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Tips and Tricks: Pricing your Art

Here is an interesting question of which I have had many an artists as well as art lovers ask me. How do you price art work?
After asking various working artists in my community I have pretty much come up with one answer… there isn’t only one answer when pricing your art work.

A couple examples I have picked up:
1)
Canvas Size 10X10 square the inches (10*10=100) then times that by $2.06 (or whatever dollar amount seems about right depending on the medium, IE oil will cost more than water color which will cost more than a drawing.)
So you end up with a piece priced at $206.00

2)
Cost of materials plus time times 3
Materials:
Paint $ 5.50
Canvas $ 20.00
Framing $ 80.00
Time:
5 Hours *Say your charge ten bucks an hour this will equal $50.00 (you can charge more or less)
Now some artists would leave it at materials plus time = sale price, in this case $155.00. However if you are selling at galleries who take about a 50% cut out of your profits that’s when you have to charge 3times the cost so you at least make a profit of what you selling. There for you would take that painting that you can make for $155.00 and charge about $465.00.


If you don’t feel comfortable charging as much as these formulas can end up costing your customers then I suggest only charging a dollar per square inch or perhaps cutting back on how much you think your time is worth. I also suggest along with the first example adding on the cost of framing and doubling it to make the price more accurate. You want to be able to buy more supplies each time you sell a piece, not just break even.

KEEP YOUR PRICES THE SAME EVERY WHERE YOU SHOW!
You don’t want to sell your work for three times as much at a gallery then out of your studio, that’s just bad business for the gallery. Why would anyone want to spend more money on your work when they can just come to your studio? Adjust your sales prices across the board, you start to sell at a gallery asking 50% then you jack up everything to match that elevated price.

For more tips on pricing your work visit artbisrto.com they just put out a nice simple article http://artbistro.monster.com/education/articles/9311-how-to-price-your-artwork on how to price your art work.

Happy Creating.

Local Events!

For those of you in the Northern Vermont area, there is one spot left open with this amazing water colorist for lessons. Attending local classes is a great way to get involved with other artists who have been working on marketing and selling there work and building networking connections. Classes can also be really fun and help you to not only nail down your skills but open up to more creativity. Going with a friend can be a great experience too and I suggest every one find a class in there area to take, if not take then start up a class with a bunch of local people yourself. More info below on Jeans class.

W A T E R C O L O R

W O R K S H O P

with

J E A N C A R L S O N

M A S S E A U

Are you interested in exploring watercolor, learning techniques,seeing samples and working in a fun, small group setting? This

new 12 week course starts February 2010 and will take place at

Jean’s studio in Hinesburg. There will be time for drawing and

creating a painting in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. All

abilities are welcomed. Call for more information: 482-2407.

Jean is an illustrator for a variety of clients, local and nation-

wide, has taught art and developed curriculum full time

(S.B.H.S.), teaches classes for all ages locally and for the C.E.

Department at Rhode Island School of Design, her alma mater.

Her work has been recognized by the NY Society of llustrators and Print Magazine.

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■ 12 weeks ■ Wednesday nights 7:00 – 9:00

■ $240.00 plus a modest materials fee

■ location: Jean’s Hinesburg studio

■ limited to 8

Call for more information: 482-2407 or e-mail questions: jcmasseau@gmavt.net

View some of Jean’s work at www.jcmasseau.com

S.P.A.C.E Gallery

This past week (on Friday after a hard days work) I had the pleasure of going over into the largest town in vermont, Burlington, to check out the SPACE Gallery opening. It was a very nice show, with great artists both personable and talented. So this coming month (after the holiday stress is over) I invite you all to seek out a gallery in your neighborhood and send me a link and how you felt about it, the discussion board on our home page is GREAT for that :).

I am going to paste an article written about space back in September by Julia Wejchert.

as follows:

The benefits of sharing S.P.A.C.E.

By Julia Wejchert

Published: Monday, September 28, 2009

Updated: Monday, September 28, 2009
SPACE

Katie Cassidy

Tucked away in Burlington’s South End, the Soda Plant Artist Collective Environment (S.P.A.C.E.) looks unassuming from the outside, only to reveal an active community of artists inside.

Functioning as both studio space and an art gallery, S.P.A.C.E. was the brainchild of artist Christy Mitchell, who rejected the isolation of a private studio to work with other artists.

“I really like being around creative people,” Mitchell said. “I feel like I didn’t have a choice.”
When she first came to Burlington, Mitchell saw galleries close down one by one.

“I saw a lot of creative people, but not a place for them,” Mitchell said.

Beth Robinson, an artist who creates “strange dolls” and is part of the collective, was attracted to S.P.A.C.E. for Mitchell’s “big ideas.”

“Christy [Mitchell] was really open to growing it and making it a part of the community,” Robinson said. “It was a real artists’ collective experience.”

“My idea with this gallery was that the rent would be paid by its tenants,” Mitchell said.

“We’re not reliable on sales from the gallery,” which can allow S.P.A.C.E. to host art that is not necessarily sellable.

Local artists agree with Mitchell’s sentiments. “Burlington needs more of these type of studio collectives,” Burlington artist Adam Glazer said.

Merging the studio spaces with the gallery, each member of the collective can show their work in the gallery one month out of the year.

Mitchell insisted that fame isn’t a prerequisite to showing work in the gallery.
“You don’t have to be really well-known,” Mitchell said.

On Oct. 2, S.P.A.C.E. is opening a Halloween show which will close on Oct. 31 with a party.

Although creating S.P.A.C.E. has been a lot of work for Mitchell, she has kept up her enthusiasm throughout of the project.

“You have to love what you’re doing to do something like this,” Mitchell said. “It’s been my pet project.”

And her enthusiasm has produced much more than she initially expected.

“It has a really good energy,” Mitchell said.

“It has exceeded my expectations,” Robinson said.

S.P.A.C.E. gallery and studios is located at 266 Pine Street Suite 105, and currently hosts 11 artists. written a while

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Interesting? I think so.
Keep on Creating!
-Jodi