hey, do you have any advice for selling traditional artwork, especialy paintings? ive been creating lots of (quite large) oil paintings for fun and to share online but im now looking into selling tham and it all seems rather intimidating. do you have any tips for how to advertise/ set the price/ for shipping?
Hii! Thanks for reaching out ^^ I'll try to be helpful:
It heavily depends on your situation. I live in Spain, where less than 1M€ is spent yearly on art (we study this in sociology of art haha).
That means that I've never managed to sell anything more expensive than original watercolours.
What I have sold is small oil paintings (max 30×30cm), I've shipped them to the USA in bubble mailers even. I include the shipping costs in the price too, it's not as noticeable as when buying any other kind of item. (The luxury of selling a luxury item, if you'll allow a pun)
I've also sold digital prints of my biggest artworks because friends and acquaintances from abroad wanted it on a custom size for their homes. That might be an interesting option for you.
The only way I've sold a big piece (I'm talking 80×60cms) was in exhibitions I've set up myself in community centers. (And abroad, with the cost of taking it there)
If you paint on canvas you could try rolling it and asking for shipping prices on the tube, it would be way cheaper than my case since I paint on wood BUT requires the buyer to set up the canvas or pay for someone to do it.
Please let me know your experiences too and what you paint, I'm always happy to meet other artists :D