So what does make anyone buy a painting - what do you think?

Here are a few pointed questions to help you determine what you really think . . .

• Are you okay about buying art without having seen it ‘in the flesh’? Are you confident enough in the ebay process to go ahead and treat yourself to something you really fancy - without worrying?

• Have you bought paintings online before - especially on eBay? How was your experience? If good, has this made you confident to buy again? And if bad, has this put you off buying again – or will you allow for the possibility of a much better transaction in future?
  
• What do you buy? Do you buy original art? Maybe oil paintings or acrylics? Or do you prefer watercolours or gauche, pastel, pen and ink work, pencil drawings, or mixed media?
  
• Do you prefer to buy from artists or from dealers, (or don’t you mind)? You buy from home or abroad? Are you careful about whom you buy from, or do you just go for it when you like picture?
  
• What attracts you to picture the first place - is it the colour? Or is it maybe, the mood of the painting? Or the subject? Or something else?
• Do you prefer certain media for the work - such as oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolour or mixed media, or is it more about the picture itself for you?   

Well, there's a few questions for you! I hope you don't think I'm being too personal about it, but it’s worth a little time to consider these matters a bit more closely. I know you probably thought this was a going to be a guide that told you important information, but actually, it turns out to be a guide into your own thoughtful responses, which in fact, is just as useful! (There are many guides here on ebay to tell you lots of things, but when it comes down to it, you eventually really need to be true to yourself.)

As an artist who has been selling work for well over 25 years now, (and for the past 9 months on e bay), I wanted to stimulate your thinking about your own ideas and conceptions regarding ebay art buying. And should you have felt hesitant to commit yourself to buying art on ebay up to now, remember to always look for the quality of the guarantee offered.

If you like my brief guide (let’s say a coaching guide into how you think about art buying at the moment), then you’ll probably want to check me out . . . at least I hope so!

So, here’s the link to my About me

Thanks for reading, and feel free to leave your comments on the blog or in my guest book - comments are always appreciated on anything!

Steve                 

(Steve Slimm)