Advertisement Painting

toujours

Since I am not on social media platforms like fb and instagram etc.... I have decided to advertise locally for commission work.
I can't be the only person on here who has done this before, so I would love to see this thread full of everyone's promotional works.

I was at the local pet food shop the other day and realised I should put a painting on the notice board to get the word out.   Also the vet clinics in town,

I grabbed a sheet of A4 canvas and painted a picture of  photo I had taken recently of an 80 year old relative holding a wee chick my hen had hatched.

My thoughts were to do 3 paintings, one for each shop noticeboard.   I was pleased with how it turned out and reluctant to have people pin other things on top of my painting, so I had photocopies made of the original.  Of course, the colour was wrong.   Far too green in the printed version so I mixed a burnt umber/burnt sienna mix, added a bit of turps and stand oil and painted it over each photocopy to tone the green down.   Still not as good as the original, but it worked a treat!!

I did another painted advertisement for my work 15 years ago, but it is on a stretched canvas, and has a holder for business cards attached.  Fine for display at an market or horse show, but useless for a notice board.





Does anyone else do these sorts of self promotional advertisements?  I would love to see photos of them if you do.

joydeschenes

Great idea @toujours! And I think putting photocopies is your best plan 👍🏻… just love your little chick as advertisement. 

Abstraction

Love it - it's a beautiful piece as it is. I also love your appropriate occupational surname.

adridri

Great idea. Never advertized for anything can't offer any feedback here. Curious to see what others do.

toujours

Thanks for your comments so far @joydeschenes, @Abstraction and @adridri. 
Yes, @Abstraction, I must have had a family member sometime in the annuls of history who transferred paint to a brush to...?.  Perhaps they painted houses with whitewash, who knows?
Yes, @adridri, I am curious as well.

tassieguy

That's a cool idea, @toujours. The painting of the chick is great - so soft and fluffy, and a great advertisement for attracting clients.  

MoleMan

@toujours  

That is really rather charming, elegant, and cleverly designed. I think the calligraphy works well also.

Very nice, I like it a lot.   

toujours

MoleMan said:

@toujours  

That is really rather charming, elegant, and cleverly designed. I think the calligraphy works well also.

Very nice, I like it a lot.   

Thank you.
Your posts are always so eloquent and kind.   I appreciate your comment.  

toujours

tassieguy said:

That's a cool idea, @toujours. The painting of the chick is great - so soft and fluffy, and a great advertisement for attracting clients.  

Thanks for that.   I hope it does its job and I start hearing from prospective clients.

I see no one else has posted their self promotional works.  I can't be the only person to do this, surely?  

toujours

Here is another advert. I painted years ago.   Not as cute as the chick.   The tiny horse shoe is most likely from a hackney pony.   I dug it up years ago when digging a post hole near the old barn at my house.