Last week we had three snowstorms go through. The last one ended Sunday. By Monday afternoon we had 47 degrees and the roads were clean -- mostly. Today when I go to work I will have to watch for the melted snow turning to ice on the road. There is supposed to be something new coming in tomorrow and Wednesday. We will see what that does. You would have thought I would have got a lot done this weekend - holed up like that, but I didn't. I did work on my art, but it is the direction that I am wondering about.
I am using Daily Paintworks as my gallery page/website and with that I can list things on auction. I can connect my items to other sites - like Ebay and Etsy. I still have to do that. It has been about a month and a half without selling anything but I have listed more expensive things. The comment is that on DPW many things are going cheap. The idea is to get you painting every day so these may be smaller, qucker paintings. I thought I would switch from my canvases to my 5"x7" art on paper that are matted. I am lowering the dpi and at this point was putting my name in blue at the top left, but I might leave that off. My pricepoint of these in the physical sales are $35 but these I am listing on auction for $25 with a buy it now for $35. It could go higher because the buy it now is removed once there is a bid.
So, I am listing my smaller works on paper. They look good and I hope that they will get snapped up.
My questions is - How many do I list? I have about 50 between the wash drawings and the small acrylic paintings. Do I list them all? Do I split them up and list some one Ebay/ETsy or try to link what I have It sounds like the site is unlimited so technically, I could. I have been putting every one on auction. Is there a time that I do not. I know that by having something listed every day (or having a bunch with only one being fed as "new" every day, keeps me out there. I have enough to last for awhile.
What I am thinking about this 5x7" size is that it could be my bread and butter. I can take these to shows - possibly even craft shows - because they are cheaper. I really need to keep working on this size because if they take off then I would have a stash.
One of the places I had my art at this fall kept 4 of my paintings for their gallery. I was told they were interested in my smaller paintings and in my postcards (prints would be nice too). I need to get back to her and see if I can funnel some of these over there also. I know I need to keep on working on my painting and art, I just need to have places where I can sell these too. It is like a dance that keeps taking different directions. Maybe it is not just one strategy of direction but several.
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