I am looking to sell my own art online, mostly oil paintings on canvas. How do I value my own work? I'm considering using time at minimum wage as a reference (which would work out to about £115) but don't know if my work warrants that as an amateur.
I am also wondering if you guys know of any good places to sell through. The most promising outlet I've found is Saatchi Online, but thought I'd run it by /art/ before putting up a listing.
Finally, how do I create prints of my work to sell? Can I just give a clear digital image of the canvas to a website who will produce the prints?
My mum draws and sometimes sells artwork, I don't think you've any hope of selling anything if you can't make an impact on the art world at even a local level. Look for small local galleries and such to market your work through, you can expand into your own thing off the back of the fact you've got some gallery recognition.
What I'm saying is making an Etsy page and selling is all very well, but nobody's really likely to be interested. At exhibitions and galleries you've got people who appreciate and like art, and are looking to buy in many cases. Plus it gets your name out and if you're lucky you can move onto bigger things.
This might all be bollocks since it's me mam doing it and not me, but I think I'm correct.
There are vastly more people making art than buying it. Most people with fine art degrees never sell more than a handful of work, in spite of the excellent promotion and marketing opportunities that are available through most courses. Your average amateur painter doesn't have a cat in hell's chance of selling work profitably, unless they have extensive sales experience and a huge amount of hustle.