Brand New!! What Are The Priorities For An Aspiring Artist?

California Sunset past times Albert Bierstadt
- a model for all aspiring painters of Californian landscapes?

What do yous intend are the priorities for an aspiring artist?

I received an electronic mail the other twenty-four hours which struck me equally beingness from a "Mr Everyman".  That's because what he was maxim is probably representative of a number of artists who accept moved beyond beingness a beginner.

"Mr Everyman" has been icon landscapes inwards California for nigh iii years.  He's sold fine art too would similar to sell to a greater extent than only is inwards a quandary equally to where to display that fine art online to instruct the best results.

I took a hold off at his website - amongst difficulty equally it doesn't piece of work properly.  I'd characterise his fine art equally beingness non dissimilar a lot of other artists who are serious leisure painters who are both trying to improve too also aspire to beingness total fourth dimension painters i day.  Also, equally yet, in that location is zip peculiarly distinctive nigh his fine art inwards price of trend or job of media.  Just similar me, he's no Bierstadt equally yet!  (Isn't that Bierstadt icon of a Californian Landscape at the summit of the post a wonderful event of Luminism?)

Do accept a read of the electronic mail from the creative individual - too so I've got some questions for you.

My cite is *****, too I’m an creative individual living inwards California. I pigment landscapes, too am wanting to discovery an online gallery to sell my ORIGINAL pieces of work. I basically volition go selling my older gouache/oil landscapes, too gouache abstract/collage pieces. I’m an amateur, too my piece of work does accept issues amongst composition too design, too coloring harmony (things I’m getting much meliorate at now!). However, I accept sold some prints of my piece of work too a few originals at java shops too other similar places, so I know my piece of work is sellable.

That beingness said, I read your weblog on online selling, too unfortunately perhaps my heed has decease poisoned because later reading numerous wetcanvas posts from diverse people, I’ve decease real confused equally where to sell. Etsy seems great, although many artists seem to intend it’s non practiced for fine fine art too instead meliorate for ‘crafts.’ Fine Art America seems good, although it appears equally though that fine art is much higher lineament than mine….so perhaps Yessy, although I’ve read where their traffic is dwindling. UGH! This has Pb me to decease paralyzed inwards deciding where to sell.

If yous were me, what would brand the most sense? And to add together to this, it would go dandy to listing on ebay, too job i of these other sites to marketplace my fine art only brand the finally buy via ebay. Maybe that’s getting also complicated, lol!

Anyway – delight help! I value your advice over anyone else because yous seem to a greater extent than informed, too thence I’m leaning toward Etsy only wanted your viewpoint!

Now I'm a dandy believer inwards the wisdom of crowds so, having given him some advice, I asked whether it would go OK to post his alphabetic character online because of its generic questions - too he's fine nigh that.

What would YOU advise this creative individual to do too why?

For example: 

• Should his focus go on developing his artistic skills or developing his marketing too sales - or both?
• Is developing a practiced looking fully surgical procedure website a priority for an creative individual wanting to sell fine art online?
• Should an creative individual wanting to sell fine art online educate a blog?
• Which, inwards your opinion, is the best online gallery for those wanting to sell master copy fine art - too why?
• Are in that location some online sites which are better for master copy paintings patch others do meliorate if you're trying to sell giclee prints?

Note: I'm non linking to the creative individual or showing whatever of his piece of work equally my experience suggests this tin do a distraction and/or people experience they can't comment.  Think of him equally "Mr Everyman" - yous volition accept seen a lot of artists similar this gentleman on your travels approximately the internet.

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