Selling Paintings | Imamother

miriamnechama

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 9:10 am

I paint for a hobby and recently my brother suggested I sell my paintings ie make copies of them, he claims I can make loads of money on them in london.. I don't know about israel.

though if I want to do this then how do I go about this?

Raisin

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 10:14 am

my friend does this. She paints lots of similar pictures eg a still life of flowers, something that has mass appeal, and sells them outside parks and so on. I don't think she makes a lot of money but I'm not sure. She is a pretty good artist.

I don't know what your paintings are like but get an outside opinion. I have a friend who paints pictures, honestly I think they are awful, but I would never tell her that. But all of her other friends and relatives tell her they are wonderful.

Or maybe just frum people have absulutely no idea whatsoever about art? Judging from what I see hanging on peoples walls, thats more likely to be true. the positive side of that, is that even if your paintings are bad, frum people will still think they are good. If they are good, they will think you are picasso.

(don't get me wrong...nothing wrong with painting bad or mediocre pictures. I've done it myself. It's a fun pastime. One I should do more often. Winston churchill painted pictures as a hobby. But if I wanted to paint properly, I know I need to go to art school and learn proper techniques, which I am not interested in doing.)