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Less is Best
Hi Karin! Try the auction halls. I got two nice 8x10 rugs for $20.00 and $25.00. Go to the country auction, not the upscale one. The rug idea is great but from my antique show days I found that the rugs can be a draw back. They swallowed up what I was selling plus they get absolutely filthy.
My sign I got at a sign maker by my house. $42.00, he and I designed it and it was ready in a couple of hours. He could have done a sign with my art work for $80.00 but I wasn't prepared.
Don't be shy on the demos. Go to a park on a busy day. Practice. Live demos draw so much attention and learn to tune the chatter out. The folks who are really interested in what you do will wait for you to change out a brush or take a sip of your favorite beverage (I know, no eating or drinking around paints, but I need fluids all the time). The really interested folks will wait to get your attention.
Putting a few paintings in your booth at eye level is enough, especially if there is a live demo. That is all you need. We are a skill for hire, not a painting they can carry out that day.
Marvin has the right idea. The draw is the demo and the skill. The art hanging in the booth is the end results of that skill that is possessed.
Less is best. Here is my booth from this weekend,
skimpy but I wasn't selling the booth I was selling myself and my skills (sounds bad).
Now it's time to wait and pray.
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