Original Painting Canvas
Posted in Quality Painting on 03/13/2008 09:36 am by adminOriginal Painting Canvas
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 Original Art Oil Painting Billiard Nude 24x36  US $99.00
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 Landscape Oil painting art"garden"on canvas 36"x48" US $422.10
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 BEAUTIFUL OIL PAINTING * Town Street (3)* 24"X36" US $69.90
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how much should i ask for my 12x12 original acrylic painting?
i have been making these paintings on canvas with acrylic and im trying to figure out how much i should ask for them. (columbus, ohio area)
Not really info to answer that...
Sounds like you haven't approached any galleries or tried to sell before?
I'm not sure what level of experience you have... posting a pic would be good.
Essentially, you can assign a price that you think is fair... but too many unestablished artists are asking way too much for their work. You have start pretty low if you're just getting started - without prior sales, there is no precedent for assigning a higher price to your work.
You might shoot for $50 - $75 and see what happens. A rule of thumb might be to establish that you can sell 8-10 pieces at a particular price, then, incrementally raise the price for the next ten.
Another rule of thumb might be to establish that you can sell half your work every 6 months.
As you get serious about approaching galleries, you'll want to have a bunch of your best pieces finished (like 15-20 of the best), have professional photos taken and put onto a CD or slides, have a professional-looking portfolio, an artist's statement, a slide list (with the materials, dimensions, etc. in correct format - there's a preferred professional format for this), and hopefully have established a history of prior sales (documented, provable).
Just a sidebar, have you considered working in oils? Also, you should be using the best quality canvases available, like 2" gallery-wrapped, preferably stretching yourself.
Cheap canvases and acrylics for fine art tend to feel a little amateurish (just my experience or perception).
Ok, hope that helps. e-mail some pics, if you want.