How I Make Money as an Artist ★ REALISTIC Income As a Full-Time Artist

[@DragonBlood-he8ul]

i appreciate you doing this breakdown because it's realistic. so many on here saying they're making a living off art when half the time they aren't at all...or they have a partner who is paying for everything or most so they can say they're a full time artist.

[@3ve873]

A refreshingly honest insight, thank you.

[@inMuro]

i really appreciate your openness as a fellow artist. ty roxy

[@ChantelleArts]

I always appreciate the honesty in these kinds of videos 🥰

[@joe-hab]

When your bread and butter is your art,I can't imagine the pressure and the challenges you have to stay afloat every month...thank you for sharing openly your life in art business.

[@whatsaroxy]

Haha it’s a constant hustle but it’s also the best job ever ;-)

[@creationslandscapedesigns]

I live in S. California and the cost of living here is sooooo high. It's insane. Also I really liked the transparency.

[@debbielyons2796]

Fantastic video Roxy. Thank you for your honesty and sharing this information with us. It helps all of us so much. I love watching your journey. I was not very excited or interested in selling prints of my work but the more videos like this I see, it makes a lot of sense to paint once and sell many times over. I need to start separating my fine art originals mentality and realize a lot more earning potential is with the prints. Especially with shipping concerns. Thank you again. Your work is absolutely beautiful.

[@whatsaroxy]

Thanks Debbie! Prints can definitely be a good addition and the nice thing is that it’s all in your own hands to decide what kind: editions, hand pressed lino’s, silkscreen, open editions? I think it’s mainly nice to offer an affordable option that anyone can afford. They might even come back later for an original :-)

[@aikograven]

Thank you so much for sharing this! A lot of the artist perspectives I see here on KZbin are US based so as fellow Dutch person in the art industry I loved being able to see what your experience was like. I graduated art school last year and I'm still very much figuring out how to make this art career work and what to expect, so thank you for helping me with that haha. I hope you'll continue to grow and be able to pursue projects that give you happiness and fulfill your creative drive ❤❤ (and ofc that you'll be able to make a comfortable living income off of this!! omg) I'll definitely be watching your journey from now on :)

[@terencecoeart]

I have just embarked on my own art career but I will have to maintain my other self employed income to support myself. Hopefully I will be able to reduce that dependency as time goes on. I can only imagine how stressful it might become to be totally reliant on making art for my sole income and therefore stifle the creativity.

[@beedee4427]

Brilliant video. Really interesting and I agree that breaking things down like this does make sense when trying to look at the big picture. Congrats on a pretty successful year. Many thanks

[@whatsaroxy]

Thanks!

[@studiofare]

Thank you so much for the transparency! It is really helpful :)

[@elbee607]

Keep it up! You are inspiring and gave me lots of ideas for growth today. Thank you ❤

[@mypersonalpainpoint]

congrats! very inspiring ☺️

[@HippieHooray]

This was very interesting! :) I'm from Belgium and just became self-empoyed on the side (after a break of a few years), just got monitized on youtube and also got about 100 euros this quarter!! But it's my main activity so I have no idea what to do to actually earn money, but I guess I'll figure it out eventually hahaha

[@lisaplummer8144]

Wonderful video! Congratulations!

[@drawrobot]

Cute outfit. I love these breakdowns.

[@whatsaroxy]

Thanks! ✨

[@abertsos]

Muy inspirador, todo tu cabal, pero este video me hace sentir mejor, yo recien estoy dedicándome full time al arte y todavia no alcance una ganancia que me permita vivir.

[@whatsaroxy]

Oh those first years were very insecure for me as well! Kinda wish I would’ve made videos like this at that time, because 5 years ago I would’ve believed my numbers now to be impssible. But it’s not, it just takes time and a network of people.

[@PetervanderPalm]

Geld verdienen als kunstenaar is altijd lastig. Nu verkoop ik.mijn schilderijen voor gemiddeld 12000 euro. Maar toen ik in de jaren 70 begon heb ik tientallen jaren bittere armoede gekend. Omdat ik niet anders kon heb ik ondanks alles volgehouden

[@whatsaroxy]

Fijn dat je je schilderijen nu voor zulke mooie bedragen verkoopt!

[@catklu]

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