Does this make me a whore?
What a provactive title for today's entry. Maybe the writing won't be that controversial, though. I'm going to try and type more carefully, at least.
I just got through with a fine gift, that I spent a good 14 hours on. Way too much time, but once you get going on one, you treat it with as much tlc as if it were a paying gig . This one was for our friends in Zurich, and was entirely based on photos I took of them and their home, which I "montaged" into a semi-abstract piece of art in their favorite color scheme. It came out well, and I sent it off today, bon voyage, or whatever they say in Switzerland. It is a great gift, they're going to flip when they get it, and I'll know that I've made the world a slightly better place.
Today, I spent a good amount of time rendering a building from a photograph. This is not my favorite type of drawing at all. The building happens to be one that Pam and I own, in Conroe, Texas. What? You don't know where Conroe is? Just 35 miles north of Houston. So, it is a rental property that is vacant, and Pam thought that a watercolor version of this house by me would be more appealling than the photo in a flyer. I'm not sure I agreed, but sometimes one has to just give in to one's spouse, for peace. I spent a good four hours on it, and I doubt we're going to have the time to do anything with it, as Pam leaves in the morning for Conroe. So, that's how I spent my board time today, bored.
Cleints have been strange of late; and I'm doing my best to take it all with grace. If I were smart, I'd just do a creative piece, like the one that is lying about here, but I nearly always make my clients my first priority, and relegate the creative art to last place . I have a lot of fun with the latter, but it really generates so little income that it's hard to justify the time spent on it. Except, of course, that no artist becomes great that way.
I pride myself on getting into everything I draw, to do the best I am able to do, but on this house, I'm not sure if I really did that. There was some grumbling I heard coming from me while I was working on it. I do compromise often enough, and admire those who don't.
Tomorrow, I'll be meeting with another relatively new client, who has treated me very generously in the past. There are a few nice possibilities with him, and I'm going to try for a few. One of these days, I'll make my more creative work my priority, someday for sure....
I just got through with a fine gift, that I spent a good 14 hours on. Way too much time, but once you get going on one, you treat it with as much tlc as if it were a paying gig . This one was for our friends in Zurich, and was entirely based on photos I took of them and their home, which I "montaged" into a semi-abstract piece of art in their favorite color scheme. It came out well, and I sent it off today, bon voyage, or whatever they say in Switzerland. It is a great gift, they're going to flip when they get it, and I'll know that I've made the world a slightly better place.
Today, I spent a good amount of time rendering a building from a photograph. This is not my favorite type of drawing at all. The building happens to be one that Pam and I own, in Conroe, Texas. What? You don't know where Conroe is? Just 35 miles north of Houston. So, it is a rental property that is vacant, and Pam thought that a watercolor version of this house by me would be more appealling than the photo in a flyer. I'm not sure I agreed, but sometimes one has to just give in to one's spouse, for peace. I spent a good four hours on it, and I doubt we're going to have the time to do anything with it, as Pam leaves in the morning for Conroe. So, that's how I spent my board time today, bored.
Cleints have been strange of late; and I'm doing my best to take it all with grace. If I were smart, I'd just do a creative piece, like the one that is lying about here, but I nearly always make my clients my first priority, and relegate the creative art to last place . I have a lot of fun with the latter, but it really generates so little income that it's hard to justify the time spent on it. Except, of course, that no artist becomes great that way.
I pride myself on getting into everything I draw, to do the best I am able to do, but on this house, I'm not sure if I really did that. There was some grumbling I heard coming from me while I was working on it. I do compromise often enough, and admire those who don't.
Tomorrow, I'll be meeting with another relatively new client, who has treated me very generously in the past. There are a few nice possibilities with him, and I'm going to try for a few. One of these days, I'll make my more creative work my priority, someday for sure....
posted by Rich Sigberman at
5:42 PM
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