MY ART FOR SALE

Monday, July 16, 2012

Making money from art and the economy.

It has been a year since my last post and I have sold over 12 paintings. Now ,I will tell you that I am not a millionare but it sure has been nice making  the extra money . Lets see, let me tell you how I managed these sales. First selling art is a hit and miss. People in my area , a small town in Arkansas, are struggling to buy food and pay utilities. But  some  people  are out there that will buy your art.
Strategies:
 1. advertise, advertise, advertise.
     A. Get into a local exhibit and show your art. Whether you have to join an art club or enter the local fair or just ask a bank to display some of your art work , this  gets you noticed.
     B.Use vista print to  make up some cards and spread them around, they are cheap.
 When you display any art leave a couple of cards on you paintings to  get reconigtion.
     C. Donate a painting to a local auction and also leave your cards on your paintings.
     D. GET A WEBSITE: you might not sell much on your website . But you have a online portfolio with this , and  you can list this on your cards. People will look at your website and call, you can always negotiate your price verbally on the phone..
  2. Keep a list of prospective buyers and past buyers.
      E-mail address, and local address.
      Doctors offices , Dentists offices, any other business. Then once a month send out an
      email them or send post cards with pictures of your available art. You can have sales and preferred customer discounts.
3. Look at your online art contest. You can enter alot of  online contest . It will cost you a fee but you might make more in winnings and you can use this, these whether you win or not on your art resume.
4. Use State organizations. Your state arts center will have activities for you to enter. Your state will have a state arts council. You can get listed in the artist registry by filing out an application and  and submitting your work on CD.  This will get you state recognition.
5.Go to art classes, get more practice, and get acquainted with other artist. This helps you to get in the loop and find out who's making money and How. Also you can give lessons to other people for a small fee,plus art supplies of what you learned . Retired people are looking for things to do all the time and it does not matter if they become picasso's . They will love the time to fellowship and the baby boom generation is getting ready to retire and very interested in art
6. Etsy -on Esty you can sell  watercolor paintings by just matting them.. The art market is really in decline . How ever, you can take your watercolor paintings and have  prints made of them and sell them on Etsy. BE sure to price your art reasonable. A $600.00 watercolor is not going to sell  before a $30.00 print.
Good Luck .And Good Selling


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