Creating and Selling Art - Aaron Westerberg Interview

Aaron Westerberg talks about making money selling art in galleries, how to effectively use social media to sell your art and how he approaches creating his work. Want more Aaron Westerberg? Check out his new demo in the Proko store: http://proko.com/westerberg

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TOPICS:

01:01 Who did you study with?
02:41 How did you study art? Alla Prima book.
04:29 Tips for selling art online
05:37 What should you post to your social media profiles?
06:26 Aaron’s breakout success story on using social media
08:48 How many paintings did you sell in your first social media art sale?
09:30 The importance of selling directly to customers
10:07 Selling your work in a gallery
11:36 More social media advice
12:08 Painting process
15:22 Work from photos or a live model?
16:35 What do you experiment with in each color study? Composition, color, or the pose?
17:23 Where do you get your models?
18:30 Self Portraits
20:35 What’s your story behind the painting ‘Intent’?
22:24 Emotion in painting
23:25 Do you ever feel like you’re repeating yourself?
26:49 Looking at artwork at museums and galleries
29:39 What can people expect from you in the future?
30:34 Where to find Aaron Westerberg

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Credits

Host - Stan Prokopenko (http://www.stanprokopenko.com)
Artist - Aaron Westerberg (https://aaronwesterberg.com/)
Camera - Brandon Storer
Editing - Yana Popova, Sean Ramsey, Stan Prokopenko

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Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra

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