Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
marco mark said:please don't sell your camera kit to cash converters, you get shit, sell yr body first, good luck
marc
Besides, I'd like to see pictures.
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Besides, I'd like to see pictures.
My cameras will be the very last thing I sell. Could do with getting some of my clothes out of storage. I think. The scruffier I get the easier selling seems to be. I actually look like the real deal now.
Met a very nice couple today who bought two tiles and then asked to be photographed with me
They were such good people I didn't mind at all. I am wearing my old corporate 'uniform' - blue shirt (with a pocket full of pens and pencils), black cords. But, the blue shirts are now multi-coloured with paint splats and the black cords are sun bleached to a horrible mixed tone brown. Jeans don't look much better. Even new cords are wrecked after just three weeks. I do look a mess. Funny thing is some very attractive women keep giving me the eye
This is a very nice life. If only financial security came with it!
Met a very nice couple today who bought two tiles and then asked to be photographed with me
They were such good people I didn't mind at all. I am wearing my old corporate 'uniform' - blue shirt (with a pocket full of pens and pencils), black cords. But, the blue shirts are now multi-coloured with paint splats and the black cords are sun bleached to a horrible mixed tone brown. Jeans don't look much better. Even new cords are wrecked after just three weeks. I do look a mess. Funny thing is some very attractive women keep giving me the eye This is a very nice life. If only financial security came with it!
mack
Fact Me Till I Fart
I have to say that there is bound to be a bloody good book deal come out of all of this - none of that Belle De Jour bullshit! Stan you are "The Man"
Just had an idea pop into my head - how about getting some cheap t-shirts and fabric paints? I'd pay top dollah for handpainted tees!
Just had an idea pop into my head - how about getting some cheap t-shirts and fabric paints? I'd pay top dollah for handpainted tees!
Robster970
Pay homage to Global Bob
Paint yourself - you won't need clothes then and charge people for taking your picture. Transition between paint based and performance art.
I'm envious that you are living the life that I certainly would like to have a go at..
I'm envious that you are living the life that I certainly would like to have a go at..
mack said:
That is not a bad idea. Must concentrate on tiles though - they are a winner. I'm already up €30 today (exceptional for a morning). There are more tourists than ever. I'm selling faster than I can paint/sketch. Hope my new tiles are ready for collection this afternoon. I plan to spend three hours this evening building stock.
I also plan to cut the tiles into quarters, thus giving me 100 tiles for just over €6 to turn into €300 in time. Sketching speed on the two main selling subjects is coming down to 15 minutes a go.
I met the Bishop of Granada yesterday. He speaks very good english
Serious negotiating skills are called for with my hostal. A bit of debt has built up. Hopefully they'll let me clear on a day to day basis with expensive camera held as deposit or, summat. Won't be a problem so long as I get my new box of tiles!
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
How about greetings cards?
RubyToogood said:
To much competition.
Tiles. Definitely tiles. They sell, sell, sell.
Collected new tiles. They're way to big and somehow lack a certain appeal that the salvaged tiles had. Need to sort out how to cut them. I've already binned three in failed attempts.
Interesting development today. Some guy bought a tile with a very quick painting on it. Then another guy came along bought the last finished tile and told me to do another and he'd come back for it. He did. Now he wants to employ me on an hourly rate to complete paintings of the Alhambra and views across Granada. Obviously to sell on to tourists. If he's straight I'd be very happy but, he will at least have to pay for materials up front and COD for finished work. Worth a gamble. At worst I would sell the painting myself for €40. At best it could be a nice little ton a day cash in hand earner. If he's got the market to sell them to that's fine with me.
Will see what his next move is.
Guess the weight of 25, 20cm x 20cm bathroom tiles? Fucking heavy and I've been lugging them around for the past two hours. My hand is now to shaky to sketch or, paint.
Tile cutters. How do they work. How much do they cost. Where do you buy them. Will hostal management mind if my room becomes a laundrette and tile cutting workshop?
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Ceramic tile cuts a lot like stain glass. You score the surface with a carbide cutter and then break it with nippers that place equal pressure on both sides of the scoremark. If you score it correctly it should pop straight down the middle. This is only going to work on tiles that are less than 5/8 inch thick. Any thicker and you are going to have problems. A hardware store should have the appropriate tools. Last time I checked a cutter was $10 and a nipper was $23 or so.
Yuwipi Woman said:
Wonder how that translates to spanish? There are loads of buildings being restored in this beautiful little city. Painters and decorators very naturally appreciate the manual work of an artist
and most I've met have been more than happy to help out. Hopefully I can talk someone into cutting a few tiles for me. Could stretch to €20 on tool. Would be a useful aquisition.Have to come up with some good cash tomorrow to keep hostal management happy. May work out a deal with the guy who wants to sell my paintings on or, churn out four small tile sketches and paintings an hour. They sell that fast!
Early night for an early start building stock. Perhaps a couple of vino tintos in support of Villareal first.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I'm not certain how that would work out locally. There's always some variation from place to place. East coast US would be more expensive than here. The conversion from US $ to Euro makes it about 28 Euros. Used tools might be cheaper. Perhaps the tile shop could cut you some?
I'm thinking your best bet is to get some nice craftsman to cut them--unless you're wanting to sleep on those tiles.
It still sounds like you are doing fabulous.
I'm thinking your best bet is to get some nice craftsman to cut them--unless you're wanting to sleep on those tiles.
It still sounds like you are doing fabulous.
extra dry
Happy to be here
just found this thread, a good thing to paint if you can get hold of them are coconut shells, remove all the husk, and paint a face or some animal very popular with the family type customers. What about charcoal drawings skeches, keep going sounds like your having a good time stan.
Not a good day financially. Cleared just €25. Have negotiated a new nightly hostal fee to clear a bit of debt. Have just enough in my pocket for eats and drink tonight and a cafe con leche and tosatada de tomota tomorrow morning! Really day to day at the moment.
However, I have a very good stock to start with tomorrow and have found some more small tiles. Day started early with a trip up the hill into Albyacin to to do a couple of paintings of the sunrise over Alhambra. Walk the streets here in the early morning and you will come across plenty of scavangers and salvagers. There is a huge homeless population here. Or, rather bedless. Many sleep up in the caves at the very top of the hill. Others just sleep on any bit of pavement.
As luck would have it a team of builders turned up at my painting point at around 8.30. Fitting a new bathroom. A few tiles cut gratis by professionals
Met avery nice artist from Holland. Sounds like she has the dream life I want! A good day in every sense other than financial but, I think I'm set to clear €80 tomorrow - a record. It's getting busier by the day.
However, I have a very good stock to start with tomorrow and have found some more small tiles. Day started early with a trip up the hill into Albyacin to to do a couple of paintings of the sunrise over Alhambra. Walk the streets here in the early morning and you will come across plenty of scavangers and salvagers. There is a huge homeless population here. Or, rather bedless. Many sleep up in the caves at the very top of the hill. Others just sleep on any bit of pavement.
As luck would have it a team of builders turned up at my painting point at around 8.30. Fitting a new bathroom. A few tiles cut gratis by professionals
Met avery nice artist from Holland. Sounds like she has the dream life I want! A good day in every sense other than financial but, I think I'm set to clear €80 tomorrow - a record. It's getting busier by the day.
fractionMan
Custom Title
Keep it up!
Did I say clear €80? What an idiot. Very tough day. Ended up selling five hours worth of work for €15 and I still need another €10!
10 hours of painting and selling and not a penny.
It seems Thursday's are big turn-around days in Granada. The new tourists move in. This week is a big Spanish holiday week. Droves are down from Madrid to party. Not buy momentos. Plenty of Germans about but, I'm beginning to really dislike Germans. 'Der lecht im der fenster is nicht korrect' (or, summat like that?). Also, saw some totally heat wasted German lost in Plaza Neuvo today babbling racist obscenities to anyone and everyone. Very strange. Bet, that guy photographing me hanging with the wino's yesterday was German also
- don't give a shit actually. They're good people - better people than he will ever be).
Still, I have new stock for tomorrow and the nights are warming up. I will seriously sleep rough if I have to in order to save money. It's realtively safe and warm but, possibly not this week with hoards of pissed up Germans and Spanish.
Granada is a city of four very distinct characters;
1.Tourist/holiday Granada changes week by week. Different cultures come and go.
2. Student Granada. It's student heaven. A lovely atmosphere in the parts of town populated by the students and Triunfo Jardins is a great place to end the day and start the night. But, the kids all leave come June (60,000 city deserters). Prime flat hunting time I reckon (I've rescheduled my plan ).
3. 'Bohemian' Granada. The travellers, the drop outs and chill outs, the artists, the wino's, the dogs, the street performers, the circus.... the caves up the hill and just out of town.
4. The real Granada today. The modern workers and service providers. The shop keepers and general managers, the cleaners and road sweepers. The Granadinos and the new movers. It's an expanding city - aren't they all?
Long day. Time for a swift drink and then back to it. Last time I worked these kind of hours was commuting from Brighton to London everyday. That nearly killed me. Only difference now is that I'm lucky if I earn €3/hour. Then it was anywhere bewteen 30 and 60 pounds an hour. And, guess what - I'm far happier now!
10 hours of painting and selling and not a penny.
It seems Thursday's are big turn-around days in Granada. The new tourists move in. This week is a big Spanish holiday week. Droves are down from Madrid to party. Not buy momentos. Plenty of Germans about but, I'm beginning to really dislike Germans. 'Der lecht im der fenster is nicht korrect' (or, summat like that?). Also, saw some totally heat wasted German lost in Plaza Neuvo today babbling racist obscenities to anyone and everyone. Very strange. Bet, that guy photographing me hanging with the wino's yesterday was German also
- don't give a shit actually. They're good people - better people than he will ever be).Still, I have new stock for tomorrow and the nights are warming up. I will seriously sleep rough if I have to in order to save money. It's realtively safe and warm but, possibly not this week with hoards of pissed up Germans and Spanish.
Granada is a city of four very distinct characters;
1.Tourist/holiday Granada changes week by week. Different cultures come and go.
2. Student Granada. It's student heaven. A lovely atmosphere in the parts of town populated by the students and Triunfo Jardins is a great place to end the day and start the night. But, the kids all leave come June (60,000 city deserters). Prime flat hunting time I reckon (I've rescheduled my plan
).3. 'Bohemian' Granada. The travellers, the drop outs and chill outs, the artists, the wino's, the dogs, the street performers, the circus.... the caves up the hill and just out of town.
4. The real Granada today. The modern workers and service providers. The shop keepers and general managers, the cleaners and road sweepers. The Granadinos and the new movers. It's an expanding city - aren't they all?
Long day. Time for a swift drink and then back to it. Last time I worked these kind of hours was commuting from Brighton to London everyday. That nearly killed me. Only difference now is that I'm lucky if I earn €3/hour. Then it was anywhere bewteen 30 and 60 pounds an hour. And, guess what - I'm far happier now!
New day. New plan.
Just bought a pack of 100 blank index cards. The same size as postcards (couldn't find any blank postcards). Two minute sketches to create handmade postcards. 50 cents a go or, three for a Euro. I need some quick and easy sellers.
Thinking about the greeting card suggestion. I've had an idea for novelty postcards or, greeting cards - smelly cards! Quick sketch of say an orange tree in front of an old church/the cathedral with a mini post-it note scented with orange essential oils inside Range will extend to blue and green sketch for mint tea. Orange and red sketch for cinnamon and yellow and orange sketch for citrus - the smells of Granada.
Essential purchases today have to be hat and socks. Will visit the sell everything shop for a €3 pocket cap later today.
I NEED a GOOD sales day.
Just bought a pack of 100 blank index cards. The same size as postcards (couldn't find any blank postcards). Two minute sketches to create handmade postcards. 50 cents a go or, three for a Euro. I need some quick and easy sellers.
Thinking about the greeting card suggestion. I've had an idea for novelty postcards or, greeting cards - smelly cards! Quick sketch of say an orange tree in front of an old church/the cathedral with a mini post-it note scented with orange essential oils inside
Range will extend to blue and green sketch for mint tea. Orange and red sketch for cinnamon and yellow and orange sketch for citrus - the smells of Granada.Essential purchases today have to be hat and socks. Will visit the sell everything shop for a €3 pocket cap later today.
I NEED a GOOD sales day.
Aaargh! Rain. Things were going quite well. Serves me right for buying some sun protection €2 for a washable cap. May spend a bit of time customising it.
Postcards go well. I plan to hide from the rain in a cafe sketching all the pics I can do from memory.
Have also spent 70 cents on some orange essential oil to see how people react to smelly postcards. Will practice a stylised sketch of an orange tree and oil the oranges. I have a hunch that this is a winner.
Not wanting to over romanticise this city (it doesn't need it) I plan to extend the range of smelly cards to cover dog shit, carbon monoxide, stale sewers and the utter stench of a homeless heroin addict chasing the dragon first thing in the morning.
Tiles seem to be back in favour. Two sold within the dry hour I had for selling this morning.
A quiet cafe to get on with sketching...
€2 for a washable cap. May spend a bit of time customising it.Postcards go well. I plan to hide from the rain in a cafe sketching all the pics I can do from memory.
Have also spent 70 cents on some orange essential oil to see how people react to smelly postcards. Will practice a stylised sketch of an orange tree and oil the oranges. I have a hunch that this is a winner.
Not wanting to over romanticise this city (it doesn't need it) I plan to extend the range of smelly cards to cover dog shit, carbon monoxide, stale sewers and the utter stench of a homeless heroin addict chasing the dragon first thing in the morning.
Tiles seem to be back in favour. Two sold within the dry hour I had for selling this morning.
A quiet cafe to get on with sketching...
disco_dave_2000
la la lapland
Stanley Edwards said:
excellent and what it is all about really - being happy
fantastic stuff Stanley, keep at it, and keep telling us how you get along - great reading, one of favourite threads
Someone make the rain go away! I'm reaching situation critical.
No 1 in the series 'The Smells of Granada' is a very simple orange tree in black with orange oranges (blue ones would have looked stupid) scented with orange (because vanilla would have smelled wrong). I need the rain to stop between 6pm and 7pm whilst the Santa Ana church is open to visitors. Prime selling time for little tiles with pic of said church.
New problems are occuring. There are more street traders than ever. The shop keepers don't like it (only some of them - others are very friendly). I fear police will be taking action soon. A one week crackdown is imminent.
I have to sell virtually all stock today to continue tomorrow.
No 1 in the series 'The Smells of Granada' is a very simple orange tree in black with orange oranges (blue ones would have looked stupid) scented with orange (because vanilla would have smelled wrong). I need the rain to stop between 6pm and 7pm whilst the Santa Ana church is open to visitors. Prime selling time for little tiles with pic of said church.
New problems are occuring. There are more street traders than ever. The shop keepers don't like it (only some of them - others are very friendly). I fear police will be taking action soon. A one week crackdown is imminent.
I have to sell virtually all stock today to continue tomorrow.
I'm just sitting painting churches in the rain, churches in the rain...
Cos I've got nothing better to do basically.
Good news. Between showers I cleared €30. Yay! Big thank you to the lovelly, beautiful lady who has now bought two of my paintings. I wanted to hug and kiss her as an expression of my gratitude but, she kindly refused the offer.
Huge dark purple cloud is thundering overhead now. Mucho, lluve. Mucho.
It's getting mean out on those streets now more tourists are arriving. Bringing more non-tourist travelling folk. Some good - some bad. Some very bad and they've just been very carefully watching how much money I'm taking. Thank fuck I've got a bed tonight. Must vary my route to and from Mercadona this evening.
I survive for another day and have a small float for new materials. 45 cent litre of vino tinto is my reward to be enjoyed this evening whilst watching the thunder storm pass by (or, at least I hope it passes by. Buggered if it's still here in the morning).
Hasta Manaña.
Cos I've got nothing better to do basically.
Good news. Between showers I cleared €30. Yay! Big thank you to the lovelly, beautiful lady who has now bought two of my paintings. I wanted to hug and kiss her as an expression of my gratitude but, she kindly refused the offer.
Huge dark purple cloud is thundering overhead now. Mucho, lluve. Mucho.
It's getting mean out on those streets now more tourists are arriving. Bringing more non-tourist travelling folk. Some good - some bad. Some very bad and they've just been very carefully watching how much money I'm taking. Thank fuck I've got a bed tonight. Must vary my route to and from Mercadona this evening.
I survive for another day and have a small float for new materials. 45 cent litre of vino tinto is my reward to be enjoyed this evening whilst watching the thunder storm pass by (or, at least I hope it passes by. Buggered if it's still here in the morning).
Hasta Manaña.
Derian said:Reading your thread everyday has kept me going the last week or so Stanley, seriously.
Can I buy one of these tiles on-line? <collection at some future whenever date manana manana stylee?>
If so PM
Tiles, paintings, sketches can all be 'bought'. I have a postal tube of sketches ready to post to one urbanite. Just a question of queing in the post office and paying the postage. Payment accepted at a later dater (mañana mañana stylee
) just as soon as my new web based art project is up and running.Place an order now and I'll package ready to send. PM a postal address. I have a PayPal account I could utilise if I could be bothered. Truth is it's much nicer actually meeting people and chatting, listening to their story and telling them yours etc etc etc. The way the world should always be really.
--/ Quick edit. Obviously if you were to donate to a very worthy server fund type cause I'd post immediately.
I have a problem. Missed the little art shop before it closed. No more paint until Tuesday. I have only red and yellow.
Bit stuck!
Bit stuck!
