My work is extremely detailed and time-intensive—should I try to work faster or in different mediums?

If your detailed work in one medium (like oils) takes extremely long to produce, consider creating some pieces in faster mediums like acrylics, pencil, or charcoal. This lets you maintain the detail and quality your collectors expect while increasing your output. You’re not abandoning your primary medium, just diversifying your process to produce more work in the limited time you have. The goal is balancing the highly detailed originals that command premium prices with pieces you can complete more quickly to keep inventory flowing and collectors engaged.

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Asked by an artist struggling with slow production time · Answered by Brien Cole · art-marketing-podcast · 2024-10-04