Selling art

By Carrie Lewis in Art Business Advice > General Art Advice When most artists think about making money with their art, three things immediately come to mind: selling originals, doing commission work, and selling prints. Some artists might also think of teaching, or design jobs. But are those the only ways to make money as an artist? Absolutely not! In fact, we’ve put together a huge list of 77 ways you could turn your artistic skills into income. Not all of these […]

By Lauren Schleider in Art Business Advice > Selling Art Online In 2016, art insurance group Hiscox stated that online art sales jumped 24% from the previous year, totalling $3.27 billion in artist earnings. E-commerce has certainly evened out the playing field for artists at different career levels, but a huge problem remains: in a vast sea of online platforms, how can individual artists stand out from the pack to forge meaningful connections and boost their sales? Increasingly, the answer…

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Are you an artist looking to make prints of your artwork? Learn how to make fine art prints at home that cost less than print shops.

In today’s post, I’m going to share with you how artists just you like have sold paintings online for $5,000, $10,000, and more. In my last post, I outlined some of the primary fallacies that artists believe when it comes to selling art online. The first one was that many artists don’t believe you can […]

The art world is booming thanks to the creative people around the world. It is amazing when you think that you can turn your art hobby into a profitable business. Here is the Nine-Step Guide to Start A Profitable Art Business.

Knowing the main reasons people buy art will help you sell more art online. Use this knowledge to adjust your marketing plan and boost your sales! Click to learn why people buy art and start selling more art online.

If you are an artist who is looking to start making your own art prints, this is for you. Maybe you've been ordering them from a printer but your profit margin is really low because the prints cost so much. Maybe you don't want to have to worry about communicating with the printer and making sure they don't make any mistakes. Or maybe you don't make art prints yet and you need to find out how to get started. In this post I'll tell you all about how I make art prints from my original…

The key to selling art online is getting people to your website. There are five important steps to building your audience and driving traffic to your artwork.

Selling doesn’t always come naturally to artists. The good news? Picking up these habits can help.