This is one of my first oil paintings, the picture quality is bad and the edges are a little sharper in person. Whats a reasonable price to hang it up with?
Hard to tell. I like it,but it's funny how people value things. Suppose you put 30 bucks as a price. That self-diminishes the work and people with REAL money probably wouldn't look twice. Put 350 bucks and you automatically draw a differant type buyer. Obviously art is in the eye of the beholder---so I'd say price it up^^ and see what happens. Good luck. (doesn't mean you'll sell at 350--but as my dear departed gramma said--"if anything is worth getting--it's worth asking for". I guess that's kinda germane.)
I agree, too. It doesn't look that big, perhaps 11" x 8" or so. I have struggled with pricing my work, too. Look at how much you have in it first...time and materials. Materials won't be much, the canvas, oils, brushes. It's tough to put a price on your time, but say you put 5 hours into the painting, at, say, $20/hour, that's $100. If you think your time is worth more or less, then adjust it. If you are fairly inexperienced and not well known, you might want to go with $10 per hour to start with the goal in mind to increase your cost per hour to $20 eventually. The next thing to look at is the market you're in. If you are in a small market where art doesn't sell well, the laws of supply and demand will tend to keep your cost lower than if you're in a major city and there is a high demand for quality art. Once you set your prices, stick to them. The tendency is to cut prices for friends, family, etc. Everything I've read says not to do it, as much as one would like to. If they're interested in good art, they should be willing to pay a price for it. The other way to price art work is to look at similar works, either on line or in the area in which you live and price it accordingly. A friend of mine says that he prices his work according to what the market will take. If you price something and it doesn't sell, you might consider lowering the price the next time it is exhibited for sale. Finally, when I price my art, I realize that I'm not an artist who does paintings to support myself. If I did, I would be a starving artist. I paint for fun, and if someone happens to like it enough, they'll buy it, and so I don't put any pressure on myself to market my paintings. That keeps painting fun for me. If you're in the same boat, that might be a consideration. If, however, you're looking to make a career or to become more serious than just a casual artist, it should influence how you price your art. Because I'm a casual artist, I have a lot of original paintings in portfolios that I'm not actively trying to sell. If I really needed money, I might drop the price and see if I can sell them at a craft show or some other local venue. However, I do have a web site at http://www.fineartamerica.com. If you can take high resolution pictures of your art, you can get a site here relatively inexpensively (I believe it's free for up to 30 pieces, after that it's $30 per year or so. It's a good way to see how popular your art is and if there is a demand for it. Hope this helps.
I begin art and I was questioning my self about the sell option because I will be doing for 1 years 1-2 per day. Well , thanks you very much for answering so good to the subject. - Jérémie -
