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What Topics Are Most Important to Artists?

I just finished up with a series of blogs on pricing art for Fine Art Views. I had also written a blog post on the Artist Daily blog about pricing artwork, and that post was, by far - the most popular I've written there. Clint Watson also confirmed that my posts on pricing had the most comments of my FAVs blogs.

So... what I'm hearing from you all is that you would like more information about art marketing, how to run the business, do the bookkeeping, get into galleries, sell on your own, etc. I'd love to share what I've learned over the years with you all.

But in order to make my blogs - and resulting ebook- remarkable, I'll need lots of feedback and suggestions from you... my fellow artists. I've been collecting questions from you for several months, but again, I'd love it if you would post your questions here by commenting on this blog. Don't feel that any question is too simple or silly.

I won't answer them all here, but will consider each when planning further writing. If  you're not signed up for Fine Art View's email newsletter, you probably should. That's where I'll be posting my answers for the most part. And if  you'd like to sign up for my email newsletter on this website, go to the appropriate button and add your info.

My email newsletter will include lessons and tidbits about painting/drawing that I've learned from my mentors: Jack Beal, Sondra Freckelton, Richard Schmid, and Nancy Guzik... plus a few other lesser known mentors. In order to share my info this year, I won't be painting as often - except for instructional articles in Watercolor Magazine. It seems my true passion is for writing and sharing what I've learned along the way... my secondary passion is for painting. (I love my hubby too) ;-) Had to include him so he wouldn't feel left out.

So please ask, ask, ask... selling artwork, painting techniques and principles, time management and organization for right brained people.

I look forward to future conversations.
Lori



3 Responses to What Topics Are Most Important to Artists?

Bet
via loriwords.com
How do you go from a low priced artist to a higher priced artist? Taking private lessons, as I have told you about, from a great artist. Has anybody ever advanced up in the pay scale after classes? My self taught works have been called "primitive", hopefully in the years to come they will be much better. How would you handle this if you were me?

Lori Woodward
via woodwardsimons.com
Bet,

Some artists never make the "big times". I've been selling my work for 15 years, and my prices are not expensive. In order to gain high prices:

Your work must compete with the best in your style.
You'll need to sell from a well known gallery, national show, or some other venue where experienced collectors buy work.

Get published in magazines, win national competitions.

There's nothing wrong with making lower prices - you can sell a lot of paintings. It took me 6 years of education from the best and a lot of practice and even some failure to begin to sell my work in galleries. If it were easy, everyone would do it, and it wouldn't be wroth much.

frances
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What artist software would you recommend for keeping track of ones inventory?









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