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Messy Art Squad🔝 Grow + Sell!

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🔥 What do you do to sell art 🎨 No Gatekeeping 💰
This is maybe the most important post till now. This post is going to help us all grow! 🔥 Let’s share all our knowledge. Sinds we are so much stronger together. We are now with 169 messy artists. What is incredibly! So let’s fire it up! And take over the art world 😂🙌🥳🔥 I go first 🥰 and than it’s your turn to start sharing and help your fellow artists friends grow and make a living of there art. No gate keeping 😉🥳💚 ————————————————- What I do to sell my art. 🎨 This is probably not the only or the very best way. But far I am really happy with my set up so far 🥰 ✅ Free Carrd site where I sell my originals + Linktree (does the job perfectly) My Carrd sites for an example, other example of my other business . HTTP://www.Sarlathideaway.carrd.co My link tree an example ✅ Ko-fi for gifs, commission and it has a shop! no crazy fees, 100% free! This is my link if you want to take a look https://ko-fi.com/responsiblymessyart ✅ set up a Stripe or PayPal account to collect money. PayPal cost (?) Stripes fees (around 5,5% ) ✅ I sell prints at Printumo. I have there my own shop in Printumo. They print & ship for you. Link here, check it out, and you are free to buy a print 😉❤️https://printumo.com/shop/messyart I make a photo of my artwork with my iPhone (16 pro) and upload it in Printumo as a TIFF file. ✅ Fair 50/50 galleries only (the ones that actually help you grow) I do not pay galeries. And only go 50/50 for galleries that really help me as an artist. I make my work 50 procent more expensive when it is in a gallery, so in the end it cost me 0. The work on my own site (other work, not the same as in the gallery)
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@Valérie Van Kraaij omg it felt amazing. A total stranger. In another country at that. And she was so happy with it. It was a dry point print (geeky words for a lot of scratches in copper then filled with ink)
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@Rachel Bk Thanks!! 😍
🎨 July Challenge: 30 Brush Strokes
(Please put the paintings you make in 30 brush strokes under this post. ❤️) Ready to loosen up, paint more confidently, and stop overthinking every brushstroke? Welcome to the 30 Brush Strokes Challenge! For the next 30 days, you’ll create small paintings using no more than 30 brush strokes. That’s it. No perfect paintings. No endless tweaking. No pressure. Just 30 intentional marks. Why this challenge? Many artists improve by painting more. But you’ll often improve even faster by painting with limitations. When you only have 30 brush strokes, you can’t overwork your painting. You learn to: - paint with confidence instead of hesitation - simplify what you see - make stronger decisions - let go of perfectionism - trust your instincts - finish what you start You’ll probably be surprised by how much your paintings improve after just a few weeks. The rules 🖌️ Maximum 30 brush strokes per painting. 📏 Keep it small (A6, A5, postcard size… whatever feels easy.) ⏱️ Spend around 5–15 minutes on each painting. 🎨 Use any medium you like. 📸 Share your paintings in the group whenever you’d like. Need ideas? Paint whatever inspires you! For example: - fruit - flowers - birds - pets - landscapes - your morning coffee - your favorite mug - vegetables - mushrooms - trees - people - houses - clouds - seashells - a toy - your paint brushes - something from your garden - something completely from your imagination Missed a day? No worries. This isn’t about having a perfect streak. Life happens. Skip a day if you need to, then simply continue the next day. Progress is built over time—not by being perfect. One more thing… This is not a competition. There are no winners. No prizes. No judging. The only person you’re challenging is yourself. At the end of the month, you’ll have a collection of small paintings that show your growth—and that’s the real reward. Who’s joining? 🎉 For inspiration a link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaQo8uaRsYW/
🎨 July Challenge: 30 Brush Strokes
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@Valérie Van Kraaij Good point! And thanks for the reminder!
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@Rachel Bk You definitely should, I'd love to see
Drop your finished or unfinished work. We’ll be real with you.
Drop your work, get honest feedback from the community (Be kind ;)
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@Valérie Van Kraaij Thanks Valérie! Yeah I was trying out the bold blocky stuff on purpose. I was thinking to go back and tinker with it today but now I've got over the first hurdle of actually putting paint on wood I think I'll do a new one today. Thanks for the encouragment. It helps and is necessary (sadly :D)
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This is about the precise moment I should have left this painting alone to marinate for a few weeks. I did not. I'm a moron. Good thing it's just paint. Plus reference kitten for good measure.
Just for fun- workspace/palette pictures?
I think palettes / workspaces are so colorful and messy… sometimes just looking at my palette gets me motivated. So… what does your palette look like? Messy? Clean?
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I am not a tidy worker. This is about as neat as it gets for me. Plus the splodges in my hair, clothes and floor. I think the cat is wearing some too.
Challenge! Show Up & Create
Most artists don’t fail because of talent. They disappear. So let’s fix that. New challenge: Show Up & Create → 3x per week→ for 30 days→ post whatever you made (finished or messy) Rules: - No perfection - No overthinking - Just proof you showed up - Miss a day? Don’t quit. Just continue. This is about becoming someone who creates. Not someone who waits. I’m in too. Who’s joining?
Challenge! Show Up & Create
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@Valérie Van Kraaij I'll be in Provence-ish. Van Gogh land. My favourite place in the world to sketch is the little garden at the back of the asylun in Saint Remy de Provence. It's so beautiful and peaceful and I can happily sit there for a couple of hours. I've sketched the same view the last two summers so I'm looking forward to doing the same again this year. And yeah, totally agree, I am also one for taking a picture and (sometimes) finishing it later
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@Valérie Van Kraaij NICE!!! Looks just like a french holiday to me
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@kathryn-smith-4060
Hello! I'm Kat. Originally from England but living in Granada, Spain for the last 8 years. I love printmaking, clay, drawing and painting.

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Joined Apr 14, 2026