8 Tips on Your First Outdoor Art Show

  • 8 Tips on Your First Outdoor Art Show

    8 Tips on Your First Outdoor Art Show

    The Queen West Art Crawl was a big it for me! I learned a lot from this past weekend and thought I would share so others can make a great first outdoor art show. How to set up the booth How to engage with patrons 5. Make descriptions with your art. Many people appreciated my…

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  • It’s Go Time

    It’s Go Time

    I’m writing this 1 day and 19 hours ahead of the Queen West Art Crawl, which is my first public art exhibit. It’s 4:29 AM. It’s probably the adrenaline kicking in, fueled by excitement. My mind races ahead of me, trying to plan out every foreseeable problem that could arise. Naturally, this is not going…

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  • Healing

    Healing

    Had to take it easy since my leg was getting worse during the week. I found that my drawing was a way to heal from the frustration, especially getting an outlet to express this. I made my first sketch in my OCAD class and my teacher remarked it was rather dramatic. I now think it…

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  • Comparisons

    Comparisons

    It’s very easy to compare yourself in art to others. It’s even easier when others bring up the fact that they know such and such artist and how good they are. How do you respond in the face of such commentary? Rather than falling into the “depths of despair” (as Anne of Green Gables would…

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