The Welcome Cabin and Down Time

My health in 2018 was not so good. I spent a lot of time in bed. Though not sleepy tired for the most part just not able to get around much. One day while reading an article by another artist I decided to take her advice and be proud of my art. I felt so timid about it. I was shy to share it and to place my products boldly onto my website. Her advice was that this type of shame has a lot to do with my own self-image. Yup, I had to think long and hard about that. A lot of fears hanging onto me from years of wrong thinking. Wow, that was huge.

So really, how do you oppose timid action from wrong thinking? You can change your thinking and that is important but really I think that the action you take is most important. So I decided to go ahead and give each of my products an honored space of their own on my site and let them be proud of themselves. I also began a Pinterest training. Now each of my products will also get their own space on Pinterest. I didn’t take all my work off my website but I began to work on one piece at a time. At this time I still have a lot to do and I’m getting around a lot better now which means I’m doing more in my home and less on my computer. I’m so glad that I started this project because now in little bits of time I can just keep it going.

These ones are printed on demand by Society6. I have purchased a few items and find the quality outstanding. The Tote Bag with the Cabin on it I use for my go everywhere tote and I love it. Smaller items make bringing artwork into your home budget friendly. Larger items are high quality and colorful.

Learning to use links I’m hoping the experience of browsing around on my website will be much more user friendly.

I’m going to try to stay positive and proud of my work. I am always taking classes and learning new techniques from amazing teachers out there on the web. I know that there will always be others who are better than me, but this is not a competition or a contest. This is simply my work, my best at the time. I hope that you enjoy it and are inspired. I do have more to share with you as far as process goes. If you have something to say or a question to ask please leave a comment. Have you had experience with changing from wrong thinking about your art or other work? Or have you had experience with promoting your work? I would love to hear from you.

There is still a long way for me to go but I have a system now that makes it easy to do this for the long haul. A stay at home job that will be comfortable and flexible for me. I’m currently working on my sixth piece of artwork and my goal is to have one hundred. I’m not putting a time on myself, I’m just going to work steady at this and stay consistent. The Welcome Cabin is #1, and there are 95 different items with this design on them. You can find them by clicking on the home page or on any of the items in this post.

All the best and stay proud, Hanna McCown