What is a listing of business opportunities? Some Examples: Paintings and Fine Art Reproductions for Beginners

What are some of the things you can do to find out if you are ready to spread your wings and know if paintings and fine art reproductions should be considered?

Marketing fine art is a whole different ball game than just being a hobbyist. So I hear you say, what is a business opportunity? List some examples. Knowing whether or not you have a marketable product requires some testing, at craft fairs, local galleries, things like that. If you get it right inside the small picture, maybe you’ll have your stuff close enough together to spread your wings even further. It is from those early efforts that an artist is rewarded with the knowledge that others resonate with his or her work, or not. It is from there that one can gain perspective on their work. You’ll also be able to determine if you’re ready for fine art painting reproduction, known as gicless. Or does it make sense to make greeting cards and/or artistic posters or prints?

I always say that, “Talent is DESIRE and the rest is practice.” I don’t believe in the notion that one is ‘born with talent’.

If your ‘talent’ (talent if you want to describe it that way) is not well perceived locally, then maybe more ‘practice’ is in order. That’s what I tell myself anyway. I also tell myself that, “By the time do I think I’m done? In fact, I’m done.”

Testing the market.

The best way to test the market, find out if your path to business opportunities for your artwork is solid and ready, is at craft fairs.

Why not local galleries or shops?

Because if you don’t have a marketable product, you don’t want to leave a bitter pill to the gallery manager’s or shop owners’ head about you and your art. You want to go in with confidence knowing that the art you represent is highly marketable and will show them the money!

Why craft fairs?

Because you can hear first-hand the opinions of buyers. If you have art that stops traffic, you will be rewarded by discovering it directly. If you have art that can be passed by without the slightest hesitation? It’s a bummer, ugh, but you should know that if your goal is to market your work. Nothing is harder than making yourself feel invisible when you’re trying to feel noticed as an artist. Oh! It’s so damn sad! However, keep in mind that ‘all’ have been there, we really have.

Every person in every thing had a beginning.

However, take note and take care of your heart, that you should never depend on a single craft fair… never again! I’ve been to a lot of horrible craft fairs in my day and I know sometimes they just suck and it has absolutely nothing to do with you. Be sure to base your reviews on multiple programs. Check the ratings of those shows too, why waste your time at a bad craft fair?

What to do with that bitter drink?

If creating for yourself is all you’re after, then ‘who cares what anyone thinks?’ But what if your goal is to be a professional artist? That bitter pill of people passing by your work as if it didn’t exist, you have to think about it very well.

To do?

* Look around you and see who is selling something that matches your style or energy and try to understand why. What you are selling in other words.

* Go back to the drawing board and consider the fact that more practice may be needed.

*One thing I haven’t mentioned about craft fairs so far is that you need to make sure your display is done right. This is your store in a sense, so make it as beautiful as possible. Also think about different display levels, don’t just put a tablecloth on a game table. Having a few paintings and fine art reproductions will also help, but don’t overdo it until you are sure of the marketability of your art.

It takes a lot of work, but it will be worth it in the end if you are really trying to fulfill your dreams and know the answer to what a business opportunity is and list some examples on your own.