Maddy_een_Art Blog Overview

Are you an amateur artist? Are you someone looking to build an Art business through online / offline channels? Are you someone looking to make your first art purchase and not sure how to go about it? Are you into affordable art and would like to use it as home decor?

This is the place for you to be!

We have 3 dedicated sections of posts

1. For Art / Painting buyers
2. Resources to build art business
3. Tips and tricks to improve your skills

1. For Art / Painting buyers

Handmade paintings have long been considered as an area of interest only for the affluent class. Not anymore….! With the advent of affordable art, paintings are now getting traction as any other wall decor item at your home. It is not just for the Richie Richs of the world. At Maddy_een_Art, our mission is to make art purchase hassle free. To this objective of ours, we would be putting up scores of articles, pics, videos covering a variety of topics including but not limited to following:

• Various types of paintings
• Painting on various surfaces such as canvas, paper etc. – its longevity and uses
• Significance of various paintings in Feng shui and Vastu
• Types of art and paintings suitable for spaces at your home
• Paintings suitable for your office / shop
• Avenues to buy art / paintings online in India
• Things you should consider before buying your first painting
• How value of paintings are determined, how much do people pay for affordable paintings?

2. Resources to build art business

Being good at paintings and being able to build a business out of it are two completely different things requiring separate skill sets all together. I and my husband are both MBAs and putting a combined effort to build a business out of my hobby. One of the key tenets of our mission is to help budding artists to go professional and this section of our blog would be dedicated towards this objective. You can read more about the motivation behind this business and blog here.

Building an online / offline business takes right kind of knowledge otherwise it gets too complex and overwhelming to progress. This section of the blog assumes that you are already a decent artist but looking to get more knowledge on following:

• Ways to monetize your art / painting business
• Channels to sell your paintings
• Manage costs of producing your art / paintings
• Preserving, Packaging and shipping your art
• Marketing your art / paintings
• Which paintings are more likely to sell?!
• Business planning

3. Tips and Tricks to Improve your Skills as an Artist

Last but not the least, some tips and tricks to help you hone your skills further as an artist. Being a self-taugh artist, there are many technicalities which I have learnt the hard way. I believe that I can share some tips, tricks, tools and products to help you avoid such mistakes and save your precious time. Some of the topics covered under this section would be:

• Various types of colors and which one to select
• Painting on unconventional surfaces – Pots, bottles, plates and others
• Painting tools – brushes, knives, sponges and others – what to use in what type of paintings?
• Basics on various Indian art forms – Mandala, Madhubani, Pichhvai, Tanjore, Pattachitra etc.
• Basics on modern art and abstract art

Do comment on what else would you want me to cover. Do get in touch if you have any questions on buying art or art business or any type of paintings. We would be happy to answer.

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