Week 3

Unfortunately, I missed last week's session because I went to an induction at the University so I felt a bit lost this week with what to do. I had started the Business Proposal and SWOT Analysis that was shared on the group Facebook page for those of us who weren't in the session to complete. I started trying to fill it in but I got a little bit stuck on it... I'll figure it out.

I had a one-on-one with the tutor this afternoon, I showed her what I already have - a website, an Etsy shop, logo, etc. We decided that I could do an Open Studio event at my shared studio space, the shoestring budget of £250 could go towards that - advertising, making products to sell, etc.

I need to update the About page on my website, I need to take some better photos on Etsy and get some consistency on there with the photos and branding.

We also discussed my idea of phone cases which she thinks is a good idea - if I were to hand-paint them, I could use second hand phone cases and upcycle those, and the designs of them could come from sections of my paintings to be more abstract, for example a section of my Twisted Tree painting below.

She suggested the idea of scarves and I really like the idea of printing my paintings, oil and watercolour, on scarves.

I think mugs might be a good idea, I have had one mug printed but there was a white border round the top and bottom so I'd like to find somewhere who can print it where there is no white border.

I also had some other ideas:

For now, I will explore the phone cases, small paintings, prints, cards, scarves, and mugs...