![]() If you charge $1 per square inch, this would be $64 + the price of materials if you are adding that as well. For example, an 8 by 8 inch piece = 8 x 8 = 64 square inches. To work out your price by the square inch, multiply the length by the width of your painting. Well-known artists, those already in demand, can charge significantly more. New artists and those looking to break into the market may wish to start with a slightly lower multiplier than $1 per square inch. If you go over 30 inches on either width or height, then it becomes $1.50 per square inch. $1 per square inch of your painting + the cost of your supplies Related: How to Make Over $100 Per Hour Hosting Acrylic Pouring Events Charge by the square inchĪnother strategy frequently cited to calculate a standard pricing is: Use this as a starting point for figuring out your hourly wage.įor example, if materials cost $50, you take 20 hours to make the art, and you pay yourself $20 an hour to make it, then you price the art at $450 ($20 X 20 hours + $50 cost of materials). The US Department of Labor Occupational Labor Statistics lists the mean hourly wage of Fine Artists as $23.22. Pay yourself a reasonable hourly wage, add the cost of materials and make that your asking price. Here is a summary of that information that I hope will be helpful to you! How much is your time worth to you?Ī good starting point for you is to price your work based on time, the cost of your labor, and cost of materials. In reviewing the threads on the Acrylic Pouring Facebook group and around the web, there are pricing themes that emerge. The better you understand how the art market works and where your art fits into the big picture of all art for sale at all the places where art is being sold, the better prepared you are to price and sell your art. When you talk about selling, then that’s real-world market forces at work affecting pricing. But how do you decide how much to charge for your paintings?Īs an artist, you need to understand that your art is your personal expression of creativity which comes from within you. You can sell in a gallery, at an art fair, online shops like Etsy or Society6, open studios, at coffee shops and the list goes on. ![]() ![]() So you’ve run out of room in your studio and you’re thinking of selling your art. ![]() I’m Ready to Sell My Paintings, How Do I Price Them? ![]()
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