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                                                                  Clydesdales and dray, Pastel pencil original art work 02/03/2012
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                                                                  Clydesdales and dray, Pastel pencil original art work, outer frame size 475 mm x 410mm art work on A4 size acid free pastel paper framed in double mount acid free mat board.
                                                                  Acclaimed Australian artist, Kathy Shell

                                                                  I am being asked about Clydesdale art bargains.
                                                                  I do have a few. The one above is in my art bargains sale.

                                                                  There are some art prints of my Clydesdale at http://www.kathy-shell.net/horse-gallery.html

                                                                  I also have this one pastel pencil A4 size impressionist art work framed under glass in an acid free double mount.
                                                                  I am still waiting on Pack and Send to quote me the delivery costs, - I would never trust Australia Post with glass, lol, would you?  I could quote now to send unframed however you would possibly have to pay more than my asking price to frame it as nicely. The frame is not new. This work is 'ex gallery' and has been in storage. In fact I will need to clean the glass up before I send it, although the buyer will need to do that too as the glass is taped during transport to protect it from breaking. 

                                                                  As soon as I have the cost to me I'll mark this original art work as low in cost as I can. :-). Feel welcome to ask questions, my Art Sale will run all though Feb and I hope - into March. I begin my new novel - I wrote it in my head last night instead of sleeping so it is eager o get out, lol. from April so no art selling from then on, planned, hence my doing a SALE now., outer frame size 475 mm x 410mm art work on A4 size acid free pastel paper framed in double mount acid free mat board.
                                                                  Acclaimed Australian artist, Kathy Shell

                                                                  LATEST UPDATE

                                                                  I have a special offer to my facebook page likers. 


                                                                  Gallery Price $1,250.

                                                                  Also for my EBay fans  $99.95 STARTING AUCTION PRICE  & FREE Post within Australia. International clients I would need your postcode to quote shipping costs.  10 day auction begins tomorrow unless this sells today from my Facebook page.
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                                                                  12 Month Artist - Author, Action Plan. 01/30/2012
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                                                                  _My Novel Dreaming Billabong is back from the poof readers and is ready for submission to a literary agent or publisher and it is time to make the new twelve month goals which will see either the sequel written or a stand alone novel.

                                                                  Now I am about to launch an ART SALE

                                                                  Kathy Shell Artist/Author 12 Months and beyond, action plan.

                                                                  FEB:, I list art for sale free shipping in Australia and internationally at cost.
                                                                  Also Pitching my novel to publishers and agents - ongoing until success.

                                                                  MARCH: I continue to sell any remaining unsold items but no new listings.

                                                                  APRIL:Easter: Wind up - Sales CLOSED - Planning new Novel & Travels

                                                                  MAY till January 2013 Write new Novel

                                                                  FEB 2013 - Possible Second chance offer art sale -IF, I do another.

                                                                  I had a great morning in the painting studio with the rep from Pack and Send who will be getting costings to me fairly soon of the shipping of my large Moorcroft Vase, Art Easel Kits, Metal detector, Framed ad unframed original Oils and watercolour paintings, Wholesale quantities of scrapbooking papers and prints.

                                                                  I will be focusing the next fortnight equally dividing my time between pitching my novel and getting these 'out there' where people can see them on line.
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                                                                  Artist Seminars 01/22/2012
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                                                                  _Have you been to any Seminars?
                                                                  You can apply all this information for writers to Painters and Sculptors, we all have the same time restraint issues of a labour intensive job and the need to allocate time for public relations work as well.

                                                                  While I still have not put pen to paper and created any more cartoons since I went to the Cartoon Writing Seminar last Wednesday I have applied all the business skills for Authors training I received in the latter part of the Seminar and 'that's OK,' because I already could do cartoon sketches it was best to focus on those areas I could improve on first.

                                                                  The move I have made towards doing the actual cartooning is to allocate 4 hours a day by 5 days a week to my blogging, short story, essay length, cartooning and author promotion skills. Or 20 hours per week.  I will be focusing on the A priorities fist, and that is those skills I need to improve and the most urgent ones.

                                                                  So I have allocated the time to do the cartooning, as it moves up the priority ladder it will be done, within that 4 hours, Monday to Friday.  I am allocating  2 x 4 hour work sessions from 8 until 12  at each end of the day.

                                                                  One will be treasured and maintained 7 days a week or 28 hours a week just for my novel writing with a bonus additional 2 x 4 hours cribbed off the days I take a break from the small writing work.  That equals 36 hours Novel writing time per week and I'm sure I will crib a little extra time and make that a 40 hour week as I am serious about my novel writing. If I was painting this would be time allocated to my major work of art.  I set this full time working week for it as non negotiable.

                                                                  I need to work on this further to allocate enough exercise time and have a balanced lifestyle. Yes, good time management is a valid seminar topic for writers and i have attended and even given a few of those throughout my creative career. Get the time management right and you can create well and stay reasonably healthy.

                                                                  Summery:
                                                                  * I work a part time 20 hour week at smaller PR size and income generating creative work.
                                                                  * I work a full time 40 hour week at my major creative work this is currently my novel.
                                                                  * I allocate 10 hours minimum to the study and improvement of my creative work. For a writer this is reading a novel for at least one hour a day and brushing up on grammar,
                                                                  * Fitness activity, healthy meals planning and sleep. - Yes this is why I need to plan or something gets left out. All my social activity needs to be fitted in around training =, fitness or meals. I do turn the TV off unless it is educational and facebook for me is an educational and promotional medium it is not for wasting time playing games, when I play games it is with real life to my face friends and family members.

                                                                  Set your goals, plan the actions to achieve them then plan your time so you can achieve what you want to do,



                                                                  My next Seminar is Feb 11 on submitting my novel to an agent or publisher.

                                                                  Why Writer's Conferences are Important.
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                                                                  Writing and Art Studio Mergeing as Cartoonist Studio. 01/20/2012
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                                                                  Setting things up in my studio to combine writing and art skill and do more cartoons for my blogs!

                                                                  I am loving the idea of cartoon writing to combine my artist and writer's skill. I attended a great seminar in Melbourne on Wednesday this week. It was about Cartoon writing and I have been busy...Read more at
                                                                  Painting and Writing Combined in Cartoons www.kathyshell.com
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                                                                  25 Great Advice Tips for Artists 01/04/2012
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                                                                  This article was written for authors however it applies equally well to artists, painters, sculptors and any creative profession

                                                                  Typo free and some of the best advice Ive ever read, for creative people, all here in one blog post by Chuck. 25 Things Writers Should Stop Doing.

                                                                  Sure I knew most off it but I too get tempted to stray from my ideals and I find blogs like this helpful reminders of how to stay on track and true to action plan to my goals.
                                                                  I will look at the other things he has written.

                                                                  Very helpful at keeping one committed to their ideals ans keeping them on track with the issues they struggle with.
                                                                  That crap out not crap in should be my mantra this year lol. :-).
                                                                  I struggle to get the balance of exercise and food portion control right with a full time creative life passion and all external reminders of the importance of exercise in order to write, assist me.
                                                                  I liked the advice to not chase a genre or what publishers say they want you to write. That will help keep me true to writing the novels I want to write and to heck with how easy it will be to get my voice published. I know from my other creative fields, if you learn from others you can improve but if you copy others, you are just a half rate version of them and have copied the mistakes as well as the good bits but never learn the difference.
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                                                                  80/20 Principle for 2012 01/01/2012
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                                                                  _Benjamin Franklin described insanity as 'doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.'

                                                                  I'm doing things a little differently this year :-) how about you?
                                                                  I work the 80/20 rule. Keep the best 20% throw out the lowest performing 80% and try something new in it's place. It frees up a heap of new possibilities and keeps you moving forward and live-loving life.

                                                                  Richard Koch says in his book "The 80/20 Principle," there are two ways to be happier:

                                                                  • Identify the times when you are happiest and expand them as much as possible.
                                                                  • Identify the times when you are least happy and reduce them as much as possible.
                                                                  What will you stop doing?
                                                                  What will you expand on?
                                                                  What will you start?
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                                                                  Happy New Year 12/31/2011
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                                                                  _Have a Happy New Year of reading and writing and everything else you desire.

                                                                  I have begin to pitch my novel to publishers. So you can guess what my New Year goal is.

                                                                  Dreaming Billabong

                                                                  Author Kathryn Shell

                                                                  Children begin and then try to stop an escalating culture of payback in this compelling story of treachery and love during European settlement of Australia.

                                                                  Young adults will relate to Jarrah and Emily being torn by the demands of adults. Most readers who enter this journey though the life of the cattle king, Alan Fife, will see a little of their own struggles for identity and acceptance within this historical crime fiction that is told mainly though the lives of the children. Seniors will relive the 1950s period of Australian history.

                                                                              In 1877 free settlers arrive to the semi arid inland of Fife Springs north-west of the Great Dividing Range.  At first they coexisted with the Woggan-Wandong people. Then the children, Alan and Charlotte, witness the development of intolerance and see these emerge as bitter altercations that sow the seeds for the white Australia policy.

                                                                              In 1945, Jarrah, and his two cousins of mixed Scottish and Woggan-Wandong heritage have their childhood wrenched from them by the danger and cruelty of the stolen generation phase of Australia’s history. They each emerge triumphant by drawing on their strengths and instincts to survive.

                                                                              During this post World War Two period, the second rush of Australian settlement takes place. Migration from Europe and the catch cry of ‘populate or perish’ have a tumultuous effect on the quiet peaceful inland Australian country town of Fife Springs.

                                                                              Two children Emily and her brother Harry have had their childhood traumatised by the crime of, and resulting loss of a parent. They are thrust into an environment with hidden dangers.  Payback continues and the children, one urged on by the ghost of a massacre the others aided by the dreaming spirits and nature, struggle with a culture of revenge that has harmed their family for generations.

                                                                              Woggan-Wandong means The meeting of the Spirit Ghosts.
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                                                                  Creative Christmas 12/24/2011
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                                                                  _I plan to do some painting in January. I am considering illustrating a children's book version of my novel or doing a comic illustration of a serious, non-fiction work.

                                                                  I was very quiet in my blogging over the past week as I worked hard to complete the last edit of my Australian novel.  The work is complete save for minor changes following the proof readings.

                                                                  I already have a rough draft for the sequel and part of the first chapter has been written.

                                                                  Today I returned to one of two non-fiction books I had already begun writing. I am withholding the title for now.
                                                                  The second non-fiction Book I plan to write concerns travelling Australia and earning your living as you go.
                                                                  The third book will concern earning your living as a free lance creative person, author and artist.

                                                                  I plan to write at least one non-fiction work per year though I may well work on all three of these non-fiction works simultaneously while taking a short break from writing and editing my novel although I only plan to complete one non-fiction work per year and I will be publishing extracts from these self help books, as free exerts, within my blogs.

                                                                  I may even publish some of my non fiction works for free or at least, at cost price as these works  - my non fiction come from my love of writing. 

                                                                  Have a Happy Creative Christmas and may you too enjoy a happy creative new year.
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                                                                  Planning the Figurative Art Work 12/06/2011
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                                                                  _ I am planning an art work that will feature a beautiful picture of a lady in an 18th century dress leaning back against a tree. I love costumes figurative landscape paintings. Above is my work of figures of a woman and two children outside a Victorian style homestead in Ballarat, Victoria.

                                                                  Below is another vintage costume figurative painting of mine, again from Ballarat. This is Blythewood Grange.


                                                                  Today's Yummy and healthy,  Pre Paint Out BREAKFAST is Breakfast smoothie
                                                                  • 99Cal Banana, 1 medium (180g with skin)
                                                                  • 25 Peaches, canned in natural juice, drained, 0.25 cup(s)
                                                                  • 125 Low-fat milk, 1% fat, 1 cup(s)
                                                                  • 81 Low-fat yoghurt, any flavour, 100 g
                                                                  • 70 Linseed, sunflower seed and almond mixture (LSA), 1 tablespoon(s)
                                                                  • Preparation Place all ingredients into a blender together with 3-4 ice cubes if you would like, and process until smooth (around 30 seconds).
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                                                                  It takes talent to be a self supporting artist. 12/02/2011
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                                                                  Stephen King's formula for learning to write well is: "Read and write four to six hours a day. If you cannot find the time for that, you can't expect to become a good writer." He sets out each day with a quota of 2000 words and will not stop writing until it is met. He also has a simple definition for talent in writing: "If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.

                                                                  I think sometimes people see art as an elitist thing even to the point of expecting non artists who work at other professions to subsidies the arts.  I see no need for this.  No one subsidies the golfer who isn't entertaining enough to be paid to play, to play his round pf golf or give the fisherman money towards his gear to go fishing. In reality the artist can paint commercial art on the side to subsidies the fine art if it does not support them yet just as the author can write advertising until the novel sells.

                                                                  Yes even being able to support yourself with your creativity is a talent.
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