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Paint Your Passion

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This post is by Dena McMurdie,
contributing writer for TheArtMentor.

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What Kind of Art Sells?
What can I do to make my art sell better? These are questions that I have been asked time and again. My reply to these questions is simple: Paint what you feel passionate about, and paint it well. Sales will come.

Painting is like playing the piano. Anyone familiar with the piano can tell you that a piece of music will sound completely different when played by two separate musicians, even if they both play it technically correct.

One may simply play the notes, holding each for the correct amount of time, get all the technicalities of the music right, but put no feeling into it. The other one will play with the same amount of correctness, but play it with feeling, and put his heart into expressing the music.

Which one would make a more interesting performance?

The same goes for artwork. No matter what your medium, you must put your heart into the piece. Art takes effort, practice, and sometimes heartache. Instead of painting what sells, paint what you feel passionate about and sales will happen.

Put In the Time and Effort
In addition to painting a subject you feel passionate about, you must paint it well. Put in the time and the effort it takes to make a great piece of art. Strive for artistic excellence. When your artwork is undeniably superior, you will naturally make more sales of your work.

Gallery owners and collectors alike will recognize excellence and you will be more likely to have opportunities opened up to you.

So find what you are passionate about and be the best artist of that subject. The rest will happen.

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This article was reproduced with permission.
Copyright 2009 - Dena McMurdie

To see Dena’s Art, check out her website at:
http://denamcmurdie.googlepages.com/

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