*Thoughts of a Sunday morning*
If I wanted to be a full-time painter, I would have to sell at least five paintings a month, at the value they are now.
It will remain my pipe dream. 🎨
Discussion
You got this🫶
I used to do a lot of web projects on the side and that was almost a living. I guess the analog is commissions?
Yes, indeed
Totally doable but a challenge for sure!
Keep us updated here & if you wanna chat about things I’m the process of doing similar things with another account & concept :-)
could you do it? would you have enough inspiration and time to make 5 per month? I ask because I'm completely unable to do any artistic work so I have no idea about the whole process behind the birth of a painting
Yes, I do not lack inspiration, it is the time and money to devote to it that I lack.
With my job in the fiat mines I manage to do almost one painting a week, if I did it full time I would probably do twice as many.
The problem is having loyal collectors to finance my art.
I have never done any exhibitions or competitions, I wouldn't have the time, so nobody knows me.
This is why in an advanced society, artists are commissioned on large scale art projects that take months or years to finish, and the artist have the time to pour all their soul into a single artwork without compromise.
But this requires vision and funding, as well as a high bar for quality among both the artist/s and the commissioner. If the commissioner's bar is low, the artist will only work to satisfy his/her compensation, and not more.
Since at the end of the day, an artist doesn't have time to produce a result that outshines the compensation he/she receives for the work, in light of the bills and expenses that need to be paid to sustain living and family.