You painted your first ever watercolor and it pleased you; it pleased you because you did it just for you, which is the only genuine reason for attempting anything creative.

This inspired you to knock out even more, perhaps six, even a dozen. Now you are hooked. You carry on and soon you have twenty, perhaps as many as thirty.

Now what?

You could decorate the walls of your home with them; that would give you an incentive to get up in morning; just to look at them, to be thankful for them, to luxuriate in a sense of inner fulfillment.

You could invite your friends to a preview one evening; they would appreciate your work and proffer congratulations.

But you could do more…

You could plan ahead to exhibit your pictures to an international audience.

To begin you would scan them. Scanning frequently enhances the quality and sharpens the color values; don’t ask me why, it just happens.

Now you have options…

·         You could upload your watercolors to the most prestigious art gallery online.

• ·         You could create a Facebook group to display them.
• ·         You could stage a Facebook to stimulate interest.
• ·         You could herald each painting with a tweet on Twitter.
• ·         You could build a web page to show them all off.
• ·         You could do likewise with a blog.
• ·         You could post articles on your blossoming expertise.
• ·         You could produce videos wrapped around your growing collection.
• ·         You could in time launch your own teaching portal.

You could employ just one of these promotional techniques, you could use a few, but I suggest you do as I do; use them all.