The Best Way To Sell Art Paintings On Behance

Wondering if Behance is the place to sell your art paintings? Great Work Deserves To Be Seen is the headline for this site. They also claim to be the world’s leading platform for creative professionals so when it comes to finding a place to sell art paintings perhaps this is the golden goose of social media sites for artists.

Investigation suggests they are right. They are what they profess to be and that is, a place where creative professionals can showcase their work.  The fact that you can also connect to other professional creatives and potential clients is the big bonus.  Lest you be all thumbs when it comes to designing a good portfolio for presentation, the menu driven system makes for an easy task. Unlike Facebook and other big social media sites, here the emphasis is more on showcasing creative media and professional results rather than the social part that other social networking sites seem to push.

Is it really all about what you paint?

The tools available to create your art selling project on Behance are both powerful and simple to use. Incorporate text, images, audio and video, embedded media from other sites, Create and post your project with a few clicks of the editor and you are done. You can do this time and time again, as many projects as needed and best of all it’s free.

Add a little write up to your project, a bio of yourself, some thoughts on the inspiration for your art, more about the medium you use, you name it.  It’s all good P.R. The millions of visitors to Behance helps to increase your visibility and view your content.   Profiles are streamed throughout the web and on partner sites creating an even bigger audience reach to view your art paintings or relevant work.

As a member, it is easy to start your own group and invite others to join.  This sharing forum can be made public or private as you choose. No matter what, it is a great way to get feedback, comment, advice and better at what you do.

Any member can form a group and invite other members to join. Groups can be public or private, and can be used to work together, share tips and media, get feedback, and more.

With the Behance Network, our mission is to help organize creative people and their work. The Behance Network was not developed to be a social network but rather a content-centric organization engine that empowers creative people and teams to rapidly disseminate their projects, solicit feedback, and get found by some of the leading agencies, galleries, and recruiters in the world. Many top agencies now cite the Behance Network as their primary recruiting source.
The Behance Network has become a sort of content-centric LinkedIn for the creative community, as well as a top destination for enthusiasts to explore the latest work by leading creatives. A glimpse at the most appreciated projects in the network can provide a sense of the caliber of creative work in the network.
(Scott Belsky, Founder, Behance)
Of the more than 6 million page views  a month, it is reported that about 90% of viewers are non members. One can only imagine that all those other folk are looking for information, connection, referrals, and could also turn out be clients or buying customers of yours.

We’ll be looking more at Behance over the coming months and will let you know what we think of it as a venue for you to sell art paintings online and if you have success using Behance be sure to let us know!