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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Making a Fortune Out of Handmade Portraits

Handmade portraits are must-have pieces to every art lover. A portrait is a work of art representing a person having the expression of the face as its main focus. Different media can be used to make a portrait but handmade pictures skillfully done are more valuable. The purpose of portraits is to show the personality and likeness of the person being painted or sculpted. It is common to see portraits wherein the subject is looking directly at the sculptor or painter. The main reason is that in that way, the subject makes connection with the viewer.

In Egypt, portraits of people are the portraits for the funeral and the art only flourished when subjects demand more realistic portraits. In the 4th century, handmade portraits begin to fade as symbols are much preferred.
Oil Painting is popular for personal images as it store pictures of their loved ones. Handmade pictures that were oil-painted are also used to decorate spaces at home and offices. To date, the most famous handmade portrait is the Mona Lisa which was painted by Leonardo da Vinci using oil.

Today, handmade portraits still amaze everyone especially if it was done beautifully. These handmade pictures have also become less expensive thus almost anyone can purchase handmade portraits of themselves or the family. If you are an artist, you can make vast fortune by making handmade pictures.

Before starting the business of making handmade pictures, you must know the basic about selling. Start legally, contact the local state government and ask about the taxes you have to pay. After obtaining your permits, you can start looking for a place that will become your art gallery or you can just join art co-ops where you can display your handmade portraits. The next thing and the most important of all is you should know how to price your masterpiece. Expect that it is an agonizing process but you have to do it in order to earn. Likewise, you have to set the worth of your time. Making handmade portraits is very time consuming, you must set a price that is neither too high nor too low. When making handmade pictures, you must be different among the other artists. You have to be created and unique with styles to be known by others.

Moreover, with the advent of technology, you can also sell your handmade portraits online. Potential customers can now be reached via the internet. This is especially important if you're making a product with a very niche audience.

If Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer broke the record with it sale of $135,000,000, you can also do that but that would certainly take years of making handmade pictures.