I'm an amateur painter who likes to paint with soft pastels

[Perseus]

16. Don't sell yourself short, you can sell most or all of that work you show

I am going to tell you a little story.

At lunch I used to watch Bob Ross on TV, I don't have his style, but I liked the man and I enjoyed watching him paint. I found out that there is a Bob Ross place about an hour away from my house where they teach the Bob Ross style (Bob Ross Academy), you pay $45.00, they give you the canvas, the paint and then you follow step by step until you finish your painting, it is a group class but the way they do it is great, everyone walks out of there with a good painting.

I decided to take two classes, and I noticed there were a group of women in the 2nd class that I had met the first class. They told me that they take at least two classes per week, they finish their paintings, they frame them and they sell them for about $150.00 in eBay, they do it every week, they are retired so they are having fun and making money. If people can pay $150.00 for those paintings they will pay more for yours, that is if you want to sell them of course. But don't sell yourself short, the work you do is very beautiful.

I have the two paintings I made at the Bob Ross Academy at home, I framed one because I like that one a lot, the other one is somewhere in the house, which I will give to whomever likes it, but let me tell you, its all about learning different techniques, and Bob Ross did produce very quality work, I don't think he is appreciated enough, I have seen his work first hand, and it is beautiful.