One Artist's Journey

Kanji #4 - 12” x 12” Acrylic on Masonite - This is the painting that sold.

I am so excited!!!

Today I reached a milestone. I sold my first painting on ebay. I told you I posted 5 paintings online about a week ago. There was a free deal where I could post 5 things for free. So I did.

I posted 5 of the kanji series. This morning, I was reading my email and got the news from eBay that the auction was over. And I didn’t sell the painting – do I want to relist? I got 4 of those, but then the 5th one said “Your eBay item sold! Contemporary Abstract Asian Kanji Acrylic Painting” How cool is that!?

So what did I do? I went out and spent 3 times what I made in supplies! Go figure!

Kanji #3 - 12” x 12” Acrylic on Masonite - $200

I am not interested in buying art online, but I AM interested in selling art online. However, I want to attract online art buyers. See the subtle difference? When I make a post, I need to think, “How are people who want to buy art online looking for art… online? They will probably Google, “buy art online,” so that is what I need to have in my post.

Anyway, there are a couple of sites where buyers can buy art online and sellers can set up a gallery. One that I found is zatista.com. This is a really cool site because it is easy to use (thought time consuming) and it is FREE to post and set up a gallery! A lot of the sites charge a monthly fee to set up a gallery, but not Zatista. I will post the link to my gallery once I set it up.

Kanji #4 - 12” x 12” Acrylic on Masonite - $200

Another site that is free is fine-art.com. You can post a small gallery for free and then they have paid services that allow you to post more images.

And finally, this is a twist on the “post your art online” idea. Imagekind.com is a cafepress company. They allow you to post your art online and they will create prints for your customers. So you can get your art into the hands of the masses for less. You make money when people buy your art online and can also get a commission for any frames they sell.

p.s. This post was kind of dry without any art, so I came back and put a couple of the kanji series in. Hope you don’t mind if they are out of order…

Didn’t get into the studio today, but I spent the day learning how to sell my art online. I found a great resource at emptyeasel.com

They have several great articles about selling art online that you can check out if you are interested:

9 Reasons Why Every Artist Should Have Their Own Art Blog (It turns out I am doing the right thing!)

7 Tools and 3 Essential Skills Every Artist Needs to be Successful Online

I thought I would share a little link love and let you know about this great resource.