New Paintings

I have a couple of my old school style portraits done. I have painted them on wooden beveled plaques. I painted the wood black, then accented the bevel divots in brown, and flecked them in black. I then painted my characters onto a setting - style background and viola! I plan to varnish them and crackle the finish a bit to give it that old tin-type look, but being in a hotel I haven't found the opportunity to get to Lowe's and find a secret spot to apply the varnish coat. Once I put a clear coat on in Walnut or Honey... these puppies will look awesome. (They are a bit bright now, but will dull down just fine.)

Finished Tryptich

Aha. Complete. Problem I have now, is getting accurate pictures onto Etsy that show the piece, with minimal cropping. I am quite proud of how it turned out. I decided to go with $40, which is $5 cheaper than if I listed each canvas at $15. I still think this is under selling from a fine art point of view.. but as my crafty things cant really be considered fine art be any stretch of the word, I am comfortable with underselling for now. When I get my paintings out of storage, I will have a much beefier NovembersMelon site.

The close - up shots are of the binary code that I inked on there, to help fill up dead space. Dork, much? Yes, I concede.

Triptych in progress

I have started a triptych. It will be done by the end of the weekend, hopefully. It is on small canvases that I got slightly after Christmas. The center piece is a little cowboy with two super soaker guns. He is killing two attacking robots (the other two canvases). Anyway, I hope that it turns out ok. Any ideas on how much I should list it for?

This would be for my NovembersMelon Etsy store, not the MyLittleHands one... but to be honest, I am very new at putting a value on my work. I have done a little research and it seems that the small canvases, as well as Art Cards that are originals, not prints go for $10 - $15, and up to $100, depending on the caliber and popularity of the artist. So that would mean that a small Triptych piece could go for $45... Does that seem fair? Free shipping of course.

Each canvas is about 5" X 5", and is actual stretched canvas that will sit about 1/2" from the wall. Either way, I should be able to update with photos tomorrow.