Becoming a Commission Artist

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Becoming a Commission Artist - Full Course

Stephen Bradley

29 Video Lessons

Downloadable Workbooks

All 4 Modules

5.9 hours

In this course you will learn how how to set up yourself as a commission artist. The course is split into 4 modules - Mindset, Commissions, Branding and Marketing and Monetising your Art. Save 33% when you purchase all 4 Modules together.

What We'll Cover:

MODULE 1

How Fear Affects Us - The neuroscience of fears and understanding how they affect your mind and actions.

Uncovering Your Fears - Understanding and identifying what fears you hold around producing or selling art and what is driving those fears.

Facing Your Fears - How to address and combat fears around charging for your work to improve your money mindset

Taking Feedback - How to receive feedback from clients and view it with a positive and constructive mindset.

Self Coaching and Continuous Improvement - How to continuously improve and build your confidence to take on more commissions without worry or anxiety.

Artists Block - Understand ways to overcome artists’ block and regain confidence, inspiration and excitement over your work.

MODULE 2

Types of Commissions - Understand the different types of commissions you can be offered and what you can expect going into the picture.

Pricing - Learn how to to price your work and offer variations to boost your income and give the client more options.

Engaging with Customers - Understand ways to engage your customer and create a great relationship that will lead to a healthy approach to your artwork and increase the chances of referrals.

Reference Photos - Learn how to recognise the best possible photograph to copy from and what to do if there isn’t one.

Creating Mounts/Mats - Learn how to create custom mounts (also called Mats) for your commissions.

Posting and Packaging Your Work - Learn how to safely package and post off your work to a customer.

MODULE 3

Branding - We look at how Branding archetypes can help you find your voice and give you a blueprint for marketing.

Facebook - We introduce you to marketing on Facebook, we talk about using a personal page vs a professional page and using ads.

Instagram - Learn how to use instagram effectively to create a following and boost exposure to your services.

Referrals - Learn to grow your commission artist business using referrals.

Other Forms of Marketing - we offer advice on using other forms of marketing such as your own website and online marketplaces.

Bonus - TikTok - We introduce you to TikTok, a great new app and way to grow a massive following online.

MODULE 4

Prints - Learn various ways to create prints of your work and earn a regular passive income via online marketplaces.

Originals - Learn how to sell your original work via in person or online galleries and what to expect.

Becoming an Authority - Learn how to grow your following by becoming an authority. Discover various sites and ways to generate additional income via content creation.

Government Grants - Learn about using government grants to get a kick start with your commission work.

Who this course is for:

Any artist that is looking to get into commission work. Perhaps you have been asked to do a commission or would like to start to do commissions for others. In this course our main instructor Stephen Bradley introduces you to creating a business around doing commissions.

Beginning with Module 1 and with the help of Guest Instructor - Rebecca Bradley, we work on the building blocks to becoming a commission artist, starting with Mindset.

Then we'll move onto Commission work itself and introduce our next guest instructor, Colin Bradley. We discuss pricing, reference photos, posting and mounting your work and more.

Then we'll introduce marketing expert, William Rye, and help you with branding and marketing your business using social media and online marketplaces.

Lastly, our main instructor Stephen will introduce you to ways on monetising your artwork beyond commissions and creating a passive income to supplement your commission business.