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The qualms with pricing art and setting its values
Since 2023 I started selling my art. Long before then, there were times where people had asked me to buy some of my drawings. When I was young, I refused to have my art purchased by friends. Crafts were fine to be purchased; art could not be. In my child-mind, the act of purchasing art…
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How do we value art?
I reflected earlier this year that being “self-taught” means that it does not put me out of disadvantage. It’s strange, because I had always imagined that lacking the formal training would mean that my works would be less appreciated. I have not, for instance, spent years perfecting the art of making outlines and studying human…
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Making value from your art
A motivating factor for me to create is to see something that didn’t exist before. I take pride in being able to provide something of value to someone else. I’ve gotten some questions on how to make matboards and so I decided to film my process this time before my next art show. Was fun…
