I am doing so much better lately. My art has really taken off in the last few months. Places are now wanting to sell my stuff and one place wants me to painft a mural and another place wants me to teach young people how to draw wildlife with colored pencils. That means soon I might be making some money! And I have just sold 2 original drawings at $120-140 each. And this person wants to collect my original artwork, not just prints. She believes that I will be world famous one day. She also is interested in 2 more original pictures. She must be rich if she can afford to buy up to 4 pictures at once like that. So now I have an official collector of my artwork which is a big step in being an artist. Most artists wait years to get to this point. I am only 25 years young. And I am on several websites and I have my own website which is www.crittersonthings.com and it show some of my art work. My dad is slow in updating the website so we have new items like cards (they look professional) and color T-shirts which are coming around Christmas time. Things look so much better on a color T-shirt than a white one. I live in the middle of nowhere and already 3 places want my stuff. One is a bookstore to sell my bookmarks and they are the ones that want me to teach people how to draw. The other 2 places are pet stores. And there is one that is already selling my stuff outside of my area and they are selling well even though you would never expect bookmarks at a pet store! I am just learning how to do oil paintings and I am looking professional already. I painted some dolphins swimming underwater and the lighting effects are incredible. And to make things better, on September 12th, one of my favorite artists in the world is coming to Seattle!! Wyland. He is the one that does the huge murals with whales and dolphins around the world and has the most beautiful marine life art in the world and the gallery owner has arranged me to meet him personally and show him my art. I showed him my dolphin and whale pictures and he says I have talent and am already ahead of Wyland when he was my age. He didn't think that the dolphins were just a beginner but rather a professional did it. Imagine if I'm this good now, how good I'll become in 5 years. Maybe at his level and he is a multi millionaire! One of the most famous artists in the world gets to see my art! I can't wait! And then things get even better, soon I am going to take a class on how to start a business properly which we didn't do. We have no business plan. This class is all about business planning. It is supposed to be a very intensive course with a lot of homework like in school. I have been accepted in several art shows for this fall and winter so hopefully my stuff does well there as well. That would be neat if I don't need to be on Social Security anymore because I make too much money. One of these days that will come. The only bad thing is that in the last few days it seems that I might have the psychiatrist raise my Invega because I have been getting a little bit of the thought insertion from the government and stuff and a little bit of hallucinating too (but not voices). But I am so happy! Almost manic! I have to draw like 5000000 pictures before next month. That is a lot! My mom and I have a lot of places to contact for even more pet stores and local bookstores to sell my stuff. With the money we make from the shows is where we either do more expensive shows next year or advertise the site. Not that many people know about the site yet, just the ones on this site and a few others and our friends and that's it. I have to advertise in magazines and websites that get a lot of traffic. 3 separate people said my business because of my story has potential of making over $100,000 a year or more! That is if we do everything right. So, I am happy to tell you that I am no longer depressed. Just a month ago I was severely depressed and confused. Now my confusion happens very rarely, which is good news. So, how are things with you?
11 Aug 2008, 9:40 pm
