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Messy Art Squad🔝 Grow + Sell!

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13 contributions to Messy Art Squad🔝 Grow + Sell!
Help Each Other by Engaging on Instagram
Hi there! 😊 As an artist with a small Instagram account, I’ve found it really lovely to have a group of supportive and engaging followers. I’ve even noticed that strangers, mostly other artists, sometimes cheer louder than friends and family 🤪 Personally, my goal right now isn’t to grow a huge following (my profile has actually been private for a while), but I do really enjoy meaningful engagement and supporting others as well 😊 That’s why I’d love to invite you to drop your Instagram (name or link) below so we can follow each other, engage, and support one another 😊🙌 Mine is https://www.instagram.com/lizaglorius.art?igsh=MW5qZWk4eG1xNDlxNA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Help Each Other by Engaging on Instagram
1 like • 6d
@Adriane Tsai followed 👍
0 likes • 4d
@Olivier Van Biervliet followed, really nice work Olivier
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
4 likes • 16d
I’ve been quiet on here for a while but I promise I’ve been keeping up the sketching in spare moments. Here are over 100 heads to prove it! The last image is a charcoal and oil work in progress where I’ve scaled up the invented heads concept on gessoboard. I plan to add some highlights and turquoise accents this week.
1 like • 15d
@Kathryn Smith thanks! I haven’t dived into any specific content on this topic but from a quick review of what’s out there, I think it’s worth checking out these people/channels on YouTube: Stephen Bauman, Andrew Tischler and Proko. Good luck!
You found your people. Welcome Home 🖌️
Welcome to Responsibly Messy Artists Not about perfection. About growth. • Get honest feedback on your work • Get honest feedback on Instagram • Share tips on pricing, portfolios & selling • most important: Have lots of Fun! • Stop creating in isolation No gatekeeping. No pretending. Introduce yourself below 👇 Share your happy place (studio/workspace) ❤️ And remember it is a community, so help each other shine bright 🔥 and grow together And tell me what you want from this space — I’m building it with you. 🤝
You found your people. Welcome Home 🖌️
2 likes • May 28
@Stella Montenegro very impressive, welcome to the group!
2 likes • May 30
@Linde Lamers nice work, welcome. Yes, start an Insta account and I’m sure lots of us will follow you.
🔥 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)
2 likes • May 29
@Nat Marcelle I’m no expert at selling but I often hear it said that collectors of art buy into the story of a piece but, more than that, the story of the artist themselves and what they are trying to say. If you were going to ‘invest’ in a piece of art (rather than just purchase something you like the look of) you’d want to be sure that artist is on a clear path and will produce more similar works that become sought after. That helps the resale value of earlier works.
Half way done one of my short term goals
Hello everyone! One of my short term goals is to finish my Music portrait series. I am currently finished 3 of the 6 that I have planned. So far two of them seem to fit together well, but the third one was done on black paper with white charcoals. I'm not sure if I should keep it the way it is, or re do it on regular paper so it's a bit more cohesive. I'd love to hear your opinions. #1 Poly Styrene of X Ray Spex #2 Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age #3 Ian Curtis of Joy Division. The plan is to display them at a local music venue and sell prints. Thanks everyone!
Half way done one of my short term goals
1 like • May 26
@Gina DeMarco I think that’s shrewd. A consistent series will display really effectively together. Congratulations!
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Phill Hatton
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@phill-hatton-1528
UK Artist working primarily in oils, pencil, ink and digital media. I love supporting other artists working to make art a bigger part of their lives.

Active 3d ago
Joined Apr 19, 2026
Guildford, UK