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Respect other people’s art work

I just had a customer enter our store to pick up a picture frame.  It happens a lot since we are a high end frame shop. What happened next scared me… The customer walked behind our counter where we keep our completed customer orders and began to handle completed frame projects.  We do not allow customers into […]

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Freelance artist 101

The first thing to understand about making money with art is that you generally wont make your entire annual income on one art project.  Generally speaking, you might make anywhere from $20 to a couple thousand on a project.  It’s rare for an artist to make much more unless they are working on a very substantial […]

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Make money with Art Material reviews

 Are you an artist? Want to make some EASY money? Review an art material and provide the information to the Art Supply House.  We’ll give you a $10 in store credit.  (Cash payments can be arranged, but there are certain additional legal requirements) All we need is the following: Come into the store and find a […]

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How to avoid becoming “The Starving Artist”

The reason for the stereotype… and how to avoid it I was inept at making money with art until… I was always a gifted artist, drawing from an early age.  I remember my mother would ask me what I wanted to draw and then make dot to dot pictures for me.  As I grew up I […]