A Few Ways to Get Your Art Exposed
For a long time I was a “closet artist”. That’s the term I dubbed myself because I was really shy about showing my art to the public. Then I started getting feedback from friends and acquaintances who came to the house - telling me that “You are really good!”
Me, good? I thought. After all, I was just teaching myself how to paint. I wasn’t taking classes at the time. However, after awhile I thought I’d take a class for fun. It was the best thing I ever did because I learned about different art techniques. (Pictured here was one of the paintings I did in that class) After taking that class I felt it was time for me to make my debut! I was finally ready to expose myself and let the world know about my art.
One of the first things I did was to build a website. Fortunately, I took a Business class in college where we were required to learn the basics of building a website. Building your own website is actually quite easy. I used Yahoo! Webhosting which comes with Sitebuilder. Sitebuilder is basically a click and paste way of building a website - no HTML knowledge needed.
After I built the website I decided to start selling some of my smaller art pieces at the Yahoo! Auction marketplace. Surprisingly I did pretty well there. The Yahoo! Auctions aren’t as saturated as Ebay and it’s free to sell there. It’s a great place for starters...
As my own art collection started to grow I thought it was time to start doing art fairs. The first art fair I participated in was ArtWalk here in San Diego. ArtWalk is an annual street art fair in Little Italy, a little community of downtown San Diego. It’s a great two-day event that attracts thousands of art lovers!
One thing I want to start doing is getting my art displayed in doctors’ or dentists’ offices. Heck, I’d even display it in a New York cosmetic surgery office... Eventually I would like to do a solo show! That’s the ultimate goal for me ;)
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