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Author: Scott_Burkett, Contributing Editor
| Other general thoughts on creating/selling small works of art?
Eliza Leahy: Mass production. If you are going to spend as long on a small piece as you would on a large piece - don't bother! Phyllis Franklin: Many of us have experienced working hard to set up a gallery show or participate in an art fair only to come home without making one sale. This is disappointing and can discourage producing future works. If you have a variety of larger and smaller works for sale, chances are you will sell some of your smaller works and make new clients that will want your larger works later. Getting your smaller works into homes and business offices is a very good marketing tool because your work will still be seen and people will ask how to get in touch with you. Be sure to treat each smaller work as importantly as your larger works. Frame and finish out the backs of all your works. Be professional and do paste your business card on the back of each work so that others can find you. Remember that each work you sell is a direct reflection of you and what you produce. Make it shine, make it special and your clients will be back for more original art. You may not get rich selling your smaller works, but you will reach more clients and it will help you with marketing your larger works and building name recognition. Have you bought your original art today? Contact me, I'll be glad to help. Arlene Steinberg: If you don't enjoy working small, then it will likely be a struggle for you, and it will show in the outcome. In that case, I wouldn't recommend working small at all. Charissa Thomas: Use whatever tools you use now to promote your work. Selling your art is selling a part of yourself, and that takes work! Judy Lalingo: One of the advantages of painting small is that it allows me to explore an idea before committing myself to a larger work. In this way, I'm using it as a study, seeing what works & what doesn't. It's also a test to see how passionate I am about the idea... I have to feel pretty solid about it if I go on to produce a larger piece, based on the small work. Small works are great to get you motivated... as well as a safe way to introduce beginners to painting. And there's always that contrast... after working on the limitations of a small space, it can be quite liberating when you go back to working on a full sized painting. |
| "Little Critter - Lemon Tang", acrylic on canvas, 3 x 5, Eliza Leahy |  |
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Scott Burkett is the founder and editor of WetCanvas! An avid artist, history buff, and veteran information technology executive, he founded the wetcanvas.com site in hopes to leverage technology to provide a true community site for visual artists. |
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