How to Succeed as an Artist

Everything You Actually Need to Know
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Introduction: Things You Actually Need to Know, But Nobody is Telling You

In this article, we point out how to succeed as a painter – or as an artist in general – discussing the things you actually need to do or know, but nobody is telling you.

It is not our aim to list the obvious ingredients one might guess – such as patience, willpower, sacrifice, dedication, or discipline – but to share the unwritten rules of the art world that actually make a difference when you are trying to build your career from scratch.

We have combined all our experience and expertise when it comes to the art world and how to succeed as an artist or as a painter, discussing the issue with different successful artists as they share their thoughts and experiences, incorporating our expertise as an art gallery and pointing out the main do’s and don’t’s for artists as they try to make their mark in the art world.

Please note that the following steps apply to artists who do not only wish to earn some money by selling some artworks but want to build a professional career in the highest tiers of the art world with the ultimate goal of becoming an established artist in the future. We have emphasized certain specifics when it comes to becoming a successful painter, but generally, these steps apply to any artist working in any medium.

Let’s start with your first step to succeeding as a painter/artist without further ado.

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1. Discover A Very Personal Style and Distinguish Yourself

Step numbers 1, 2, and 3 are strongly intertwined as one must go from 1 to 2 to 3 and back to 1 again multiple times before really discovering your trait, personal style, and vision when it comes to art. However, it is essential to develop your trait simply by spending a lot of time in your studio.

Besides all the cliché and obvious things such as experimenting, doing what you like, starting from the basics, finding your subjects or subject matter, and so on, the most crucial issue when it comes to discovering your personal style is distinguishing yourself from others. The art world is competitive and saturated as it is a dream job for many creative minds. However, only those who stand out – read: distinguish themselves from other artists – are the ones that get seen and are interesting to galleries, collectors, critics, and eventually the institutions.

All artists have their heroes when it comes to other artists. However, suppose the influence of a particular artist is too evident, or you are doing something similar compared to an established artist. In that case, this will hold you back in the long run. But of course, when starting as a painter or artist, there is no shame in being indebted to a specific artist.

For instance, I think many contemporary figurative painters are strongly influenced by the enchanting oeuvre by Michaël Borremans, as some struggle to free themselves from his immersive formula and end up imitating or emulating the Belgian painter. However, as your works become more mature, you will discover not only how they are similar but also how they are different. And when you do things differently, do it radically to make your mark, as this is the way to go.

As soon as you know what you are doing in your studio, stop using student-quality materials and invest in high-end materials. If you do not do this, how can one expect your works to grow in price and ask top dollar from collectors if you are not prepared to pay top dollar for your surface and medium? As a painter, this means you must buy top-quality paint. Premium (oil) paint is costly, but the difference in quality is immense. Also, with premium paints, the quality of your used colors will remain and will not fade as the years go by. Use linen instead of cotton canvas, and as soon as you start to paint on larger canvases – +100 cm – use aluminum stretchers.

As an artist, you stand for a specific style, aesthetics, and vision. It could be harmful to switch things up radically mid-way through your career. For instance, if I am a gallery or a collector interested in your abstract works and you would suddenly become a figurative painter, then you will have lost that interest from those people, and you will have to start from square one again. Even more, it can have permanent damage as galleries or collectors will hold back from investing in you because of your inconstancy and levity in the past. Therefore, your oeuvre must be consistent.

Jonathan Meese in his Studio. Courtesy Galerie Templon.

2. Immerse Yourself in Art and the Art World

Arguably, this step is the most important one on our list as it is the foundation of your style, artist statement, understanding of the art world and art in general, and a first step to getting involved with the art world. Becoming a successful artist or creating good art does not happen by only spending time in the studio. First, you must learn about art, expand your knowledge, and grow your personality as an artist.

The best way to do this is by reading art books, starting with art history. In art, everything builds on the thing that came before, and to understand where you want to go as an artist, you must understand what came before. Not only is this a crucial aspect in developing your vision and personal style, but it is also essential as your knowledge will be tested in the future by gallerists, collectors, or critics when talking about art at exhibitions or interviews to see if you know what you are talking about, hoping to make a good impression. Make sure you understand the importance of art in a broader context. This is essential if you wish to be taken seriously in the art world and considered a serious artist.

Further, one must visit art exhibitions, museums, biennials, or galleries as much as possible. By doing so, you will start to understand great art. You’ll be inspired to create new works or to try something different while still discovering your personal style. You will get to know new people who may be important in another stadium in your career, or you may obtain information that will get you closer to specific awards or grants. Meanwhile, you will achieve a good understanding of exhibitions and how to curate your exhibition with your own works in the future.

Finally, one must stay in touch with the latest developments in contemporary art. Art magazines, lectures, online platforms, or social media channels can be excellent for achieving this goal.

3. Write Down your Artist Statement

The artist’s statement is the backbone of the artist. It connects your works to your vision and sets out why they are relevant and, therefore, good and interesting. The artist statement is more than just writing about your artworks; it is your philosophy and enables you to create continuity within your oeuvre.

Writing an artist statement is not a five-minute task and may develop over time. First, I think it is an excellent and healthy thing to do; write about your art and vision. It forces you to reflect on your work. By doing so, you will discover your vision and identity as an artist.

The artist statement is not necessarily something to send to collectors, gallerists, or to publish on your site. In fact, I would advise you not to and use it as your personal tool and hold that will support you throughout your career and will be the thing to keep you standing in difficult times or when one is questioned.

You can even write down a statement for every artwork you make. By doing this, you will be much more confident when you are talking about your works as you already have thought about them, and the words will be there in your mind when you are being put on the spot. Even more, these texts can help your gallerists to sell your works as they know the story behind every piece of art, the story that will convince the collector to acquire the artwork in question.

4. How to Document and Select your Works

We arrive at a step that is often forgotten, yet it enables the outside world to distinguish the professional artist. Before your artworks – or the images of your artworks – leave the studio and enter the public domain or become part of the art world, it is essential to reflect, select and document them first. This step is crucial as it links what you do in the studio and what becomes your oeuvre.

Making art is a passionate thing, and the artist experiences a certain thrill when finishing a work of art. It gives you a ‘kick’ and increases endorphins and adrenaline. Because of this passionate reaction, it is important to be patient and to wait until the rush of finishing an artwork has passed before analyzing your work and showing it to the world.

Not every work of art you produce will be top quality. This is a utopia, and one must be very strict by selecting only the best of the best. Kill your darlings. This quality control will ensure the overall quality of your artworks, and thus of you as the artist, will be as high as possible.

When I say kill your darlings, you may take this very literally. No good can come from keeping artworks that we’re ‘almost good’. When your oeuvre has matured, these paintings will be a thorn in your eye, wishing you haven’t painted them. So before taking pictures of these paintings and publishing them online or selling them to a collector, take matters into your own hands and consider destroying them. Destroying these paintings gives you as the artist control of who you are and what you see as your actual oeuvre. It may even give you a sensation of relief or liberation and more space to think to go on and make new and better works.

Having fewer paintings that are higher in quality is also an excellent strategy for the art market. This means the offer of available paintings is lower; the demand will be higher as the quality is higher, which will result in higher prices. This way, you may have a similar amount of sales, but the quality of the sales will be much higher, and this will be taken into account by the people in the art world.

Then, it is time to document your paintings or artworks. Give yourself the time to think deeply about the titles you give your works. Write about them as we have discussed in our previous step. Further, keep up an inventory with the titles, year of production, dimensions, used medium, surface, exhibition story, and collector to whom it got sold, and provide high-quality images.

5. How to Price your Paintings

When it comes to painting, there is a straightforward and commonly used formula to price your works. 

The formula to price your paintings is the sum of the dimensions of your painting multiplied by your artist index number. (Height + Width) x Index = Price of your painting.

But how does one set their index number? When you are a beginner, I would set the index between 5 and 10. As soon as you know what you’re doing and become a serious painter, you can set the index between 10 and 15. When you are starting to exhibit with galleries and are starting to make a name for yourself, the index can be set between 15 and 25.

At this point, if you wish to surpass the 25 index number, this will be in dialogue with your (established) gallery, which has the experience and the clientele to continue to build your career and advise you when it comes to the art market concerning the prices of your paintings.

Further, other things may also affect your artist index number. To start with, the expense of the production of your artworks. For instance, if you are a painter whose paintings need to be framed in a specific manner that is very cost-effective, you are allowed to up your artist index number of leveling out the investment you have made.

Then there is also the notion of available works, as discussed in step four. If you are a painter that needs a lot of time to make a single artwork and you can only produce eight to ten paintings a year (not because you do not have much time to paint but because it takes over 120 working hours), then you must take a higher artist index number. If it takes you so long to make a painting, then it is most likely better to keep your painting than to sell it for a couple of bucks.

The greatest misconception when pricing paintings or artworks, in general, is that you can charge whatever you want. The truth is the prices of paintings of most artists are very stable, and only the correct prices will lead to good sales.

6. Do’s and Don’t’s: How to Set up A Website as a Painter/Artist

When you start as an artist, you need to have a website. However, there are specific unwritten rules for having a website. The inconvenient truth is that when you do not know these rules, a collector or gallery may frown upon your website, which will be the end of your potential next step to success. That’s why it is essential to follow these unwritten rules regarding the do’s and don’t’s on how to set up a website as an artist or painter. [Consult and watch our step-by-step tutorial how to set up an industry-approved professional website here]

Do’s:

First and foremost, there is a specific structure your website needs to have with several ‘must-haves’ on your sites, such as a selection of your works, a biography or exhibition history, and a way to take up contact with you. These three elements are crucial and must be available on your site.

The first ‘must-have’, the selected works is probably the most important one. Add a gallery of images of your works on your website, including their title, year of production, medium/surface, and dimensions, as discussed above in step four (cf. supra: how to document and select your works). Further, it is essential only to show your very best works. As it is just a selection, do not show everything just yet, only the best ones.

Then there is the biography or exhibition history so the visitor of your website can get to know you and see at what level you currently are as an artist. The most important things to mention in this bio are your name, birth year, nationality, and exhibition history. If you have a curatorial text by an art critic, you could add it to this section or page. However, do not start to write or ‘talk’ about yourself or your artwork, as this could be judged as informal or unprofessional. The exhibition history needs to follow a typical structure too. Simply write down a selection of the exhibitions you have done so far by writing down the year, title, group/solo, organization/institution/gallery, city, and country of the show.

Up next is the contact page. When it comes to contact information, the most important thing is your email address. Use a professional email address, [email protected], and avoid any old and funny email addresses. Further, you could also add a phone number, your location, and your social media accounts.

Regarding your website’s design, I can only advise keeping the aesthetics very clean, minimal, and professional. Crazy fonts, animations, or other effects are unprofessional unless designed in a very radical but high-end manner. The safest way to go remains a white website with grey or black text in Helvetica, Arial, Times New Roman, or Garamond. Think of translating the aesthetics of a high-end art gallery to your website.

When you are an established artist and the necessary information is already available on the websites of your gallery as they take care of all communication, having a website becomes unnecessary. In this case, it is more professional to drop your website as a token of trust and commitment to your gallery.

Finally, it is crucial to stay formal, professional, and elusive. Less is more. Anything other than the things we have outlined above is in some way a risk to do something that is frowned upon. This brings us to the things you absolutely must avoid; to don’t’s.

Don’t’s:

The first thing to avoid is an unprofessional domain name. A domain name such as www.beautifulpaintings.com is an absolute no-go if you wish to be taken seriously in the art world. Simply use your (artist) name, for instance, www.name-lastname.com. Avoid free hosting, as the domain names are less professional and often show ads.

Do not put the prices of your artwork online! Although many people might say putting prices on your site is an excellent way to sell, this might be one of the worst things to do in the long term. If you are in it to sell a few works and want to make a couple of dollars, then indeed, it is acceptable to show prices, and sales will go a bit easier. However, we want you actually to succeed as an artist and not only make a few sales.

If this is your goal, it is crucial not to show prices as it could scare gallerists to see you’re selling on your own. Most often, especially when you’re starting as an artist, your prices may not be correct, and it could scare collectors or think you are too cheap or not a serious artist. In other cases, people would find it unconformable to know the entire world can see how much they’ve paid for the artwork they have in their living room. And the list goes on.

Do not write extra texts about every specific artwork or yourself on your website. It is okay to speak about your works at exhibitions. However, when it comes to writing, the art world dictates it is the job of the art critic or historian. Doing this yourself looks unprofessional, as if you are too eager to sell your works or talk about yourself.

7. How to Start Exhibiting Your Artworks

One could say there is only one way to build your career as an artist: participating in exhibitions. But how can you start exhibiting your artwork? The truth is, in the first two to five years – depending on your development – you will not participate in any serious exhibitions. However, there are a few things you can and should do to grow as an artist and start exhibiting your artwork.

This is also an important step, as these first exhibitions will provide you with field experience showcasing your artworks. You can also make some money with potential sales. Further, you can grow your artist resume and exhibition history in this period. Of course, you will make some mistakes. But it’s better to make these mistakes in this period as an artist starting than when you are invited for your first serious exhibition by a gallery.

The first thing you can do is rent an exhibition space and organize your own exhibition. Arguably, you could do this with some other artists to keep the costs as low as possible. By doing so, you set up your stage to exhibit your artworks. This could be an excellent opportunity to make some sales or to invite friends and family to come and view your work.

A second possibility is to organize an open studio day. Invite your friends, family, acquaintances, fellow artists, and more to your studio as you present your works in the best way possible. Although this isn’t an actual exhibition, it allows you to show your works and introduce yourself as an artist to your closest circle.

Up next, you could contact with local businesses such as pubs, coffee houses, or restaurants and ask if you could collaborate and exhibit your artwork in their facility. Day in and day out, they have lots of people entering their business, making it a unique opportunity for your works to be seen by many different and new people. You could discuss an arrangement with the owner in which they can keep the artwork or receive a commission of 20% and put price tags (write them small, you don’t want to be too commercial when it comes to your artworks) on the wall and business cards of you the artist close to them. Hence, the visitors have everything they need to know, the business owner won’t be disturbed by inquiries, and you do not need to be present at your ‘exhibition’.

Finally – and I would advise you to do this when you feel very confident about exhibiting and about your works in general at this point – is applying for art contests. With art contests, the selected artists or the finalists will most often enter the art contest exhibition. This is the best way to exhibit your works without being invited by a gallery or organization.

Although the jury will not always select you, you must continue participating in these art contests. Their participation fee is relatively small, so why not? If you are selected only once, you will have a great reference of being selected by a renowned jury which is an excellent addition to your artist resume. Furthermore, your works will be seen by interesting people during the art contest exhibition, and you have the possibility the earn some money in case you end up on the podium of the contest.

You can find numerous art contests simply by Googling for them or searching for ‘open calls for artists. A great platform to see an overview of open calls is, for instance, Artenda or Art Connect. Also, search for a similar platform that focuses on art contests in your country.

8. How to Earn Money as a Painter/Artist

Making a living as an artist is one of the most challenging things for any painter or artist trying to build a career. Only a tiny percentage can go full-time. As a result, I highly advise you to search for not only an excellent work-life balance, but to search for a work-art-life balance, combining a stable job with your artistic practice and still making sure you have some leisure time too.

But there is money in art! In fact, there is a lot of money in the industry. However, only those who stay true to the art itself and do things ‘the right way’ will be able to make a living in the art world. The goal must always be to be the best artist possible. If you succeed at this part, money will follow naturally. So don’t focus on making money but focus on making good art. If you would like to read a more extensive take on earning a living as an artist, feel free to read and watch our article and video discussing 20 Ways Artists Can Make Money next.

The first way to earn money as a painter or artist is, of course, by exhibiting, as we discussed in our previous step. In fact, the entire art world relies on exhibitions. Not only the artists but also the galleries or the institutes. However, exhibiting is not the only way for an artist to make some money. There are many different options that nobody is telling you about. We believe it is every artist’s right to know them, so we have listed them below, followed by a brief explanation and where to find them.

  • Exhibitions
  • Residencies
  • Selling art online
  • Grants
  • Art contest
  • Commissions

Besides exhibiting, residencies offer the (emerging) artist an excellent opportunity to earn some money with artist-in-residence open calls. In this case, the artist works for a specific period at a particular location dedicated to artist residencies. The residency is an artist studio where you can live and work on your art, free of rent, and often, the artist even receives a fixed income during that time. In exchange, a work of art created at the residency can go to the institute’s collection in question, or your works produced during the residency will be exhibited with (some) of the profit going to the institute. Res Artis is a great place to find artist-in-residence vacancies; however, there are plenty more, so look online, ask around and apply!

In a digital era, it is only right we should discuss the opportunity to sell your art online. However, I find this topic rather tricky. There are many reasons why you would make an account on, for instance, Saatchi and Artsper or any other platform trying to sell your art online. However, from my experience and the experience of many other artists I have spoken with, the results of these platforms are most often rather underwhelming. The platforms are oversaturated as you end up in a giant database surrounded by a lot of bad art. Besides, when your selling your art on your own in this manner, it can often be frowned upon, or it can be seen as a threat for galleries to work with you as you sell your works by yourself via a much lower commission rate than they cannot compete with. Furthermore, these platforms put the price of your artwork online for everyone to see. As we have discussed in step six, this is something I advise you not to do. So, in a nutshell, selling art online is an opportunity to make a couple of bucks, maybe. However, as the results are most often meager and there are many reasons why not to sell online, I would advise considering skipping this step.

Up next, we have artist grants. Like residencies, an institute offers you a grant to work on your oeuvre. Often, a specific project, topic or upcoming event will be the main thread connecting your work to the grant. Artist grants work in a similar way to a job opening. You must apply and often submit a project proposition or motivate your candidacy.

Then there are the art contests or awards. We have discussed this topic in our previous chapter, so if you haven’t read it already, you can simply scroll up and discover everything you need to know about art contests.

The last item on the list is the opportunity to earn money by accepting commissioned artwork. In this case, you have a client looking for something in particular. For instance, a painting of his family or his dog. Accepting these assignments without being a ‘sell-out’ is possible by ensuring the commissioned artwork is not a part of your artistic oeuvre. You can do this by not including it in your portfolio, not posting it online, or clearly signing the painting as a commissioned artwork. Sometimes, it is even possible not to sign the painting at all. When accepting these commissioned artworks, you briefly stop being an artist and simply act as an artisan or craftsman.

To conclude this chapter, I wish to add the following advice. Even when you have had a good year financially as an artist, there is no guarantee the next year will be as good or better. We always think our career is going forward as our art improves. However, this does not always show promising results regarding sales or exhibition opportunities. That’s why the work-art-life balance is crucial to have a stable income and enough time to continue growing your career, even when the results aren’t the ones you’ve hoped for. In the end, perseverance and patience might be the key to becoming a full-time artist, however, without skipping any steps in the process.

Photo: John Rensten / Getty Images.

9. How to Market your Art

From the outside, it often seems successful artists do nothing to market themselves. Not now, as they are successful, and their galleries are taking care of the promotion part of being an artist, nor during the early stages of their career. The thing is, if you market your art in a very active manner, it would have the opposite effect. In many ways, it is frowned upon for the artist to actively promote his work, luring for exhibition invitations or introducing himself to galleries, magazines, or collectors. Actively marketing and promoting yourself as an artist is ‘not-done’ in the art world, so don’t do it! If you do, you’ll start to have a bad name and may even look a bit desperate.

But what can we do to market our art and grow our careers? Well, many things! I will discuss them one by one briefly, but they all have one thing in common. Market yourself in an obligation-free manner, do not impose yourself on others. Be subtle in linking up with the people you want to get in touch with as if you’re not interested in marketing yourself. However, your name is out there at the same time, and eventually, they will get to know your art. Marketing as an artist comes down to one key thing: be involved in the art world and network organically by building long-term relationships with various actors in the field (other artists, collectors, gallerists, critics, art advisers, et cetera).

In doing so, we arrive at the first way to market your art: networking. It may be a bit out there, but networking is arguably the most important way to market yourself as an artist. Go to openings and events in your environment, talk to people, and get acquainted with some important figures in the industry. However, when you are networking as an artist, do not try to talk about your work all time.

Even more, I wouldn’t advise telling the person in question too soon you’re an artist if they aren’t asking. Especially with galleries or collectors, people are bombarded daily with artists who are imposing themselves on them and asking – or sometimes even demanding – to invest in them or collaborate. They do not owe you anything, so assuming they should invest in you without even knowing you – or rather without them choosing to get to know you – is actually a really unfair thing to expect. You must build genuine and personal relationships with gallerists, collectors, and fellow artists. Eventually, if there is any form of a working relationship, it will be based on trust and wanting to help the other. So be genuine and trustworthy. There are many people in the industry, so it’s only nice to work with those you actually get along with.

Up next, we have social media. In particular, with Instagram, social media is a great way to network and link up with people from your scene and across the world. You can show your work to everyone and build up a following. You would be stunned by how many collectors and gallerists are discovering artists simply by scrolling on their phones. But do not direct message them by yourself. They need to contact you. And if they like you, they will.

Then there is the opportunity to market yourself by submitting your works via online platforms. Most often, this will be a paying service (when accepted). And this is entirely normal! It takes an employee to answer your emails, an advisory board to review the submission, and an editor to edit the article and publish it online. So it is only natural it costs you money because it costs the online platform money to fulfill this service. As a result, it is impossible to expect platforms or large social media accounts to do this for you for free, or they would be making a loss for the sake of someone they don’t even know. However, pick your platform wisely! Don’t be fooled by expensive PR agencies and go for a platform that doesn’t accept anyone willing to pay for it because you will probably be associated with other submitted art, which isn’t the best.

At CAI, we believe every talented artist deserves an affordable online promotion. As a result, we offer the service of submitting your artwork to be featured on our platform and reach out to thousands of people from within the industry. Every submission is carefully curated, and you only pay when accepted, offering the lowest price possible to cover only the administrative expenses of the platform. Feel free to look at the overview of our services for artists, including fees, here.

Any artist must find gallery representation if they want to succeed as a painter or artist. However, there are much more artists than there are galleries. As a result, only one out of twenty artists will ever get to work with a gallery. However, there are ways to make sure you have better chances.

First of all, if you have followed the steps above and stayed true to the things we have discussed, your chances will have increased immensely. With every step, you have the opportunity to distinguish yourself from your fellow artists by making the right decisions at the right time with every step. In contrast, others may make ‘mistakes’ at every step as they do not know the essential things you need to succeed as a painter or artist. The galleries learn these things too. They are aware of the unwritten rules of the art world – as there are many unwritten rules for galleries too – and they will select you based on these unwritten rules.

If you have achieved a personal style, a strong vision, and knowledge when it comes to art, a clear artist statement, a matured and well-documented oeuvre, a professional artist website, a decent resume and exhibition history as you have participated in some exhibitions or have been selected at some art contests or residencies, and you have been networking in a suitable, non-imposing manner than you have a great chance to work with a gallery.

Here comes the networking into play. One thing will lead to another, and you will get into contact with galleries. They will stumble across your work, and a collaboration will follow if there is a connection with it. Other things you might do is to be active on social media, and be interested in the work of others and the exhibition program of galleries. Simply be around, and they will see you when they are looking for someone. However, one must remember, as we have discussed in the previous step, do not introduce yourself as an artist, do not talk about your works unless you are asked to do so, and don’t expect people to invest in your work if you don’t invest in a personal relationship with that person.

Make sure to read our in-depth article on the art gallery, The Art Gallery: Everything You Need to Know to understand the working relationship between the artist and the gallery. If you are wondering who the real big players in the gallery industry are, feel free to read our article on the most important art galleries in the world and get to know the galleries you must learn to be up to date!

11. How to Become an Emerging or Established Artist

Several things are essential when you are starting to make a name for yourself, and you want to continue progressing and aim to become an emerging or even an established artist. First of all, continue to do the things you do right and respect the unwritten rules of the art world we have discussed above throughout this article.

One of the most critical factors to becoming an emerging or established artist is the gallery you will be working with. Finding the right gallery with the right know-how and experience is crucial. You can only become an established artist by working with an established gallery. Only the happy few will work with an established gallery in the early stages of their career. Others will have several galleries of different levels before getting picked up by a larger gallery.

Throughout your career and with your long-term collaboration with the right gallery, you will have to work on your exhibition history, looking to exhibit at important biennials or institutions. You will need to build a list of renowned private and public collections that feature your work (donating a work of art or selling it at a reduced price is an action that is very much in place for this purpose). You will need to continue participating in art contests and look for digital and printed media promotions. With every new addition to your resume, your career goes forward, and you’ll be a step closer to succeeding as a painter or artist.

Do you ever ask yourself who the most famous painters of today are? We have too, so we have shortlisted them based on objective data and career facts described above and set up a top 20 article for you to discover here.

Thank you for reading our article. We advise you to return to it every now and then and keep it with you along the way and throughout your career. If you follow these rules, your chances will be better than ever. If becoming an artist is the thing you are born to do, let’s do it!

Last Updated on October 1, 2024