If you’re considering the paid subscription, here’s a little snippet of the video demo that I send out to paid subscribers every Friday at 11:00amET. This is from the second demo that I shot, and am presenting in it’s entirety in weekly segments. This week will be the 4th segment. To keep the videos at a reasonable length, around 6-10 minutes each, I clip them so that they’re not too much longer than that. If they get too long, like this one did, I also send out mid-week clips to be sure to get through the entire thing in about a month. I never know what the next demo might be, or be about, but I make an effort to make them technique focused, presented in a heads on, squared up way so that you can see everything that’s happening with the painting. Some other likely vids will be plein air painting, acrylic painting, and who knows what else?
I have an idea that I am interested in hearing your thoughts about, like, would this interest any of you? I’m thinking out loud here…
The idea is to paint a small painting, video the entire process as a video, add the teaching audio portion, and then put the painting and the video up for purchase as an “exclusive to You”, package. It would mean that you could buy the painting at a price reduced from retail, and get a private video demo that only You have access to. My 8x10 paintings retail for $800.00
A 3 day workshop with me will run you about $550-750, depending on where it is, and who it’s being sponsored by. Plus you’d have travel expenses… food, lodging, airfare or fuel, to give you some idea of costs to attend a workshop… which I’m not even teaching at this time.
Like I said, I am still thinking about this and just how to make it work best. That’s the general idea. Let me know how interesting that is to you.
My book for the week…
I bought this book around 1999. It has been a huge influence on the part of my art that is most interested in ‘quiet’ and thoughtfulness in painting. Thomas A. Daly is an outdoorsman, hunter, trapper, fisherman, and his work reflects that ethos. One critic wrote, “His work is about the land-quiet, confident mediations upon the spirit of a place without the need for assertiveness.” That does truly describe his work. It’s in a space between sporting art, and fine art. Enjoy!
Cheers,
Marc
A demo clip...