People are starting to ask to buy my work, which they can't because all the

[GreenPartyVoter]

latest stuff is in journals. Hubby thinks it is criminal that I am hiding my pictures in books. Oddly enough, that’s a new phenomenon because all my early stuff was on pads and proudly displayed at school. I told him that it’s partly because the books are cheaper, and also because my sketches wind up as paintings because I keep adding just one more detail. LOL He thinks I am avoiding rejection by making sure they can’t be available for sale, and he’s probably onto something there.

So, were you ever afraid to put your stuff out there for sale? How did you get over it, and how on earth did you price it?

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1. I've had a few people commission me

to do portraits and paintings. I once worked doing sculptures for advertising video games way before they were created online the way they are today.

A lot of my art has been given away to family and friends over the years. My mother used to hang my art all over her house. She was very supportive and loved my art.