How do I set the price for my original artwork and prints?

Question

Does anyone know how to set the price for selling your artwork for the first time? I have some prints and originals I am going to put into a local gift shop, and I don't know how to price them. My website it http://www.katherinekirkartist.com

Answer 1

Hey well I gave your prices and work a look. You are actually doing pretty job good on the pricing. I would take the time to hand embellish your giclee's.This will help them stand out from mass produced prints and giclee's. Remember to sell the artist not just the art. Think about it people say I have a Picasso or a Royo not the name of the painting. Be sure and limit the prints and keep files of what is showing where and its price. It is very important that price stays the same from gallery to gallery. The very best info anywhere for selling and marketing your work is by Jack White called The art of Making it. If you wish to learn the best way to promote price and place your work go to the site and buy it. Take the time to get Art Business New its free and you need to have it. Read it cover to cover monthly. Lots of things every working and eating artists need to know. This is a real way to live and with the right tools you can do it.

Answer 2

You should set a price that reflects the cost of the materials, your time and effort, the potential replacement cost (can you re-do it, easily, or is it a one-of-a-kind-can't-be-replicated piece?), as well as your standing in the art community (i.e., high school class? newspaper cartoonist? occasional dabbler? professional artist? etc), the overall workmanship (i.e., thrown together with a spatula and paint, or meticulously crafted?), and the venue (i.e., good or bad neighborhood? protected interior? artwork put in a protected case or put someplace where anybody can touch it? etc). It doesn't matter how large or heavy the piece is (we all know that size doesn't matter!). ;)

Generally speaking, for insurance purposes, alone, you should start at about $250 (that's why you'll see outrageous prices in professional art galleries!). You can always negotiate a lower price to a genuine, prospective buyer.

Good luck, and congratulations on your first showing!

(FWIW, I don't click on "askers" links, as most such websites are useless to me, and the "owner" is looking only to raise their web presence by increasing the site's "hits")

Answer 3

This is Simple u just rember how much did u spend for the painting what effort u have done for that painting u gat the answer very soon..............