![\"Sarah](\"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3fb3c1dbcf76894f89416c5a0ea2ac94-150x150.jpeg\")
Sarah<\/strong> is an oil painter based in Hitchin, UK. She specialises in ‘photo-real painting of sweets, toys & kitsch & colourful stuff.’ The 2nd picture in this post is not a\u00a0photograph, but a paint of Sarah’s. Read more about her at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\nWork out what you want to achieve<\/strong><\/h2>\nBefore you start advertising yourself, you need to work out what \u00a0you want to achieve. Are you exclusively online? Should you host gallery events? Can you work for yourself or is the stress of a commissioned deadline more your style? These are all the kinds of questions that will help shape how you go about promoting yourself.<\/p>\n
Create an online portfolio<\/strong><\/h2>\nOnline portfolios are the equivalent of having your own little art gallery on the internet and it\u2019s, therefore, an absolute necessity that you set one up. There are various online portfolios available, including\u00a0deviantART<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0visual.ly<\/a>\u00a0and even\u00a0Flickr<\/a>, all of which are simple to use. However, you can also set up your own online portfolio website, which might take more work and cost you more but you have more control over the site and make it easier to sell your art through the site.<\/p>\nSarah: \u2018Having your own patch on the internet is vital, it helps form your identity, and when I signed with my publishers, I made sure I was able to retain that.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/p>\n
Speak to other artists online<\/strong><\/h2>\nIf you have a website showcasing your talents, you should go and check what other artists are up to and get chatting to them. Comment on their work and strike up discussions. Doing this will ensure a much higher chance they will come over and look at your produce, which is the first step to getting noticed.<\/p>\n
Sarah: \u2018Try to realise the value in what you do, and sometimes that can be traded for other people\u2019s skills who are also starting out. \u00a0I guess it\u2019s combining creative forces for the greater good.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Speak to other artists in \u2018real life\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\nCheck out artist exhibitions in your local town or even further afield.\u00a0If you can get to an opening night that\u2019s even better as the artist will more than likely be there. Try and steal a few minutes with them.<\/p>\n
Talk about their work. If you get the chance, pick their brains about getting your artwork noticed. Referrals can be the tipping point in the art world, so, if an established artist likes and recommends your work to someone it can help massively.<\/p>\n
Art Fund<\/a> has lots of information about exhibitions around the UK. Some are of older art but there are some modern artists on there too.<\/p>\nTake workshops<\/strong><\/h2>\nYou might think that your art is good enough already and that you don\u2019t need to do any workshops, but there are always new techniques to learn, and you might just get some inspiration to create something unique. Workshops are also a great way to network and meet other like-minded artists. There might be a little competitive edge in the air to start with but you never know who someone else knows who might be able to help. The artist running the workshop may also have several other contacts or even be an established artist themselves. Again, referrals are the thing you’re after.<\/p>\n
Enter art competitions<\/strong><\/h2>\nThere are hundreds of art competitions every year throughout the country and probably even more online, and they\u2019re a great way of getting your art in front people. If you win then obviously that\u2019s great publicity, but even if you don\u2019t, your art could still pique the interest of the right person at the right time. You have nothing to lose.<\/p>\n
Be persistent<\/strong><\/h2>\nIt can sometimes be demoralising if you\u2019re not getting noticed but it\u2019s important you don\u2019t give up. Keep creating and doing your best to get it out there and in front of people and eventually someone will take notice, and if you really love what you\u2019re doing then you won\u2019t want to give up anyway.<\/p>\n
Sarah: \u2018Ultimately, nothing beats seeing an original painting in real life, and for years I simply told myself all that mattered was to actually make the work exist, then stuff will inevitably happen to it!\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You can see Sarah\u2019s amazing photorealistic art at www.sarahgraham.info<\/a> and follow her on Twitter here<\/a>. We have much more from Sarah that we will be putting into a longer article in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled for that. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many people make their living as an artist, or at least aspire to do so, and, as with any other job, you have to put yourself out there and say why you\u2019re the best and why people should pay attention to you. The chances that someone is just going to stumble across you is pretty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4687,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/4687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\nWork out what you want to achieve<\/strong><\/h2>\nBefore you start advertising yourself, you need to work out what \u00a0you want to achieve. Are you exclusively online? Should you host gallery events? Can you work for yourself or is the stress of a commissioned deadline more your style? These are all the kinds of questions that will help shape how you go about promoting yourself.<\/p>\n
Create an online portfolio<\/strong><\/h2>\nOnline portfolios are the equivalent of having your own little art gallery on the internet and it\u2019s, therefore, an absolute necessity that you set one up. There are various online portfolios available, including\u00a0deviantART<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0visual.ly<\/a>\u00a0and even\u00a0Flickr<\/a>, all of which are simple to use. However, you can also set up your own online portfolio website, which might take more work and cost you more but you have more control over the site and make it easier to sell your art through the site.<\/p>\nSarah: \u2018Having your own patch on the internet is vital, it helps form your identity, and when I signed with my publishers, I made sure I was able to retain that.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/p>\n
Speak to other artists online<\/strong><\/h2>\nIf you have a website showcasing your talents, you should go and check what other artists are up to and get chatting to them. Comment on their work and strike up discussions. Doing this will ensure a much higher chance they will come over and look at your produce, which is the first step to getting noticed.<\/p>\n
Sarah: \u2018Try to realise the value in what you do, and sometimes that can be traded for other people\u2019s skills who are also starting out. \u00a0I guess it\u2019s combining creative forces for the greater good.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Speak to other artists in \u2018real life\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\nCheck out artist exhibitions in your local town or even further afield.\u00a0If you can get to an opening night that\u2019s even better as the artist will more than likely be there. Try and steal a few minutes with them.<\/p>\n
Talk about their work. If you get the chance, pick their brains about getting your artwork noticed. Referrals can be the tipping point in the art world, so, if an established artist likes and recommends your work to someone it can help massively.<\/p>\n
Art Fund<\/a> has lots of information about exhibitions around the UK. Some are of older art but there are some modern artists on there too.<\/p>\nTake workshops<\/strong><\/h2>\nYou might think that your art is good enough already and that you don\u2019t need to do any workshops, but there are always new techniques to learn, and you might just get some inspiration to create something unique. Workshops are also a great way to network and meet other like-minded artists. There might be a little competitive edge in the air to start with but you never know who someone else knows who might be able to help. The artist running the workshop may also have several other contacts or even be an established artist themselves. Again, referrals are the thing you’re after.<\/p>\n
Enter art competitions<\/strong><\/h2>\nThere are hundreds of art competitions every year throughout the country and probably even more online, and they\u2019re a great way of getting your art in front people. If you win then obviously that\u2019s great publicity, but even if you don\u2019t, your art could still pique the interest of the right person at the right time. You have nothing to lose.<\/p>\n
Be persistent<\/strong><\/h2>\nIt can sometimes be demoralising if you\u2019re not getting noticed but it\u2019s important you don\u2019t give up. Keep creating and doing your best to get it out there and in front of people and eventually someone will take notice, and if you really love what you\u2019re doing then you won\u2019t want to give up anyway.<\/p>\n
Sarah: \u2018Ultimately, nothing beats seeing an original painting in real life, and for years I simply told myself all that mattered was to actually make the work exist, then stuff will inevitably happen to it!\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You can see Sarah\u2019s amazing photorealistic art at www.sarahgraham.info<\/a> and follow her on Twitter here<\/a>. We have much more from Sarah that we will be putting into a longer article in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled for that. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many people make their living as an artist, or at least aspire to do so, and, as with any other job, you have to put yourself out there and say why you\u2019re the best and why people should pay attention to you. The chances that someone is just going to stumble across you is pretty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4687,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/4687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Work out what you want to achieve<\/strong><\/h2>\nBefore you start advertising yourself, you need to work out what \u00a0you want to achieve. Are you exclusively online? Should you host gallery events? Can you work for yourself or is the stress of a commissioned deadline more your style? These are all the kinds of questions that will help shape how you go about promoting yourself.<\/p>\n
Create an online portfolio<\/strong><\/h2>\nOnline portfolios are the equivalent of having your own little art gallery on the internet and it\u2019s, therefore, an absolute necessity that you set one up. There are various online portfolios available, including\u00a0deviantART<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0visual.ly<\/a>\u00a0and even\u00a0Flickr<\/a>, all of which are simple to use. However, you can also set up your own online portfolio website, which might take more work and cost you more but you have more control over the site and make it easier to sell your art through the site.<\/p>\nSarah: \u2018Having your own patch on the internet is vital, it helps form your identity, and when I signed with my publishers, I made sure I was able to retain that.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/p>\n
Speak to other artists online<\/strong><\/h2>\nIf you have a website showcasing your talents, you should go and check what other artists are up to and get chatting to them. Comment on their work and strike up discussions. Doing this will ensure a much higher chance they will come over and look at your produce, which is the first step to getting noticed.<\/p>\n
Sarah: \u2018Try to realise the value in what you do, and sometimes that can be traded for other people\u2019s skills who are also starting out. \u00a0I guess it\u2019s combining creative forces for the greater good.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Speak to other artists in \u2018real life\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\nCheck out artist exhibitions in your local town or even further afield.\u00a0If you can get to an opening night that\u2019s even better as the artist will more than likely be there. Try and steal a few minutes with them.<\/p>\n
Talk about their work. If you get the chance, pick their brains about getting your artwork noticed. Referrals can be the tipping point in the art world, so, if an established artist likes and recommends your work to someone it can help massively.<\/p>\n
Art Fund<\/a> has lots of information about exhibitions around the UK. Some are of older art but there are some modern artists on there too.<\/p>\nTake workshops<\/strong><\/h2>\nYou might think that your art is good enough already and that you don\u2019t need to do any workshops, but there are always new techniques to learn, and you might just get some inspiration to create something unique. Workshops are also a great way to network and meet other like-minded artists. There might be a little competitive edge in the air to start with but you never know who someone else knows who might be able to help. The artist running the workshop may also have several other contacts or even be an established artist themselves. Again, referrals are the thing you’re after.<\/p>\n
Enter art competitions<\/strong><\/h2>\nThere are hundreds of art competitions every year throughout the country and probably even more online, and they\u2019re a great way of getting your art in front people. If you win then obviously that\u2019s great publicity, but even if you don\u2019t, your art could still pique the interest of the right person at the right time. You have nothing to lose.<\/p>\n
Be persistent<\/strong><\/h2>\nIt can sometimes be demoralising if you\u2019re not getting noticed but it\u2019s important you don\u2019t give up. Keep creating and doing your best to get it out there and in front of people and eventually someone will take notice, and if you really love what you\u2019re doing then you won\u2019t want to give up anyway.<\/p>\n
Sarah: \u2018Ultimately, nothing beats seeing an original painting in real life, and for years I simply told myself all that mattered was to actually make the work exist, then stuff will inevitably happen to it!\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You can see Sarah\u2019s amazing photorealistic art at www.sarahgraham.info<\/a> and follow her on Twitter here<\/a>. We have much more from Sarah that we will be putting into a longer article in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled for that. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many people make their living as an artist, or at least aspire to do so, and, as with any other job, you have to put yourself out there and say why you\u2019re the best and why people should pay attention to you. The chances that someone is just going to stumble across you is pretty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4687,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/4687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Online portfolios are the equivalent of having your own little art gallery on the internet and it\u2019s, therefore, an absolute necessity that you set one up. There are various online portfolios available, including\u00a0deviantART<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0visual.ly<\/a>\u00a0and even\u00a0Flickr<\/a>, all of which are simple to use. However, you can also set up your own online portfolio website, which might take more work and cost you more but you have more control over the site and make it easier to sell your art through the site.<\/p>\n Sarah: \u2018Having your own patch on the internet is vital, it helps form your identity, and when I signed with my publishers, I made sure I was able to retain that.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n If you have a website showcasing your talents, you should go and check what other artists are up to and get chatting to them. Comment on their work and strike up discussions. Doing this will ensure a much higher chance they will come over and look at your produce, which is the first step to getting noticed.<\/p>\n Sarah: \u2018Try to realise the value in what you do, and sometimes that can be traded for other people\u2019s skills who are also starting out. \u00a0I guess it\u2019s combining creative forces for the greater good.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Check out artist exhibitions in your local town or even further afield.\u00a0If you can get to an opening night that\u2019s even better as the artist will more than likely be there. Try and steal a few minutes with them.<\/p>\n Talk about their work. If you get the chance, pick their brains about getting your artwork noticed. Referrals can be the tipping point in the art world, so, if an established artist likes and recommends your work to someone it can help massively.<\/p>\n Art Fund<\/a> has lots of information about exhibitions around the UK. Some are of older art but there are some modern artists on there too.<\/p>\n You might think that your art is good enough already and that you don\u2019t need to do any workshops, but there are always new techniques to learn, and you might just get some inspiration to create something unique. Workshops are also a great way to network and meet other like-minded artists. There might be a little competitive edge in the air to start with but you never know who someone else knows who might be able to help. The artist running the workshop may also have several other contacts or even be an established artist themselves. Again, referrals are the thing you’re after.<\/p>\n There are hundreds of art competitions every year throughout the country and probably even more online, and they\u2019re a great way of getting your art in front people. If you win then obviously that\u2019s great publicity, but even if you don\u2019t, your art could still pique the interest of the right person at the right time. You have nothing to lose.<\/p>\n It can sometimes be demoralising if you\u2019re not getting noticed but it\u2019s important you don\u2019t give up. Keep creating and doing your best to get it out there and in front of people and eventually someone will take notice, and if you really love what you\u2019re doing then you won\u2019t want to give up anyway.<\/p>\n Sarah: \u2018Ultimately, nothing beats seeing an original painting in real life, and for years I simply told myself all that mattered was to actually make the work exist, then stuff will inevitably happen to it!\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You can see Sarah\u2019s amazing photorealistic art at www.sarahgraham.info<\/a> and follow her on Twitter here<\/a>. We have much more from Sarah that we will be putting into a longer article in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled for that. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many people make their living as an artist, or at least aspire to do so, and, as with any other job, you have to put yourself out there and say why you\u2019re the best and why people should pay attention to you. The chances that someone is just going to stumble across you is pretty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4687,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/4687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zippi.co.uk\/thestudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Speak to other artists online<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Speak to other artists in \u2018real life\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Take workshops<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Enter art competitions<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Be persistent<\/strong><\/h2>\n