First, you’ll have to stretch you oil painting on a wooden frame, but you probably already knew how to do that from the start. Now, after you take your framed canvas painting, you have to cut four corners of foam to defend the edges against bumps. It’s straightforward to cover the corners. Just take any precision knife and heat it up with a flame. After it is getting hot cut the foam so it makes corner shapes. The heated knife will cut through the foam like butter.

Next, take the foam corners and place them on the four corners of the frame. Take duck tape and start spinning it around to fix the corners in sequence. Do this first to the width and then to the length. Now comes the wrapping part. You will need business wrap nylon. Simply wrap the frame like you would wrap a sandwich until you are feeling you get some good resistance. At that point, you are just about done. Shipping oil paintings is simpler if the painting is framed as the frame acts as a stabilizer and protection. I usually put a thick piece of foam core about half an inch or one eighth of overboard and back it so it overlaps all of it by at least 0.25 inches on all sides. Tape these together soundly so that the painting is tucked between them.

The frame offers a space between the top cover and the painting surface so that nothing touches the top layer – this is what we want. Then put the whole thing into a box and pack paper around it in order that it doesn’t move within the box. This methodology is good for all but the most careless mail handling. Very valuable paintings should be shipped by an expert art moving company, but a lot works don’t need the white-glove treatment. Luckily, there are less expensive options available. If feasible, transport your paintings un-stretched and unframed, to supply the maximum cover against damage. Roll the painting around a strong card tube, paint side in, wrap it in bubble wrap, then encase the entire in a second, bigger tube. If this isn’t possible, for example, in the case of paintings on board, you could be in a position to employ a “mirror box” available from most shipping-supply stores. Pad this box with corrugated card or bubble wrap. When you uncrate or empty a painting, save the crate or packing items in case you want to ship it again.

The first place that you might consider would be checking with local galleries to see if they sell individual works. Some of the local galleries might allow you to sell there for a small percentage, but others might be dedicated to only one specific artist. Since you are going to be trying to sell your paintings though you will not hurt yourself by calling them up and asking or even better yet stopping in with samples of your work.

The second place to check into would be the internet. Now with the internet you will probably end up competing with artist around the world for the amount of money that people have to spend on paintings. However, you can be very successful in selling products on the internet if you are able to market your art properly and find the market that you will do best in. You can also check to see if there are any specialty art websites dedicated to selling art only. If there is find out the fees that they charge because they will typically rank higher than if you were just starting out.

The third place to look would be in some of the local smaller coffee shops. Now this does not mean to go into the large chain coffee shop in your neighborhood, but see if you can find one that is locally owned. Depending on the area you might find that this can be very profitable for you and the coffee shop. Not only that the locally owned places might not even charge you to put items in the shop to sell.

The fourth place would be to utilize your own front yard. Now doing this might seem to make yourself feel a little bit cheap, but it could be the way that you end up selling your first painting and getting your art out in the world. This is a good method if you are just starting out and if you have high levels of foot traffic in front of your home.

The fifth place would be to check into the local area flea markets. Many painters and artist like to utilize these as a place to sell there art because of the number of people that go to them. Since you are going to have this increase in foot traffic you will want to be prepared for sales and possibly even to receive orders of art work that people will want. Finding places to have your original art for sale is not as hard as it seems. The five locations that were mentioned are all great ways to start selling your art, but not the only places either. You will just want to weigh the many options that you have available for your style before deciding on one.