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Yesterday’s painting demo didn’t go exactly as planned. I was hoping to get more people to watch me paint, but I got fewer people than before, which kind of disappointed me. On a positive note, I was able to give away more raffle tickets and the paintings turned out nice. The highlight was being surprised… Continue reading Kevin’s Cards Painting Demos/Raffle Day 2

Today was the second year of doing painting demos at the Alameda County Fair and there were a lot of changes made. First of all, the times were moved to 2 and 4 pm respectively so more people would get a chance to watch me paint. In addition, I had four raffle prizes which included… Continue reading Kevin’s Cards Painting Demo/Raffle Day 1

Last year, Kevin’s Cards did live painting demos at the Alameda County Fair after going on hiatus from 2017 – 2022. While the concept was nice, it was slower than I anticipated mainly due to the number of people that saw me paint and a weak advertisement. On a positive note, they actually liked seeing… Continue reading Kevin’s Cards Live Painting Demos

Over the last 10 years, I’ve created a lot of paintings inspired by Bob Ross landscapes from The Joy of Painting on PBS, and most of them have been made into greeting cards. A lot of them have been sold at various events, given out as gifts, and displayed on my website. I even have a few… Continue reading “Best of Kevin’s Cards: 10 Years of Painting”

The final day of the Kevin’s Cards “Summer Vibes” Sale had a strong finish! Before the day started, I posted one more Instagram video telling people that this was their last chance to stop by my booth and buy something! Since it started off slow, I thought for sure it was going to be the… Continue reading “Summer Vibes” Sale Final Day/Recap

Yesterday’s sale was another good one. Since the Alameda County Fair posted a blog on their website about my experience at Artist Alley called Dreams Come True at the Fair, I did another live video where I summarized the blog because this meant a lot to me. When I showed it to Erika, I thought for… Continue reading “Summer Vibes” Sale Day 5

Yesterday’s sale was a lot better! On the previous three days, I had to wait about four hours just to get one person to buy something. That streak ended as one person bought a painting, followed by a calendar sold. The real highlight was getting front row seats to my very first concert at the… Continue reading “Summer Vibes” Sale Day 4

Yesterday’s sale had mixed reviews. Before the fair opened, there was a Vendor Breakfast catered by the Fair Staff which included a raffle and Vendor Awards. One of the prizes that was given out was the Fair Logo Painting I did during the painting demos. However, the one I wanted the most was a fanny… Continue reading “Summer Vibes” Sale Day 3

Yesterday’s sale was another slow day! Before we opened, I posted two videos on Instagram. One to honor the Alameda County Fair Staff because they are my heroes and the other where I read some letters I got from them. After about an hour, I only got two sales. My neighbor, Shop Jale bought a… Continue reading “Summer Vibes” Sale Day 2

This weekend, I hosted four painting demos at the Alameda County Fair. During my first year in 2016, I did it in my booth, but it didn’t go as planned mainly due to set-up, clean up, and low attendance. This time, I decided to doing in Building C, which would attract more visitors. While it… Continue reading Painting Demo Recap