My landscape paintings on Zazzle

My main pre-occupation is painting and lately I have been using pastels as my main medium. The colours are so vibrant and the technique I have developed is great for textured work. Plus the work can often be worked over if not satisfactory. Take a look at my painting blog to read about my methods. And you can read about this medium on Wikpedia or here.

The point with this story is that I use most of my paintings to produce designs on Zazzle. This is my latest, printed on a stretched canvas:

A Ray Of Sunlight stretched canvas print by PastelsByArtyfax
Find more small canvas prints at zazzle.com

Many different sizes, are available (smaller than the given example and less expensive) and also three different thicknesses. But do beware if the thicknesss is customised, as the image goes right around the sides. let me show you a few more:-

Road Through The Valley - wrapped canvas Canvas Prints by PastelsByArtyfax
Look for another large canvas print at zazzle

Storm Gallery Wrapped Canvas by PastelsByArtyfax
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Woodland River Bank Canvas Prints by PastelsByArtyfax
Browse more Yellow Canvas Prints at Zazzle

Of course all of these designs are available (or could be) on posters, cards, postcards and many more products. I will  add some more products in another post. BTW, Zazzle has added many new products

toits product range lately - you could be surprised at just waht you can customise. Take a look and find out.

Pastel landscapes on Zazzle

I am posting here some recent pastel paintings which I have uploaded to Zazzle, they are not on many products at the moment but will soon be found on many of the products in Zazzles product range. If you particularly like an image but would like to see it on something which isn't yet available, please let me know and I will oblige as quickly as possible. It would be best to contact me via my Zazzle account (profile). Let me bring you some of my recent artwork:-

Storm Gallery Wrapped Canvas by PastelsByArtyfax
Browse Blue Canvas Prints

red sky blue village stretched canvas print by PastelsByArtyfax
Check out more Sunset Canvas Prints at Zazzle

Road Through The Valley - wrapped canvas Canvas Prints by PastelsByArtyfax
Print your own canvas at Zazzle

October Dawn Gallery Wrap Canvas by PastelsByArtyfax
Browse other Red Canvas Prints

I hope that you enjoy these paintings, and that you might consider even a postcard from my store; but it isn't a pre-requisite; if you simply want to browse the store and enjoy the art please free to do so with my best wishes.

Tree and blue evening sky - pastel painting on Zazzle products

I hope that you caught my last post, I mentioned a new pastel painting which was available on Zazzle as a canvas print. I have now done as I promised and made it available on a range of products. I am really pleased with this painting and have used it as is and also after editing in photoshop. The edits are quite simple just colour and saturation but they do provide a series of products which I think may please a wide range of people. If those people were in the market for the products I am offering then that would make a very happy circumstance.


First of all, there is the original printed image on canvas:-

Tree and Blue Sky, Evening. by ArtyfaxProducts
Print onto canvas at zazzle

A poster of the same image:-

Tree and Blue Sky, Evening. by ArtyfaxProducts
Find another fine art reprint

A pack of playing cards with a unique design on the back:-

Tree and Blue Sky, Evening. by ArtyfaxProducts
Check out other Blue Playing Cards at zazzle.com

A Greeting card, the messages can be personalised by customising the product:-

Tree and Blue Sky, Evening. by ArtyfaxProducts
You can sell greeting cards , invitations, stamps and more on Zazzle.com!

A post card, of course with the same design again:-

Tree and Blue Sky, Evening. by ArtyfaxProducts
Get Postcard designs on zazzle.com

A throw pillow, just to provide a different image:-

Tree and Blue Sky, Evening. by artyfax
See other Pastel Pillows

I think by now you get the idea. If you like the image, I can probably design it onto any of the Zazzle products. Why not take a look at the whole range?

Some different edits next time around, perhaps. See you then.

New pastel painting available on Zazzle

Just completed and posted a new painting on Zazzle, first up is a wrapped canvas.

Tree and Blue Sky, Evening. by ArtyfaxProducts
Make a photo canvas online at Zazzle.

I have a number of edits from photoshop, different colours and saturation levels of this image and will be creating products with these over the next few days. Please visit my store and check on these.

The photo in a different edit is shown for information

See my reasons for changing the original painting on my blog "painting with john"

Zazzle Sales and Branching Out

Well the bubble had to burst! I have not had much joy on Zazzle, my sales are non-existent:

three things:

1. Nobody likes my designs
2. I am not good enough at SEO to get them found, or poor at promoting the products
3. Zazzle is too expensive, although lots do seem to get to the Zazzle pro level

Or maybe any combination of all three. I am resolved to keep at it and to try to get better with promotion and keep posting design from time to time.

But I am also resolved to try more POD sites and widen my potential visibility. the first alternative site I have opened an account on, is RedBubble I have uploaded several of my pastel landscapes and a number of photographs, not near enough I know but time on the computer is at a premium. Slowly but surely is the way forward, I am not after a get-rich-quick-route as long as I can show some progress after 12 months.

See this image on various prints and other products at Redbubble

And this one can also be seen in the Redbubble shop

Talking about progress reminds me, I have been on RedGage now for 12 months sharing photos, links and the odd blog post. I have earned about 56 dollars over that time for simply sharing the content. As the portfolio of content increases I expect that the rate of rise in these earnings will improve. Again I need to promote my content on the site more but time is still the enemy. On the other hand it should be a small passive income to add to other small income streams which may amount to something one of these days.


It is a good job that my main reason for sitting at the computer is fun and enjoying my hobbies of photography, painting and writing. LOL