april happenings

OCEANSIDE DAYs OF ART

one angle of the display . . . look at the colors on the post !!

my first venture out of the illustration studio into public view . . .  oh . . . other than 2 years of sidewalk art at the Carlsbad ARTSPLASH !!!  So I needed to display my work . . . me build ???  i know how to stack bricks and wood planks to make shelves . . . plus transportation . . . anything bigger than 4 x 3 . . . feet not inches !! might be a problemo . . .  but i was successful !! and i think it complemented my work well it was all me. . .  'all mo' afterall !!

artist at work

DAY ONE :   was on the 31st world-wide marathon sketch day from www.sketchcrawl.com . . . i am always missing out and never finding local participants . . . so i set up a table for the public to participate !!  big hit !!! . . .  carried it over to day two . . . started a demo . . .  final product is okay . .  . but it was fun . . . gathered crowds . . . opened up conversations . . . though bo was there to help and he was awesome !! great customer service and able to discuss my work extremely well !!! . . . reception was great . .  . sales not much to talk about . .  . though a teaching job and a book fair have already come about from it !!

both demo photos courtesy of terri orchard photography

DAY TWO :   started off with a happy dance !! the display held !!! especially with the marine layer and the severe gutter tilt !!! . . . then while setting up everyone kept coming by saying you are on the front page of the newspaper . . . bo ran off and found one left . . . actually front page of the second section . . .  but way cool !! (when i rode the california aids ride i made the front page of the goleta paper when we stopped there) . . . oh yeah !!  except they wrote mosart illustration instead of mosart studios ! . . . maybe i should have had them write a correction (heeheeeheee) . . . but seriously and sincerely THanks! for the coverage North County Times !

so everything went about the same . . . though several people said they came in because of me . . . some to see my work specifically . . . they didn't buy though . . . i don't know how i should take that !!  plus the grandson joined us for the last few hours of the day (he did add a few strokes to the demo !!! always helping me with my art !). . .  and the tear down of the booth . . .

his playpen took the longest . . . even the security crew tried to help !!  poor kid wanted to go home as we struggled with it all !  he did some great paul klee doodles in the sketchbooks !! part of the traveling public sketchbook archive . . . 

someone stealing a snapshot !!

in the beginning

just starting out !!!  trying to get a layout i like !!  and yes lower case letters are me !!!  check back for an actual blog which will most likely cover some past happenings first !!  we will see what else is to come !!!  step one in mo's blog evolution.