Is It Unethical To Sell Paintings Or Prints Of Work Done In Art Class / Tutorials

Eugenia,

-- If your painting is transformative in nature, you should be fine.

-- If it's a close copy of a work under current copyright, you may want to seek permission from the copyright owner.

-- If the original work is in the public domain, you're fine.


Dan Turner
Dan Turner's Seven Keys to Selling Art Online

Can you ask your instructor at least who the original artist was?

Dan thank you for your answer.

Let me ask you something else, how can I know if a painting is under copyright (if it is only an image and not signature around to learn the author's name) Is there any site I can go and find paintings? Or should I look on google images?

Thank you!

Do you think maybe your instructor might know?

OMG! What am i'm going to do with all these Bob Ross want-to-be paintings!

Hi Joseph,

I asked her and she said it was ok (she didn't know the original artists either) She has been teaching all these paintings for several years; she said I should mention that they were a study of a painting from an art class.

Take a snapshot or screen capture of the image and run it through Google's reverse search. If that doesn't turn up anything you might try posting it here to see if anyone can get closer to an answer.


Dan Turner
Dan Turner's Seven Keys to Selling Art Online

Drew,

Just to let you know I think it is valid to learn from others and also this doesn't meant that all my art is based on paintings from somebody else.

Me to Eugenia!
It is almost as important as having a since of humor:)

as dan said, ask the teacher to make sure those images are ok, or ask him/her who's work that is (because it may very well be copyrighted). i think it's best though to put up your own work, because keep in mind, everyone else in that class also has that exact image in one form or another. and you won't be seen as unique.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

remember that all your galleries are password protected and no one can see them. you don't need a grand opening of sorts, you want to be up and running right now so google can start indexing you. remember to add pictures to the galleries, right now its blank.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

I do agree with Mike. No time like the present to get your images out there in front of folks. Truthfully, it's going to be a slow process anyway of doing what it takes to get people to see your work here, so there is no reason not to go ahead and let people start finding you.

Mike, thank you for all the advices you have very good points :)

And Drew you are right sense of humor is VERY important ;)

Make this thread private and give us your password. We want tell.

I haven't open it yet because I haven't finish with the prices. It will be soon!