In response to recent articles about creating a painting a day and selling them online, I received a couple of terrific follow-ups from tuned-in artists. From Katherine Tyrrell in London:
I referenced this on my blog Making A Mark in "Will you be a success if you blog your paints daily?" which essentially about all the other things you ‘need to do’ besides doing a daily painting blog (ie latter may help with marketing but it’s not magic!). I followed up the next day with "The Stickability Factor" which is getting covered today by about.painting.com here.
And from Jeff Hayes in Boston:
As a follow-up to your recent post about the USAToday article on Painting-A-Day artists who blog, I wanted to let you know that I’ve published several introductions to the topic online. The first is an eBay guide that serves as a general overview. The second is a Squidoo entry that provides links to a number of Painting-A-Day artists.
Image: Jeff Hayes, Lemon in a Glass Jar. Oil, 7 x 4.5 inches. (c) The Artist.
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I worry about putting paintings online due to the fact that anyone can print it out and use it. Any advice on protection?
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Bravo on your essays related to creating (and selling) a painting a day, and the wave of enthused artists jumping on the blogging band wagon. I especially like that you’ve profiled Jeff Hayes and his art. He’s a wonderful painter, deserving of the attention for his artistic committment, as well as his creative marketing acumen.
I paint a painting a day and send this ‘postcard painting’ to this site each day, to give visitors an impression of my life as an artist in holland… JVR
this is such a great idea
I thought that this could be a good idea for my small size paintings but instead of having people to bid on them through ebay I made a blog where I post 2 sizes of artwork with a paypal button ready for purchase. Hope it will have a good start. It’s in french and english. http://1parjour.blogspot.com
As a daily painter I’d like to say thanks for helping to spread the word! I truly enjoy doing my daily studies and it tickles me pink when people are so excited and enthusiastic about purchasing them.