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What Are The Winners? The Winners of THE ART COMPETITION Facebook Group managed by ArtMarketDirect have been listed in order with the most recent at the top of the page. Each month the new winner has their image shared on our front page. Where the artist has a gallery with -
Many creatives are drawn to a variety of different directions, both in terms of the medium used and subjects they decide to use in their work. Sure, it can be fun to try out or learn new techniques and its essential in a way if you are to grow, but -
Most professional artists know the value of their work; not least because they sell it. Lots of artists fail to understand that value of getting EVERYTHING they create photographed or in the case of paintings, maybe even professionally scanned. There are a many reasons why this is important and we -
When writing descriptions for pieces, your bio or artist statement, it’s a reality that words can often escape us. Words are important. As an artist, you need to become practised at saying what you mean and meaning what you say. Collectors can and will decide to buy something or not -
New Collection As you may have noticed, the newly designed ArtMarketDirect boats s new collection; Craft. We have over the years been approached by several creators asking us to host such a collection and the time seemed right to do just that. The term Craft is at this stage to -
Maybe you remember when you were at primary school and during an art session, the teacher told you to take the colour to the edge of the paper after you had drawn your subject right in the middle. It was an important lesson and as a professional artist, the same -
This topic will most probably resonate with every creator on earth. When you are in the zone creating and you step back from your work for the last look, asking yourself “Is that enough?”. You will see that line that needs softening, that place which needs a little extra work -
Explore and learn the market you operate in. Discover art most like yours. Learn about the artists and where you find their stories chime with yours; check their prices for benchmarks and learn why they charge the amount they do. benchmarking does not mean that you charge the same, it -
In other posts, we have mentioned Real Collectors and in this post, we will attempt to outline the principle on Real Collectors in simple terms and you will see how easy it is to understand. As we have outlined before, the principle is based on ‘The Model’ espoused by the -
Many artists find themselves caught in a quagmire of hope as they thrash about the internet trying to post images of their art to the larget audiance imaginable…often with little or no success. Some might not like the idea and we hear from artists all the time who don’t seem -
It is difficult enough creating artworks, but managing an up to date catalogue raisonné can be both tedious and something most artists simply don’t do; even though they should. Obviously if keeping track is one thing, losing track is worse. Surely! So, however tedious the idea of keeping notes up -
On 13th December 2017, this graphic and the URL to this resource was blocked by Facebook on the groups that it ‘promotes porn or sells sexual services’. An appeal was subsequently submitted and lost. THIS POST IS A DUPLICATE OF AN ARTICLE FIRST PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 2017. Is there a
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