• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

ArtSpirit7

  • Home
  • Events
  • About
  • Resources
  • Privacy

5 Resources for Selling Your Art Online

March 26, 2012 by Mary Gow

Emerging, Mixed Media on Canvas, by Mary Gow

"Emerging," mixed media by Mary Gow

Though the purpose of my blog is to speak to the artist in you and not specifically to artists who use brushes and paint, this post and the previous one are more geared for the active visual artist.

Were you inspired by Abbey Ryan and Natasha Wescoat who are making a living producing their art on their own terms?

From my research on ways to sell art outside the gallery environment, I found five helpful resources worth sharing. At the end I’ll tell you what my choices are.

1-Empty Easel offers a hefty amount of information for setting up for artistic success. Found this advice for selling your art online.

2- The Abundant Artist has a fantastic affirmative name and there I found 15 Ways to Sell Your Art Online.

3-Artonomy provides a healthy list of resources for selling or promoting your art. As an aside, don’t miss the list of free creative tools for editing your images online.

4-Fidelis Art Prints has some wisdom to share advising you “make your online reproductions a little smaller and slightly different than the original. Doing this would preserve the value of the original. Don’t miss Fidelis’ helpful article on seven features that help you market your art on Facebook.

5-Why not take the entire sales process into your own hands and pitch anything from your own Facebook page with PayPal button? You take care of the artwork preparation, shipping and handling yourself.

After visiting the above sites my recommended methods are print-on-demand at sites like Imagekind and direct selling from your own website or Facebook.

I was in a show recently and the day of the opening I opened an Imagekind account. A few days later I sold a canvas print of “Emerging” from my online gallery! I uploaded high resolution images and determined the markup. (I am still stocking my gallery). Imagekind handled the fulfillment of the order and the shipping.

If you want to get set up on Imagekind, they have an extensive and well-written section on how to start selling your art. Squidoo.com also has some helpful tips

Has art ever been more accessible than it is today?

Is your art accessible?

You might also enjoy:
– 2 Artists Successfully Selling Art Online
– 4 Reasons I’m a Raving Fan of The Artist’s Way
– Isn’t Creativity a Habit?

Filed Under: Creativity, Inspiration, Selling Your Work Tagged With: selling your work

Previous Post: « 2 Artists Successfully Selling Art Online
Next Post: One Birthday, Two Cakes »

Reader Interactions

Trackbacks

  1. 3 Things I Liked about “Gerhard Richter Painting” | ArtSpirit7 says:
    May 28, 2012 at 7:05 AM

    […] -5 Reasons to Get Thee to the Getty -10 Memorable Quotes from the Founder of Zero Point Painting -5 Resources for Selling Your Art Online This entry was posted in Creativity, Image, inspiration and tagged art, Gerhard Richter by Mary […]

Primary Sidebar

Welcome to ArtSpirit7: You Are the Artist of Your Day

Welcome to ArtSpirit7

SUBSCRIBE for Occasional News, Views & Tips

The Author’s Work Has Appeared In:

San Francisco Examiner
Austin Chronicle
Scholastic, Inc.
Austin American-Statesman
Texas Bar Journal
Holt Rinehart Winston book publishers
Forum Magazine, Literary Journal of City College of San Francisco

Take Notes on Your Life with a Gratitude Journal available on Amazon

What I Love About Today, journal book cover

What I Love About Today Gratitude Journal

Favorite Posts

  • What's in Your Bag of Tools?
  • Aware, Awake, Alive
  • Tips for Getting Unstuck
  • The Many Expressions of Amaroq de Quebrazas' Magical Realism
  • The Joy of Painting Disappearing Images
  • Joy-Lily Transforms Fabric Into Art
  • The Insecure Way is the Secure Way
  • Gow-O-Gram No. 2
  • Messages from a Spirit Photographer
  • 5 Resources for Selling Your Art Online
  • Three Things to Like About Gerhard Richter Painting
  • What Does Your Favorite Shape Say About You?
  • Awaken to Your Dream
  • Is This the Year You Do the Work?

Recent Posts

  • A Hero in My Urban Fantasy
  • Create Mathi-Magical Shapes
  • Beneath Our Feet
  • Wabi-Sabi-ish Painting
  • Keep Looking for the Light

Archives

  • April 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • July 2021
  • May 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • September 2020
  • July 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • January 2019
  • November 2018
  • July 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • March 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010

Copyright 2010-2021 ArtSpirit7 / Mary Gow and Mary Gow Pincus, All Rights Reserved