ah the missing pieces of the puzzle. this is what a print from staples looks like, not bad, not bad.
definitely isn't buy my prints kind of thing. it's just on regular paper,
but it feels good. this must be a... if this is a laser print, then this is
decent, because laser printers suck for printing art and stuff ,but this is good. should be 10
pieces here and i think this is it. i think this is all i need to make my paint by number
kits. i don't know why it took me so long. i think it was interested during the process of trying to
figure out how it would work to choose an image that would be appealing to people who like doing
paint by numbers and watercolor in general, so starting with something kind of landscape-y,
trying to come up with a line art for it, and then a process of painting. describing how i do
something is easy to do in a video, but a lot of people won't be able to use the video, so i also
had to write the instructions in word form which made me really nervous. and so i put that off for
the longest time, but the color images, sample of what the final image is going to look like, and i
can't print color pictures here so i had to find a place to do it. i've been meaning to try out
staples but i've always been just too nervous. there are entire
subreddits of people venting about people who use self-serve stations
because apparently it's not really user-friendly in some way? i was just nervous about walking
in there alone and trying to figure out how to do this so i ended up doing it online which was fine.
and i went to pick it up and i took my bicycle so i can get exercise and that's it. so now i got the
cover paper, the written instructions, the paints ready, the paintbrush. and this kit includes
the line art hand drawn by me in pencil on the watercolor paper, because i can't i can think
of any other way to do it. i was going to tape that onto a board to keep it flat .right now
i'm using foam core, which i'm sure a lot of people might have issue with because it's foam
core. it's not a recyclable product in any way as far as i know? i would feel better if i had
stuck it onto book board or something but i just don't have any book board right now and
that's a trip to another city kind of task. i only made three three line drawings and let me
tell you, transferring and then outlining this painting multiple times is very tedious. i mean,
if i was a big youtuber or artist or something with a big huge audience of people, i feel like
this would be a disaster, but it's not, so i just made three. three is a good number to start with.
didn't realize that my little cellophane bags wouldn't fit so i found these ones in my prints
area. so i got the wrapped palette, paintbrush in there, cat. yeah that's what it looks like.
i finally found a really good use for these... i don't remember what's called
the kuretake, whatever they're called? i bought these because everyone was buying them
and it's very contagious to just buy art supplies. i learned really quickly that i really just
like to stick to one thing. maybe i'm just a little bit minimalist, i don't know, but
it really came in handy because in this month's patreon, i've been working in this storybook
or play or something. i start with an off-white gesso to cover up the words just a little bit and
give me a surface that i can actually work on, but i've noticed that... i need an example. let's say,
this one. so i was probably using qor watercolor for this and i like this page a little bit
less. sits on the surface because it's not watercolor paper but it looks really neat.
this looks super dull compared to the first one i did which is my favorite one, which is this,
and i did this with the kuretake, and i've noticed that it's way different because the finish is
different. you notice how glossy it is? i do remember reading that the kuretake watercolors
are more almost gouache like product maybe? i just sound kind of silly not knowing. has this
really beautiful effect on gesso, whereas the watercolor is very dull. but this is
particularly nice surface for the kuratakis. if you are a $10 tier patron,
one of you is probably going to get this page, and don't be jealous, you know, i don't know.
someone's gonna get a flat fish, because i try to give away my favorite, my best ones. i also
did a draw this in your style because i find that taking part in community challenges and art events
and stuff gets you way more engagement compared to just posting and running, you know? that's
something that i did for many many years. i would just post my art somewhere and think i was done,
but unless you are talking directly to somebody, nobody will see it.
so you do #artshare or hashtag draw this in your style. i thought this one was really cute
so i just wanted to do this one. this got three times the engagement that any of my other posts
get on instagram, not so much on twitter. instagram is pretty good for hashtags. if you
want to have your stuff seen a little bit more, definitely do more community events where lots of
people are using the same hashtag and looking at stuff, right? anyway, it's saturday, i'm gonna do
the last little patreon stuff... oh it's sunday. it's sunday, i'm gonna do the last patreon stuff
and then maybe draw some pets on reddit, and then i guess that's it? i'm completely out of
ideas, marketing ideas, business ideas. i feel completely drained. take care guys.