You can make money selling artwork both online and offline. It may be that a combination of doing both will work best. For one thing, it will depend on what form your artwork is in. If it is paintings, for example, that should be relatively easy. If your artwork is very large and difficult to transport, it will be more difficult.

1. The best way to make money selling artwork is to produce the kind of artwork that sells best. This is not really artistic thinking, but it is good business thinking. You can produce what makes you happy, then struggle to sell it, or you can produce what people want to buy and be reasonably sure of selling it.

2. If your artwork is in the form of paintings or sculptures, or at least a form that is easy to display, seek out a local art gallery and see if they allow local artists to display their work. This is often done free of charge, though there will likely be a waiting period before you will be able to display your artwork.

3. Display your artwork online through a website. For the best results get your own website with your own domain name. Companies like HostGator for hosting and NameCheap for domain make this process simple and inexpensive. You will need to take photos of your artwork and have the images displayed on pages within your website. Find an existing art website you like and emulate its approach if you need to.

4. You can make money selling artwork from your website. However, you will need a payment processor in place. PayPal is a popular choice that's easy to set up and implement. It will allow your customers to pay using all the major credit and debit cards. PayPal will take a small percentage of the sale, but they are still one of the easiest payment processor options you have.

5. Use a keyword tool such as the free Google keyword tool to discover suitable keywords to use to promote your website. The main keyword you choose should also be on the main page as part of the headline as well as being featured elsewhere.

6. You need to actively promote your website so that people can find it when they perform a search using the main keyword you use. Article marketing work well and it is free to do. Write many articles - at least one a day and preferably more - and submit them to as many article directories you can find. After a month of doing this you will see a difference, and after two month, three months, four months, you will see a huge difference in your website's rankings.

7. Sell your artwork through online auction sites such as Ebay. Depending on what kind of artwork you are trying to sell, this can work out well. Others are doing it successfully. Look through the art listings already on Ebay and see what is selling best. This will give you a good idea of the best way to make money selling art.