waving everyone, Iā€™m on my phone so canā€™t see the thread now ā€¦

Lovely sunsets Stephie :slight_smile:

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Back with a new ACEO, my take on a Yorkshire Terrier, my husband thought it was a fox!!

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