Art Licensing, Wood Product Ideas for #MATS Home Decor 2022
For this week’s assignment for #makeartthatsells Home Decor,
I used the linework and brushed ink drawings from my “mini” assignment and tried to create carved and inlaid textures in wood.
The little wooden dog figurine is my favorite. (:
Salutations and Hand-Drawn Lettering for Ceramic Collection, #makeartthatsells
Hand-lettering for this week’s class in Make Art That Sells.
I went with a series of antique typewriter-styles of lettering, focusing on “politeness” with varying salutations and RSVPs.
Have a favorite?
Linework Florals on Linen, Collection for MATS Home Decor 2022
My submission for #MakeArtThatSells, fabric week.
I worked on this on my flight from NYC to San Francisco using the drawings that I’d created for my “mini” exercises, and placing them on linen products. My favorite was the tea towel, mostly because I loved the yellow zig-zag stitch. (:
Make Art That Sells, Home Decor 2022, The Beginning
Week One of the Make Art That Sells Home Decor class!
This was an attempt at creating metal products with a focus on birds. I created a cockatoo with a gem for an eye as a brass lamp base + a laced lampshade (OR maybe a frosted glass lampshade). I also have a painted blue metal bird wall hanging. The bird sculpture can also be on TOP of the ring as a towel holder.
What do you think of these ideas?
Ode to the American Doily
I have a new Americana-style collection, based on my love of doilies and antique lace.
It’s currently available as paper goods in my Zazzle shop, but I think it would be great for ceramic and glassware as well. Please reach out to me or my licensing agent, Liz Wain, if you’d like to discuss licensing the collection. Thank you!
Bull Sketch now available at Kirkland's!
I am so pleased to have my Bull Sketch at Kirkland’s!
It’s a large framed print on canvas, and it looks great. (:
Home Decor Plus course with MakeArtThatSells.com
Another course completed for MakeArtThatSells.com with Lilla Rogers and Margo Tantau: Home Decor Plus!
I’ve taken many classes with Lilla over the years, and once again, her style of teaching makes what might seem impossible (creating an entire collection in just a couple of weeks!) into something doable. By breaking creative tasks into bits, Lilla helps me work through an assignment incrementally, piece by piece, before my mind can get ahead of itself and feel stymied. Her courses really keep things moving.
I drew various icons based on our prompt and trend board first…
Some of the icons I drew for the initial prompt. Copyright 2022 Kendra Shedenhelm
And I drew more icons and played around with color…
More drawings and color tests for makeartthatsells.com course, Home Decor Plus. Art copyright 2022 Kendra Shedenhelm
I layered these drawings on various product templates and ultimately submitted this page with a blue texture on white ceramic. I called this collection “Peacock Mashup”.
“Peacock Mashup” collection in textured blue by Kendra Shedenhelm for the makeartthatsells.com course, Home Decor Plus. Art copyright 2022 Kendra Shedenhelm
All of this art is available for further viewing on my agent’s website as well, at wains-world.com. Please reach out with any questions!
Thanks again to Lilla and Margo for another wonderful and helpful class!
Farm Animal Pillows launched via Creative Co-op
At the Atlanta Market this past January, more of my Watercolor Animal collection was launched — pillows! Thank you, Creative Co-op!
I received a couple samples, and they look great. Excellent quality pillow, too. Yep, stoked again.
What's been happening this year: Update 2 of 6
I started licensing my work! So stoked!
Last fall, after an extremely helpful call with Giuseppe Castellano of The Illustration Department, I decided to revisit the resources in SCBWI's "The Book." I focused on a small group of art directors and agents that I'd like to work with, and I sent out emails to all of them. I am now fortunate to be represented by Lori Nowicki and Liz Wain of Painted Words licensing, and I couldn't be more grateful.
Watercolor of a scarlet ibis. One of the images picked up by GreenBox Art + Culture for 2018, watercolor and pencils, Copyright 2017 Kendra Shedenhelm
Debut of my licensed watercolors with GreenBox Art + Culture for 2017 (image posted on Instagram by my agent, Liz Wain of Wain's World and Painted Words Licensing