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Sunday 16 February 2020

Matthew's News


I know I have not posted here for a while, I have been thinking about changing things round a little as I do from time to time.

Instagram is a more relevant place on which to post my artwork (#matthewslaterart) and feel part of a wider creative community. There are also probably better ways for me to organise this blog to fit in with what I would like to do this year. It doesn't really serve a purpose for me so it may go. Or it may not.

I have decided to concentrate on creating a series of seaside and boat themed illustrations with the aim of selling some digital prints. What I am thinking of doing is creating some quality unframed 10x8” prints which can be sold on Etsy. These can easily be sent out in an A4 envelope and frames can be bought off the shelf very easily. I am not sure I would trust print on demand services to produce bigger work and send them out for me. I will see what reaction I get to the small prints first. I also need to keep the process simple as I can get tied up with my day job from time to time.

Each month I am aiming to enter the 'Writing Magazine' competitions as an exercise. I will probably publish all my entries at the end of the year somehow. Three have been sent off so far and I am now on my fourth. They are usually quite short, around 1500 words, and I am given the theme each month. They are fun to do and an exciting challenge.

My novel is progressing slowly and positively. I have now planned much of the structure out and filled in a couple of remaining gaps in the last day or so. Now, it is just a matter of writing.

I recently visited a hop farmer in Worcestershire who had pulled out of hops a couple of years or so ago and I was able to have a look round and photograph the old hop kilns before they might get converted into homes or pulled down. The information gathered may go into my novel.





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