Saturday, December 21, 2019

Not the Naughty List

You really thought you'd get through the holiday season without the Ole Trawler winging on and on about somethings you ought to think about?
Well, you were wrong.

Four days until Christmas and there are still presents you need to buy and why should you be any different from all of the rest of the country. After all there are those wasted hours between midnight and dawn when there are no football games on and you can shop in your jammies or in the nude or in the windows of your apartment if a little seasonal spirit overcomes you.

But if frightening the neighbors isn't on your naughty list then think about this.
Red River Paper


These guys have all sorts of things any artist could covet or want or lust after. There are papers for printing. Now I know you are a painter and never use a camera and couldn't care less what sort of printing papers are out there but if that is the case you are missing out on a major revenue stream. Cause what happens when you sell that latest masterpiece? Then you have nothing to show for all of your hard work. But if you took a good picture, no not one of those Neo-Polaroids from your Iphoney, but a real picture from a decent camera, then you could print it out and have a record of your work so when that big-time commission comes looking you have something to show.

Or what have you done about Christmas cards this year? Bought a bunch of Currier and Ives fakes from Rite-Aid and sent them to all of the people on your list whether you know them or not. But if you have files of your work, you could create your own cards and by buying the pre-cut card stock from Red River papers you could make your own Christmas cards and send not only genuine thoughtful seasonal sentiments and but your work, giving yourself a tasty plug while making you feel self-righteous and all done at the same time.

Or what about those prints you made of your brilliant work and now you have them lying about catching dust and creating toys for the cat when they should be carefully archived so they will be ready when Mr. Big-time comes along?

You could have ordered clear display bags. That way you don't even have to take the print out to show it and if you put down that frosty glass of IPA at Seven Devils and it happens to be on the print the bag will keep it safe and you can finish your beer without guilt.


So that's just a coupla reasons why you should look at Red River papers and I won't even mention the fact that they are one of the few places where you can buy ready to print 11 x 14 sheets cause that would just be over kill.
And now you say you don't trust online stores and there are nothing but SPAM and viruses out there so you never shop on the computer well what about our own Art Connection?

You just have to pick up the car keys and drive down to the Art Connection and there you will find all sorts of things the deserving artist needs. And you will be shopping locally which should make you feel really important and community centered.

Every artist needs a new sketch pad for the start of the year or what about some clay for that sculpture you always wanted to do but keep putting off and yes you can do a nude without being a complete perv cause you are an artist and not a guy in an overcoat with a pocket full of candy.

Start small and see if the spirit takes hold of you. You can always come back and buy more. I can promise you they will sell you as much as you need so make a lot of mistakes cause that is the only real way to learn how to do the job and you can always pass off the flops as artistic innovations.

Not into 3D art? Well there's charcoal or pastel or colored pencil. My father was a master at shading with pencils and did renderings so life-like you'd spend half a day trying to get the birds to take seeds or watering plants only to realize they were drawings and now they were all wet, but fortunately I never bring out his originals cause they are one of a kind and not replaceable but I have them on disc so when I scrap one of them I can always print off another copy and still have the original safely put away.

So why not start the Holiday Season right and get a gift for the deserving artist on your Christmas list that they will actually like and use and enjoy and respect your good taste and revere your intelligence and speak your name in hushed tone reserved for folks with images carved in stone?

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