Art Street is a user-friendly way to begin collecting fine art and antiques, from novice to professional. This site is also for serious collectors who want to know how to buy art and antiques online, as well as how to view artists’ websites.
We’ll show you how to buy art online, where to buy original art and prints, how to make your own art collection, how to choose from the many techniques used in oil painting, watercolor, acrylics, pastels and more. We’ll teach you about different kinds of arts and antiques including: paintings by famous artists such as Rembrandt and Monet; sculptures by Rodin and Michelangelo; antique furniture; valuable jewelry; old collectibles like Coca-Cola bottles; original comic book artwork; hand-made crafts like pottery and glasswork; decorative items like stained glass windows or Asian fans.
You can learn everything you need to know about buying art or antiques online here on Art Street!
Art Street is a blog primarily devoted to educating people on the basics of buying art. We will be posting articles on choosing what kind of art you should start with (acrylic painting, watercolor painting…), how much money you can spend on an original piece of art or what
So how do you choose the perfect art?
There are two different ways to buy original art. The first we will call the “I just want something cool to hang on my wall” way. This is a casual, impulse way of buying art. When you go this route, it’s all about how much you like the piece. You may have a bit of an idea of what you are looking for but this isn’t a big deal. The goal is to find something that speaks to you and then buy it on the spot.
This is a good way to get started buying original art or if you are just starting an art collection. It’s also a great way to add depth and breadth to your collection by discovering new artists that appeal to you and even ones you might not have considered before.
For the collector who is just getting started or those who already have an extensive collection, this guide will focus on finding pieces that will fit in with your current collection or ones that could be integrated into your decor easily without disrupting the flow of your space.
ART STREET is a comprehensive and professional guide to art, aimed at both novice and professional. It provides the essential knowledge on how to choose, buy or sell art.
ART STREET has been written by an artist who has been in the business for more than 30 years. He started working as a street artist selling his work in the streets of London. He gained notoriety for his creative and off-the-wall approach to painting and later moved into making commissioned portraits of celebrities, friends and family members. Since then he has worked as a successful fine artist and teacher, leading workshops around the world for corporations such as Microsoft, Coca Cola and Glaxo Smith Kline, as well as organizations such as The Royal Society of Arts, The British Airways ‘High Flyers’ team, The National Portrait Gallery and The Royal Drawing Society.
Art Street is full of practical information on all aspects of buying or selling art: starting out, understanding the market, getting your work noticed and recognized, choosing materials, pricing your work, marketing techniques and much more. This book will help you take control of your career as an artist or collector by providing you with all the information you need to make informed decisions about what art to buy or commission, how to price it effectively
There are many ways of choosing art. Some people choose art according to the colors, shapes, or the subject matter that they see in a work of art. Others choose art according to how it makes them feel when they look at it.
Though there is no method that will suit everyone, there are a few things you should consider when choosing art for your home.
First, consider what you want your art to do for you. Do you want your piece of art to make a statement about yourself? If so you should find an artist whose style and medium fits into your decor and compliments the other pieces in your home. Do you want your piece of art to complete an existing collection? If so you should try to match the style and medium with what you already have in place.
You also need to consider where you will hang your piece of art. If it is going over a mantle place smaller pieces between 2-3 feet high while larger pieces can hang around 6-8 feet high. Make sure that whatever size you choose will fill the space appropriately.
If the piece is intended for a hallway make sure that it is not too narrow and short; otherwise it will overpower the hallways proportions and look out of place.
Different styles of art look better in
The art world is a tricky place to navigate. It’s filled with just as many art secrets, jargon and euphamisms as any other industry that deals with luxury goods. This can result in the uninformed being duped into buying either inferior or overpriced works of art. A little research, however, can go a long way in helping you spot an original work by a famous artist, instead of a cheap imitation or even a counterfeit!
If you’re ready to buy your first piece of fine art, consider these tips before making your purchase:
The art is the thing.
Yes, it’s true that if you buy a bad work of art, you can lose money. But so what? You can lose money on anything. If you buy stocks and bonds and mutual funds, there’s always the chance that they’ll go down in value. If you buy property, there’s always risk that it’ll fall in value. If you give your money to a bank and they lose it, they make no guarantees at all. No matter how careful you are, even if you hire professionals who know better than you do, sometimes investments will decline in value or fail entirely.
In the end, how much you make or lose on an investment doesn’t depend on whether it’s art or stocks or anything else – it depends on how much sense the investment makes to you.
If you’re a novice with very little experience in buying art, that means not just looking at works of art but also talking to people who like buying art: gallery owners, curators and other artists are a good start. The more people talk about what they like and why they like it, the more help they’ll be.
It’s easy to underestimate how much information is actually out there. Anyone who owns a business has a lot of
Now here’s a question for you. Which of the following is a better painting?
I’d say the first one. Should be easy, right?
Now let me ask you this. Which of these paintings would you rather own?
I’d also say the second one. But how come?
This is where understanding art becomes tricky. It’s easy enough to figure out which work of art you like best, but figuring out which work of art will pay off over time is much harder. There are many factors to consider:
– What do you like?
– What will your friends and family like?
– What will future buyers like?
– What should you buy now versus waiting for something better to come along?
These are all important questions, but it seems that most people don’t ask them before they buy a piece of art. So they end up with something they don’t really love or want, that won’t appreciate in value, and that has no lasting impact on their life or the lives of others. You see this all the time at estate sales – people selling off paintings they bought in the 1970s because they no longer have room for them, or because they inherited a huge number of pieces from grandparents who bought on impulse and didn