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Debra Jones · 02-13-2007, 06:54 PM

And the key is to KEEP TALKING IT UP!

I did my first hotshot portrait 4 years ago. Mayor and Gov at the dedication of the facility named after the portrait. BUT I did not have a clue where to go from there. Some people get it and others don't. I am a general DON'T. BUT it is that 80% is showing up thing!

This forum, especially, is great for listening to the hotshots making the hardest part of this sound easy. The MARKET is where we live and the marketing is where we live or die.

This is simple but it is very not easy. And that line "follow through with your part of the agreement" has a lot of the planning stage in it. Setting the business plan is as important as laying the composition of the painting. You just can't do it right if you WING IT!

(You all may read this as a lot of personal pep talk. I am daily convincing myself that the least productive I feel, the longer ahead I will see the results.)

02-13-2007, 06:54 PM	#10
Debra Jones Juried Member Featured in Pastel Journal Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Arizona Posts: 457	And the key is to KEEP TALKING IT UP! I did my first hotshot portrait 4 years ago. Mayor and Gov at the dedication of the facility named after the portrait. BUT I did not have a clue where to go from there. Some people get it and others don't. I am a general DON'T. BUT it is that 80% is showing up thing! This forum, especially, is great for listening to the hotshots making the hardest part of this sound easy. The MARKET is where we live and the marketing is where we live or die. This is simple but it is very not easy. And that line "follow through with your part of the agreement" has a lot of the planning stage in it. Setting the business plan is as important as laying the composition of the painting. You just can't do it right if you WING IT! (You all may read this as a lot of personal pep talk. I am daily convincing myself that the least productive I feel, the longer ahead I will see the results.) __________________ http://dog-a-dayartblog.blogspot.com/ Because some people have four legs.