Categories of Art Work You Can Retail Operational?
Although there are many types of arts out there only three of them can really sell virtually and make some money for you.
1. Canvases and Drawings: The mainstream of the graphic arts work that are sold operationally by artists are paintings and drawings created using materials like paper, sketchbooks, Masonite, canvas, acrylics, oils, pastels, watercolour, inks, pens, brushes, varnishes, etc.
2. Pictures: Another one is digital like photos, wallpaper, prints, etc. taken from a good quality camera.
3. Statues: The third category of artwork is sculptured which involve carving and casting.
In this blog, we will guide more about the first two categories because reproducing sculptures are quite difficult than creating paintings.
For an illustrator vending sculptures is not very rewarding because first it takes so much time and money to create one and then returns are also not that great.
How does Much Cash Can You gross Selling Art Virtual?
There are very smart artists in this world who are earning decent income selling their arts online.
A full period sketcher can earn between $2,000 and $9,000 per month liable upon his/her practice and advertising skills he/she has. If you take an example of art like pictures & landscapes then on a normal artist makes between $200 and $250 for each painting they complete. However, an illustrator can make additional money selling the prints of the same painting through YouTube videos and various social media platforms.
So even if an artist ends up getting half the price that he/she would like to sell a painting at an auction they can still make more money by selling reprints. So in total, they can easily earn $250 – $300 for a painting. If they can produce 3 to 4 paintings every week then they can earn up to $4,000 per month.
How much an artist can earn will depend upon two factors, what he/she is vending and how is he/she vending?
What art he/she is selling?
Challenge is very tough. There are many wonderful artists who are also vending on websites like eBay, Amazon, Etsy, etc. If you need to beat them then you must know your niche. Every illustrator got to carve out a niche for himself/herself. Be Specific with what you are selling.
How is he/she marketing?
Marketing is very important. There are two ways to sell your art. One is online and the other is offline. For a beginner, it is going to be very hard to sell offline. The experience to potential buyers will be very limited if you are selling offline.
If you want plagued purchasers who are looking for a particular kind of art then online is the best way to reach them. If you get these two things right then you can easily earn up to $10,000 per month.
Where to Vend your Realistic art Effort?
You have to sell online but there can be two conceivable ways of selling your art online. The first option is vending through your own website, and the second is on art selling websites like eBay, Amazon, etc.
Online Art Selling Websites
Well as a new illustrator you should always influence the power of many recognized platforms like eBay and Amazon. The experience that you will get on these sites will be much more than your own site which will be new with limited traffic.
Sell your Art on Social Media
Not ever ignore the power of social media. You just have to use two social media stages to build an individual network of art followers.
a) Facebook platform
On Facebook, you can generate a minor post with limited videos describing your drawing work. You want to keep informing content on a regular basis. You will draw a lot of spectators through Facebook alone.
b) Instagram platform
If you are into selling pictures then Instagram is enhanced than any other art-selling website. In this Cutting-edge, you don’t have to spend any money showing casing your artwork. Everything is open!
However, your audience must be honest because just having more followers doesn’t mean they will also become buyers of your art.
You have to build an army of followers and devotees for your art on Facebook and Instagram. You should realize by saying for vending art as a full-time career you have to be very pragmatic. If you really have the ambition to endure as an artist then you got to choose right kind of art.
Conclusion
While making a sculpture keep three things in your mind.
1. Art is in great mandate and has a lot of buyers.
2. Art is very easy to make with less cash and time.
3. It wages you really well once you vend it.
For online make money on art, you can use all the techniques stated above.