24 Hour Art Challenge?
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Derian said:That's a painCan you buy some from the Irish painter?
He's moved on. Touring Spain.
I'll have to work with pens only for a couple of days. If I raise my prices my stock should carry me through until Tuesday. Loads of people in town this weekend - big holiday week in Spain. I'll think of something.
Writing to remind myself; I can comfortably complete and sell five small tile paintings a day to produce a €50. That is good to know for the future (if needed) and the way forward from today.
There are a lot of people surviving on next to nothing in Granada. Some very interesting characters. One guy walks around checking the bins all day collecting food and bits and pieces to make stuff for himself. He wares Super Mario like overalls with a hat and shoulder bag made from leather, rubber, chain and bits of metal. They look excellent - quality items, well designed (considered) and finished to a very high standard. Good to see people like that living on others waste. The stuff he makes is very saleable but, he seems happy enough surviving without money. Great character and a great theme for a computer game.
Strange things that happen. Keep forgetting the small oddities that occur day to day. Strange thing that happend yesterday was some girl flashing her tits to me! Came and looked at paintings, brief chat, then lifted her T-shirt to wipe her face revealing her breasts. Then just walked away. Dunno!
Plenty of great characters here.
Ill today. Hope it's just the cheap red wine. Can't afford to be ill.
There are a lot of people surviving on next to nothing in Granada. Some very interesting characters. One guy walks around checking the bins all day collecting food and bits and pieces to make stuff for himself. He wares Super Mario like overalls with a hat and shoulder bag made from leather, rubber, chain and bits of metal. They look excellent - quality items, well designed (considered) and finished to a very high standard. Good to see people like that living on others waste. The stuff he makes is very saleable but, he seems happy enough surviving without money. Great character and a great theme for a computer game.
Strange things that happen. Keep forgetting the small oddities that occur day to day. Strange thing that happend yesterday was some girl flashing her tits to me! Came and looked at paintings, brief chat, then lifted her T-shirt to wipe her face revealing her breasts. Then just walked away. Dunno!
Plenty of great characters here.
Ill today. Hope it's just the cheap red wine. Can't afford to be ill.
Intervencion policia!
I guessed this was coming. Extremely busy today - all street traders are being moved on/cautioned. Except me
Found lots of tile off-cuts in a skip. Very nice panorama format (20cm x 6cm approx). Good size. Spent the day sketching views around town whilst putting stock on display. When I was sketching the cathedral an obvious plain clothes policeman started talking. I made no sales pitch but, prices were displayed. Five minutes later four uniformed police turn up. Then go away. Then come back again. People around waited for them to question me but, they didn't. So, I just moved on.
Can't really give them an excuse so, I've found a new police safe pitch. Very good one at that. I sold out within an hour. Off to collect rest of tile off-cuts for a long day tomorrow. Seems the spanish tourists don't open their purses until after 7pm.
Speaking to other traders it seems many were cautioned. Seems if you politely move on yourself they don't bother you. Very fair.
Triunfo Jardins is closed. Police abviously want everyone in the centre of town. Huge party tonight - lots of people to look over.
Speaking english here is actually a huge advantage. All the big money customers are american/scandinavian/dutch tourists. They all speak very good english but, not necessarily spanish. I can just about close a deal in Spanish - the locals appreciate that you're actually trying.
I guessed this was coming. Extremely busy today - all street traders are being moved on/cautioned. Except me
Found lots of tile off-cuts in a skip. Very nice panorama format (20cm x 6cm approx). Good size. Spent the day sketching views around town whilst putting stock on display. When I was sketching the cathedral an obvious plain clothes policeman started talking. I made no sales pitch but, prices were displayed. Five minutes later four uniformed police turn up. Then go away. Then come back again. People around waited for them to question me but, they didn't. So, I just moved on.
Can't really give them an excuse so, I've found a new police safe pitch. Very good one at that. I sold out within an hour. Off to collect rest of tile off-cuts for a long day tomorrow. Seems the spanish tourists don't open their purses until after 7pm.
Speaking to other traders it seems many were cautioned. Seems if you politely move on yourself they don't bother you. Very fair.
Triunfo Jardins is closed. Police abviously want everyone in the centre of town. Huge party tonight - lots of people to look over.
Speaking english here is actually a huge advantage. All the big money customers are american/scandinavian/dutch tourists. They all speak very good english but, not necessarily spanish. I can just about close a deal in Spanish - the locals appreciate that you're actually trying.
I fucking LOVE this city 
I've just been watching the skaters 'adapt' THEIR park with a six inch angle grinder on galvanised steel railings
Very spectacular in the street light. Would have made a fantastic photograph but, I just had to let it go! (did a quick sketch instead).
It's your city kids - you make it the way you want it to be
Something tells me they knew the police would be busy elsewhere. Excellent
I've just been watching the skaters 'adapt' THEIR park with a six inch angle grinder on galvanised steel railings
Very spectacular in the street light. Would have made a fantastic photograph but, I just had to let it go! (did a quick sketch instead).
It's your city kids - you make it the way you want it to be
Something tells me they knew the police would be busy elsewhere. Excellent
I had a good night last night
Slightly fuzzy this morning. I have a carrier bag full of tile off-cuts and four pens. Mission for the day is to complete as many sketches as possible to sell at €3 a go this evening. If yesterday was anything to go by I should make €40.
Today is a holiday. Wednesday is Day of the Cross so, in typical spanish style that means a week long holiday - FIESTA! Hopefully it will be a good week. I need a couple of cheap T-shirts, socks and a box of little tiles from the edge of town superstores.
I am actually beginning to save money. It's very reassuring waking up with enough cash in hand to pay for the day and night ahead. Once I get a big box of little tiles I'll be well on my way (police allowing).
Tomorrow I'm helping a fellow photographer here buy a car in return for a decent lunch. Need to build up a good stock today.
Met some great people yesterday. Lovelly Ana displaying her photographs next to my tile sketches was very patient with my spanish as was the italian lady who was shooting on a very old Mamiya without a light meter. Some guy from Wales now living in Madrid with his spanish girlfriend who bought a couple of tiles. My spanish improved noticably yesterday.
Full of confidence and enthusiasm today which means I'm probably going to get 'knocked down' by something!
Slightly fuzzy this morning. I have a carrier bag full of tile off-cuts and four pens. Mission for the day is to complete as many sketches as possible to sell at €3 a go this evening. If yesterday was anything to go by I should make €40.
Today is a holiday. Wednesday is Day of the Cross so, in typical spanish style that means a week long holiday - FIESTA! Hopefully it will be a good week. I need a couple of cheap T-shirts, socks and a box of little tiles from the edge of town superstores.
I am actually beginning to save money. It's very reassuring waking up with enough cash in hand to pay for the day and night ahead. Once I get a big box of little tiles I'll be well on my way (police allowing).
Tomorrow I'm helping a fellow photographer here buy a car in return for a decent lunch. Need to build up a good stock today.
Met some great people yesterday. Lovelly Ana displaying her photographs next to my tile sketches was very patient with my spanish as was the italian lady who was shooting on a very old Mamiya without a light meter. Some guy from Wales now living in Madrid with his spanish girlfriend who bought a couple of tiles. My spanish improved noticably yesterday.
Full of confidence and enthusiasm today which means I'm probably going to get 'knocked down' by something!
Stanley I have been following your saga with fascination. You have more bottle than a milk float. Well done, I hope you have time to make more notes than just these posts so that you could possibly get a bit of a book together later.
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Notes are all in my head if ever a book seemed like a good idea. I have a bag full of little A5 sketches though.
New pitch wasn't nearley as good today. Just €14
Spent most of the day sketching small tile panoramas. Just not as many people about today. Good site for about an hour and a half during early evening. May try it in the morning. Nice crowd of sellers and entertainers there though.
The guy who asked me to paint views of the Alhambra found me again. First job for the morning is an Alhambra painting if the little art shop is open. He has been trying to call me but, I have a new problemo; my mobile needs topping-up. Can't receive calls without credit!
I really need to be selling elsewhere. Need to find a new police safe pitch.
Might as well keep looking around town this evening. Never know if you're going to make just one more critical sale.
New pitch wasn't nearley as good today. Just €14
Spent most of the day sketching small tile panoramas. Just not as many people about today. Good site for about an hour and a half during early evening. May try it in the morning. Nice crowd of sellers and entertainers there though.
The guy who asked me to paint views of the Alhambra found me again. First job for the morning is an Alhambra painting if the little art shop is open. He has been trying to call me but, I have a new problemo; my mobile needs topping-up. Can't receive calls without credit!
I really need to be selling elsewhere. Need to find a new police safe pitch.
Might as well keep looking around town this evening. Never know if you're going to make just one more critical sale.
Chaos in the city tonight. The streets are already full of the stench of puke, piss and tears. Still another 6 hours of boozing to go mind.
I'm off for a goodnight vino tinto and then bed. To old for this!
Good day today. Treated to a very nice meal in return for checking over a few cars. My stomach doesn't know what's hit it.
Party or, bed? Party or, bed? Party or, bed?
Perhaps just one more
I'm off for a goodnight vino tinto and then bed. To old for this!
Good day today. Treated to a very nice meal in return for checking over a few cars. My stomach doesn't know what's hit it.
Party or, bed? Party or, bed? Party or, bed?
Perhaps just one more
Muchas lluve!
It was very good and cooling and sexy last night. Just what the fiesta needed - a good dose of wet to dowse the streets and cool the air. This morning it's just wet and miserable.
Whilst yesterday was a good day and a very enjoyable evening and night, it wasn't very profitable. I'm really up against it today. Very little stock and just a couple of euros in hand. I need a new supply of small tiles.
Couldn't really afford to take 5 hours off yesterday. A a good time mind.
Everything is against me today!
--/
12pm. Still chucking it down. No sign of stopping. Taking two hours out to view some exhibitions and then seeking sanctuary in my dry hostal room to paint something. Dunno. It's a total wash-out.
Have just viewed an installation by Narelle Jubellin - Gramatical Landscapes. Inspired by the many exhibitions she has seen at the Centro José Guerrero, one part struck me: 'A landscape is not something you look at but something you look through' - small embroidered landscapes sandwiched in glass and set in front of stain wall paintings. Nice.
Perhaps I can decorate the plain white walls of my hostal room this afternoon?
It was very good and cooling and sexy last night. Just what the fiesta needed - a good dose of wet to dowse the streets and cool the air. This morning it's just wet and miserable.
Whilst yesterday was a good day and a very enjoyable evening and night, it wasn't very profitable. I'm really up against it today. Very little stock and just a couple of euros in hand. I need a new supply of small tiles.
Couldn't really afford to take 5 hours off yesterday. A a good time mind.
Everything is against me today!
--/
12pm. Still chucking it down. No sign of stopping. Taking two hours out to view some exhibitions and then seeking sanctuary in my dry hostal room to paint something. Dunno. It's a total wash-out.
Have just viewed an installation by Narelle Jubellin - Gramatical Landscapes. Inspired by the many exhibitions she has seen at the Centro José Guerrero, one part struck me: 'A landscape is not something you look at but something you look through' - small embroidered landscapes sandwiched in glass and set in front of stain wall paintings. Nice.
Perhaps I can decorate the plain white walls of my hostal room this afternoon?
Rain, rain, rain.
Absolute killer! Whole town is now beginning to party bigger than ever. Total shut-down. The rain isn't going to stop them.
Looks like D-day for camera number one tomorrow. Haven't seen a forcast but, this rain looks like the stuff that hangs around for days
I need to find wet weather money qucikly.
Absolute killer! Whole town is now beginning to party bigger than ever. Total shut-down. The rain isn't going to stop them.
Looks like D-day for camera number one tomorrow. Haven't seen a forcast but, this rain looks like the stuff that hangs around for days
I need to find wet weather money qucikly.
Finally the skies are clearing. Tough couple of days. Not able to paint and not able to sell (although I hadn't thought about church interiors).
I have three paintings that I must sell by the end of the day. The police don't seem to be able to do anything or, don't care if I just paint and leave other paintings 'drying'. Talk to the punters but, don't take cash whilst being watched. Think they're OK.
I have agreed to supply two very good souvenir shops with tile sketches. They do sell muy rapido. That should be good for future income. I've also discovered a new part of Granada about a 30 minute walk from the centre. Fantastic, lively little community that is now the place I want a flat. Very cheap also. All I need now is a grand to sort me out
Camera lives for another day.
I have three paintings that I must sell by the end of the day. The police don't seem to be able to do anything or, don't care if I just paint and leave other paintings 'drying'. Talk to the punters but, don't take cash whilst being watched. Think they're OK.
I have agreed to supply two very good souvenir shops with tile sketches. They do sell muy rapido. That should be good for future income. I've also discovered a new part of Granada about a 30 minute walk from the centre. Fantastic, lively little community that is now the place I want a flat. Very cheap also. All I need now is a grand to sort me out
Camera lives for another day.
This thread is getting boring. Possibly last post for a while unless anything exceptional is worth reporting.
The city has now returned to normal after the fiestas. My regular pitches are once again police safe. The rain is subsiding if not going away completely. As the summer arrives the snow on top of the Sierra Nevada turns to clouds. Then the clouds dump their load as soon as the evening air cools.
People tell me €15 a day is as much as street traders can expect. €15 is a very bad day for me now. I know the formulas and know the pitches. €40 is now an average day (rain permitting). And, with the days now getting longer and longer I fully expect to make €60+ a day. Two more weeks of this and with a bit coming in from gift shops and I'm home and dry. Quite literally. But, I'm still penny pinching and don't expect to post here unless I 'need' to.
Adios.
The city has now returned to normal after the fiestas. My regular pitches are once again police safe. The rain is subsiding if not going away completely. As the summer arrives the snow on top of the Sierra Nevada turns to clouds. Then the clouds dump their load as soon as the evening air cools.
People tell me €15 a day is as much as street traders can expect. €15 is a very bad day for me now. I know the formulas and know the pitches. €40 is now an average day (rain permitting). And, with the days now getting longer and longer I fully expect to make €60+ a day. Two more weeks of this and with a bit coming in from gift shops and I'm home and dry. Quite literally. But, I'm still penny pinching and don't expect to post here unless I 'need' to.
Adios.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Stanley Edwards said:
You've got to be kidding me? I've been on the edge of my seat all week. "Is the camera going today?" "Will the rain stop???" "Will he end up sleeping on the street??" Tune in tomorrow for another exciting episode....
If people are still reading...
Just that it looks like being one long slog. Churning out paintings and tile sketches that aren't really very good but, sell. I get a bit bored at times, although I'm still enjoying myself.
I need a good weekend to keep hostal management happy. The two rainy days meant that my debt started going the wrong way! Now my pitch on Bib-Rambla looks to be safe again I plan to complete three floresteria paintings today and collect €60. Then climb up the hill into the Albyacin to Plaza de Mirador de San Nicolas to complete a sunset scene (or, two) over the Alhambra. I'll be taking a bottle of wine with me to end the night up there. It's a beautiful place to chill.
I also need cash in pocket by Monday to walk to an out of town bathroom shop and buy loads of tiny tiles. That's where the regular money is. If I can keep a good display in the two souvenier shops that could be a constant €50 a week or, more.
The rain appears to have ceased. Thank fuck for that.
Just that it looks like being one long slog. Churning out paintings and tile sketches that aren't really very good but, sell. I get a bit bored at times, although I'm still enjoying myself.
I need a good weekend to keep hostal management happy. The two rainy days meant that my debt started going the wrong way! Now my pitch on Bib-Rambla looks to be safe again I plan to complete three floresteria paintings today and collect €60. Then climb up the hill into the Albyacin to Plaza de Mirador de San Nicolas to complete a sunset scene (or, two) over the Alhambra. I'll be taking a bottle of wine with me to end the night up there. It's a beautiful place to chill.
I also need cash in pocket by Monday to walk to an out of town bathroom shop and buy loads of tiny tiles. That's where the regular money is. If I can keep a good display in the two souvenier shops that could be a constant €50 a week or, more.
The rain appears to have ceased. Thank fuck for that.
Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
Stanley Edwards said:
Yes.
Keep on posting!
I'm still reading, and good reading it is too. There is a vicarious pleasure in tracking your adventures from the safety of a warm a comfortable flat in the south east of England. Take care.
OK. Still posting. I know you're all waiting to see me sleeping in the gutter I'll probably still be posting here even if that happens. I'll need someone to moan at!
Rain returns. Trip to paint Alhambra has been postponed until morning. I've found a dry pitch to sell from but, the whole of Granada seems to grind to a halt when it rains. They don't have to cope with it so, they don't. Pointless trying to sell. I'm off on the hunt for tile off-cuts instead. My paint brushes are shagged and small tile sketches are my bread and butter anyway.
€25 so far today and an order for a panoramic tile painting on Monday for another €20. If the rain stops it's good for selling right upto 9.30pm now all businesses are operating on summer hours.
Need an early start to build up good stock for tomorrow.
I'll probably still be posting here even if that happens. I'll need someone to moan at!Rain returns. Trip to paint Alhambra has been postponed until morning. I've found a dry pitch to sell from but, the whole of Granada seems to grind to a halt when it rains. They don't have to cope with it so, they don't. Pointless trying to sell. I'm off on the hunt for tile off-cuts instead. My paint brushes are shagged and small tile sketches are my bread and butter anyway.
€25 so far today and an order for a panoramic tile painting on Monday for another €20. If the rain stops it's good for selling right upto 9.30pm now all businesses are operating on summer hours.
Need an early start to build up good stock for tomorrow.
Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
BTW, do you have a camera with you to take a few snaps of what's going on? I know you said they were the last thing you'd sell.
You know, pics of your surroundings, the tiles, your sketches, the police, that sort of thing.
If you put them together with the text from your postings one day, it would be interesting.
And maybe publish-able, if you're into that sort of thing.
You know, pics of your surroundings, the tiles, your sketches, the police, that sort of thing.
If you put them together with the text from your postings one day, it would be interesting.
And maybe publish-able, if you're into that sort of thing.
Paul Russell said:
I'm not taking pictures of everything going on. Still taking bloody fine art photographs though
I have a role of film yet to be processed with shots of early sketches and paintings.
As for the book, I'm still waiting for my London 321 Spaces to happen. When it does it's only likley to recover a fraction of the costs I put into the project. TBH books don't really appeal ATM. However, you never know.
Money and books and future exhibitions are just distant thoughts presently. I'm still thoroughly enjoying this simple life of simple rewards. I find it difficult top plan more than a day ahead without my PC!
Still raining outside. I'm off to down some vino tinto in a wet park. No social life to speak of here yet. Thankfully I'm the kind of miserable sod who's way to happy with his own company.
Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
Stanley Edwards said:
I can understand that, but I bet a lot of people would enjoy the visual accompaniment one day...
BTW, don't bother to answer this post -- valuable time/net cafe money wasted!
elcuadroentero
New Member
Paul Russell said:I can understand that, but I bet a lot of people would enjoy the visual accompaniment one day...
I have 'visual accompaniment'!!
I was in Granada, monday last, and who should I come across...., none other than Senor Pintor!
Chatted for too short a time.
Bought a tile sketch, panoramic format, (check ebay soon
I could post it here.
Paul Russell said:
I have to check emails three times a day just in case I get some 'real' work to do. Minimum time is 30 minutes for 50 cents. It's a good enough excuse for me anyway
A stunningly beautiful morning today. Envigorating, exhilarating and totally gorgeous. However, I have to have a moan about a couple of bars here.
Bars that proclaim to be 'arty' do not like artists as clientel. One bar in particular I had barely noticed because my swank avoidance factor has been tuned to it's highest level since arriving here. However, a local photographer from the UK pointed it out to me the other day. 'Dylan - Coffee and Cigarettes' is about as far removed from the Dylan idealogy as the modern world gets. Sterile and characterless. Soulless even. It uses a stenciled, graffiti style image of Bob Dylan as it's logo. When I look at it I think 'you complete and utter cunts'. But, a new generation seem to buy it. Who the fuck has the cheek to brand Dylan for profit?
'Poe' is the english bar. Not a lot to moan about here. It claims to have the best tapas in Granada. I won't be going back unless I have to. I didn't come to Granada to go to Clapham.
The best bars are the everyday vino tinto and tapas for €2 type bars. The ones where the bar staff remember you and fill your glass to the fullest and give an extra large tapas. Nice people.
--/ Anyone with pics of me feel free to post them up here. I'm well past caring who takes my photograph and where it appears. It's just those effing german's who expect me to rearrange eveything and pose for free that really piss me off. Of course, they do this before telling me that my paintings are not correct
Right, off to enjoy another beautiful day regardless.
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