Everything I’ve Learned About Making Money As An Artist In 10 Years

[@driesketels]

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[@driesketels]

I've been thinking about some long form videos where I go for an hour. What do you think about that? Is that something that would fit your lifestyle more or less?

[@ashleyh.2112]

@@driesketels yes!

[@LeahBreHappy]

Yes!! Longer the better

[@vanessavanessa9381]

Yes!

[@weriem]

I prefer shorter ones (10-15 min or so) to have the time to digest each idea.

[@driesketels]

Thanks for the feedback, really nice.

[@stacym5135]

Heard a really great phrase about procrastination and researching called procrasti-learning. Great video! Keep up the good work!

[@hannahcrumley3103]

🤯thank you for always giving such good, practical & common sense advice!

[@judykonopka9029]

Dries, I love watching your videos! It is quite evident you have put so much thought and time into them. And your delivery is so enthusiastic. And that hair is crazy fun! Bravo, and thanks!

[@HeadleySculptures]

This is awesome content! Very much appreciated!

[@anyajohnson4471]

Great video man. Full of perceptive insights!

[@rikyvandeursen4911]

Just found this video! Thank you so much Dries, very helpful 👍🏼🌟

[@driesketels]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Katherinedeloro]

I’m so glad I found your channel! 💚🙏🏻

[@driesketels]

Me too!!

[@wa5657]

idk why but your content makes me want to step out of the shadows as an artist thanks for that encouragement since without it i just cry about all the hardships i know will be on the way :)

[@driesketels]

hahaha, the hardships are real... I know!

[@fredericapanon207]

Regarding consistency, I cannot help but think of the animator, Bill Plympton. He would have a regular job; during his free time he would plan (script, storyboard, character design) an animated story. Then during his two weeks of vacation, he would work like crazy, hand-drawing and painting the thousands of cels needed to create an animation. Then he would show them at animation festivals, and selling DVDs of his stories. One of my favourites is "The Exciting Life of a Tree". Based on his current website, he may have a different income model at this time.🎉

[@1do2likeU]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! ❤

[@kimberlykaufman5420]

Omgggggg. Thank you for telling me to stop procrastinating, stop thinking and just doing.... Needed that

[@dieklucero1935]

Excellent content and ideas as usual

[@driesketels]

Glad you like them!

[@miepenloch]

I love watching your videos while doing art! you are kind of a motivation motor for me haha:D Thank you so much for your all your helpful tipps

[@davidportch8837]

another great video Dries... many thanks for sharing all of your valuable insights with us all...

[@driesketels]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@earthempresstv]

this has to be my favorite art vid!!

[@driesketels]

that's lovely to hear

[@KrabiAdventure]

Love it! This was one of the best. Are those guitars for show up there on the wall, or can you jam? Let's hear something!!!!!!!!!!

[@driesketels]

Yes I used to play hahaha, I have some recordings from like 10 years ago and have been thinking to use it but I'm too lazy to search for them XD

[@ivonaslamova9471]

Man. I’m not even an artist nor shall I ever be one. I thought I wasn’t even that interested in art to begin with, yet your insight and psychology around it, is so genius and can relate to so many other life aspects! Thank you and keep the good work going 👏🏻

[@driesketels]

I appreciate that!

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

This is brilliant stuff, thank you.

[@LeahBreHappy]

Thank you for your videos!

[@driesketels]

Glad you like them!

[@stan_solo_ill]

Great vid, very insightful thank you

[@driesketels]

Very welcome

[@Jraegun]

Great info! Will watch a few times all the way through. Recently started painting after doing 3d for a while. I really want to sell with my huge backlog of 3D pieces and paintings.

[@driesketels]

Go for it!

[@shingen217]

Super interesting video, thank you!

[@driesketels]

My pleasure!

[@JustCreateReihanTrandafir]

Hi Dries. For the Artists Formula do you have a cupon? Do i find it in your videos? Thanks so much. I can't wait to acces it🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@driesketels]

No there are no coupons. Send me a message referring to this comment on [e-mail] and I'll do something extra for you.

[@GyattOrFlyatt]

This guy looks like an evil mad scientist using his materials but to make his masterpieces doing art

[@driesketels]

Mad scientist he is!

[@fredericapanon207]

​@@driesketels Oh, not evil at all. Merely slightly mad, seeing reality a different way from the rest of us. If anything, Dries is more like the mad scientist in Back to the Future. Similar hair too ;-)

[@Esther-rehtsE]

That was interesting🥰 I don't know Dries, I have dark feelings by selling your art for prices like Damian Hirst. I have the feeling there are other things involved there. It could be that the other dots- artist isn't involved in shitty stuff, and that's why he gets less money. Maybe I'm too idealistic but I rather sell my art for less money to someone who really loves it than selling it to a collector that's only interested in the money. That's so cold. Nice story about the gallery who came back!!!🥰🥰🥰

[@driesketels]

Yeah it's hard to speculate about those things but soon I'll figure out the truth and report back. I do have some assumptions about that myself

[@Esther-rehtsE]

@@driesketels That would be great!! I'm very curious about the truth there🤔💞

[@LeahBreHappy]

Do you think size matters to the price?

[@driesketels]

Yes size matters. The bigger the higher the price generally speaking

[@LeahBreHappy]

@@driesketels great! Thank you

[@fredericapanon207]

​@@driesketels what makes me sad about all of this, is that it puts art out of reach for a lot of people. Why should someone living in a studio apartment with minimal wall space not have access to art due to size or price? I know one can get prints, that a lot of artists do that to have an additional source of income and to make their art more available to people who otherwise would not be able to afford it. But let's face it, a poster-sized print is not the same as even a smaller painting or etching print; somehow, it seems to have less emotional impact. Or am I being a snob? I have bought prints because I just like the artwork and the original is either not available or out of my price (which admittedly is rather low because of finances).

[@TheAaron117]

Selling original art is dumb ? Sure but consider how a vast amount of people see the art world like its a joke, and thats because it is. Its rooted in this idea, that you can make anything into art. I remember visiting galleries In New York and seeing blank canvases hung up, or with barely a brush stroke. Theres nothing impressive, or thought provoking about this. Its lazy, self absorbed, vision deprived, and NOBODY really has any respect for it. It does not go down in history or talked about in any real way. You should consider, Theres a new generation of art buyers and collectors coming into the art world now,(and in generations to come) And in a time where arts is so overly saturated, accessible, and forgettable, original art will stand the test of time, waiting to be dissected by higher conscious minds.

[@eflatmac1]

Word up! Well said. I too am holding on to the idea that originality is, in fact, what makes a piece of art at all memorable. And I see this same dynamic in the music world-where original bands play to crowd of 14 people, while the crap cover band playing songs everyone has heard a zillion times gets paid $$$$ and attracts hundreds, thousands. At some point the cycle will cycle and genuine art will be noticed again.

[@halliejean]

Dries, you sexy thing. 😁 Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the arts community. You have opened my eyes to many concepts surrounding the art business. I appreciate you.

[@driesketels]

You're more than welcome Halliejean. Wish you the best

[@TSymington]

... there's a fine line between genius and insanity ... it's a matter of connecting the dots ... some get it and some don't ...

[@driesketels]

It is indeed

[@wa5657]

ahh connecting the dots.... maybe that's what millionaires do with them dot painting

[@TSymington]

@@wa5657 … I have no idea what you are trying to express …

[@Aelemele]

Hello rainbow man ! People need "imagination's training" to go through frustrations... so i'll make it :). We let the artistic flow taking all the space and finally could lead to this point... So i will now listen to those tips, welcomed here. Finally, artist ! ;) xx. Thx for your consistency ;)

[@TheAaron117]

'Keep making art and marketing it and eventually the galleries will contact you' ?? I've deeply absorbed everything you said up until this point, but I'm sorry I have difficulty accepting this. By that logic Galleries would be all over, Mural artists and people who create content. I'm from Montreal Canada and right now, the only thing that seems to capture any gallery owner or art museums attention, are themes like, Gender identity, diverse cultural perspectives, breaking social norms, and anything that has a socio- Political context to it. I make Immaginative, philosophically driven, sci-fi, psychedelic art So you can imagine I have a bit of a problem. Moreover just because originality, apparently doesn't sell, doesn't make it 'overrated'. Thats something the imaginatively impaired would say. Your videos are great though, Im powering through most of it, and glad you're bringing these topics to light !! :D

[@fredericapanon207]

The issue with social media is the ever-changing algorithm. And using Facebook as an example, the throttling of your reach to people who have Liked and Subscribed to your Page. All in the service of making you pay for adverts to increase your views. The problem is that, even if you pay for an ad, FB will show your Page posts to people who have no interest at all in what you do, not the people who have already subscribed to your Page.

[@linwoodfuller2573]

you can hyper focus your ads... it helps....but you are not wrong....

[@staceylandfield5002]

thank you

[@driesketels]

You're welcome

[@vickim.851]

I generally don't watch super long content unless it's a tutorial of some sort.

[@driesketels]

More structure or really full on tutorial?

[@vickim.851]

@@driesketels Either. Valuable content that answers art related questions such as a painting tutorial or business related content on selling art, marketing tutorial, etc. maybe new ideas. Not fluff that I see in a lot of long content.

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

So what of us who no longer want to expose our art to ai?

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Make art out of that sentiment

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Bigger watermarks

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

@JohnnyArtPavlou well, it would make it exclusive, by definition

[@leonienolan511]

Your videos are impressive,, but are you infact making money making doing advice videos?😊 Where is your art would look lovee to see it , do you have another channel, you recommend reaching people through social media 😊 love your energy and content ,, but you need. To walk the walk to talk the talk , are you still a working artist??

[@Robocop-qe7le]

what happened to your hair?

[@MatthiasVDW]

The missing link in art history classes. Nice video Dries. Thanks

[@Capricosm]

In 2024 , throughout the world , everyone think they are artist and churning out painted canvases. The only winners are the Chinese canvas manufacturers.

[@stacym5135]

So true. Just learned about the district in China that specializes in copies and knock offs of artists work.

[@creationsandjournal]

Why don’t we ever see your work

[@RobinL-x6j]

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