2023-01-09 13:20:40
How to assign a cost for your art? One of the most pressing questions for an artist: how much does my work cost? Today I will tell you what criteria to focus on in order to evaluate your work at its true worth.
To get started you need:
•Calculate the cost of laborFirst you need to determine how much time was spent on writing the canvas and how much an hour of your work is potentially worth. Next, you need to multiply the price per hour by the number of hours during which your canvas was painted and add the cost of materials to this, and as a result you will get the STARTING price of the painting. However, these are not all the criteria that make up the cost.
•Size matters If you think about it, smaller works require less materials and time to create. For this reason, they may cost less than larger works, given that the materials are about the same.
•Don't overestimate yourselfIt is easier to raise the cost of your work than to lower it. Forced price reduction on your work due to lack of interest can greatly damage your reputation.
Of course, there are other factors such as education, biography, experience, participation in exhibitions, which can also affect the cost of work.
With the development of your creative path, the cost of your work also grows. However, change does not happen overnight. So how do you know that the value of your work has grown?
•There is a stable demand for your works during 3 months
•Recently held a successful exhibition
• Receiving a prize in a worthy
attention competition
• The media paid increased attention to you and your work
Any of these circumstances can raise the value of your work, but be careful with a sharp increase in value. In most cases, incremental price increases of 10-15% should be followed.
And the most important advice: do not confuse cost with the value of your work and be ready to justify the latter. Cheap doesn't mean low value. Be confident in yourself and what you are doing.
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