any advice for a young artist

[EpicCarnage]

My girlfriend has begun to spend more time on her art portfolio and I have made her a supporting website. Any advice to help us start a business I would appreciate it.

the website is here www.emilymcdonnell.com

 

[EpicCarnage]

oh okay yeah some are paintings and some our adapted Photoshop prints. Normally an original piece will be created and that will feature by itself as an original piece and then we will Photoshop it for a print.

 

[EpicCarnage]

It is all self made maybe this project will make sense of what I said. We create the original piece and also attempt to create a suitable print of it aswell.

http://www.emilymcdonnell.com/project/tree-of-buttons-print/

 

[EpicCarnage]

Thanks for the advice we are trying a looking cafe in our town. I'm also trying a couple of well known online stores

I am considering owning the whole production of the prints and selling them direct if I can muster up enough interest....

Yeah, try one of the canvas stock sites.

Also try to get some work printed and hung in local cafes, bars etc with a sale price. The bar/cafe will keep something like 10-20% of the sale price typically (try to bargain this amount down and say that the cafe is gaining some artwork for free).

Otherwise there are art fairs and such like that you can attend and try to sell your work at.


But sales will be hard to come by. My aunt is a great artist but she struggles to get many sales despite being very proactive. Same with photography - you can make fantastic fine art photos but you wont get many sales at all unless you magic up a world renowned reputation, or sell things for cheaper on stock sites.

 

[EpicCarnage]

Thanks for the advice I have just started on society6 lets see how that goes http://society6.com/art_mcdonnell