no sale

No takers on ebay for my painting (sad face). Some page views but no bids. Was the starting price too high (£4.99 with free worldwide p&p)? Or was the painting simply not up to scratch? I would have thought a Man Utd picture would at least attract some interest although they did lose the local derby in the middle of the listing period!
Back to the drawingboard/easel to try again.

STOP PRESS

Have just listed 'Manchester Derby' on ebay (see previous blog entry). Please feel free to check it out.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190906051650

Today in the parallel class we sketched elephants. I first got them to draw their version of a pachyderm in the top left -hand corner. I then showed them several different ways to depict an elephant - using a letter 'e', beginning with a circle and adding a letter 'g' and finally, starting from a square, then adding a 'g'. Hopefully from the pic below you can make out the different methods and see that they were certainly able to draw more recognisable images than at the start.

We then went on to using a 4x4 grid to create a very simple 'elephant' pattern that we are going to use to create embroidered, applique pieces.

carried away

Some more footy illos! This time with a 'red' player (Man Utd?) featuring against various opposition teams. All ink & pencil crayon on heavyweight paper, A4.

 

 

Not sure where to go with this style. I've already got some listed in my Folksy shop. Am thinking of giving ebay another try, though I really do baulk at the charges. I have heard of folk selling stuff directly through Facebook with people commenting 'sold' when they wish to purchase an item. Not sure of the 'legalities' of this ref the user agreement that you must have to sign up to (I'm not on Facebook so I don't know). Would welcome any comments or feedback form the good folk out in the blogosphere.