In this post, I’m addressing the (lack of) issue that many artists and aspiring artists have about self-confidence. For without a certain amount of self-confidence you won’t have the required ability to put your self out by marketing your art.

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If you want to market yourself correctly you need to not only be able to feel confident about what it is that you do, by creating some good strong work in the first place, but you also need to feel confident about bringing it to the market place. If you have a feeling that there are just too many stumbling blocks in your career and creativity, you may need to have a re-assessment. The following suggestions may help.

Firstly, be aware, there are simply no instant or quick solutions to building confidence as an artist. Mostly there’s always a tendency to be a bit over tentative when creating your work in the studio, which can also lead to overworking. This is a mistake and it can get in the process of creativity. To be honest there are no shortcuts. Confidence simply develops the longer that you work. You will see that the more you work, the more you’re committed in your studio to the creation of new artworks, the more these works will take on a life of their own. And as a natural offshoot you will want to put that work out and market it in the best way that you feel is possible. You might start to think that this is actually overconfidence but it’s not.

One thing that you do need to remember is that the competition level is extremely high. I’m not talking here only about the competition level when it comes to artists marketing artwork and selling artwork successfully. I’m talking about the level of competition that is out there with the quality of work being produced. Now this high level of quality that is available in the art world doesn’t just happen by itself. It happens because each of those individual artists is committed to their work. They work hard in their respective areas and over time develop instinctive and intuitive qualities in their work that make it stand out.

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