Licensing program to use Tracie's paintings for your business.
This membership is meant for ONE employee that travels to location (such as church, bar, community center, homes, etc.) and teaches paintings to a group of beginner painters. If you have a studio location, it is small and you don't have multiple employees working for you. If you have a partner/ assistant, please reach out to make sure this license still fits.
If you are in the paint party industry, you know how long it takes to not only design "eye-catching" paintings but develop instructional materials related to those paintings! It is HARD work and VERY time consuming!
I allow use of my artwork for paint party use with an active "Small-Business Membership" OR pay per use (see info below).
The monthly cost of this membership is a very generous $35 monthly or $350 yearly. That's the price of one ticket to your paint party (likely less)! It really isn't that much but the membership dues help me as an artist to keep doing what I am doing and make it fair for others that want to use my art for their small business!
This membership allows you to use any of Tracie's paintings for your paint party business FAIRLY! It is the same as the "all-access membership" (which includes the "bonus secret tutorials") but with the addition of non-exclusive commercial paint party rights to teach designs in your classes. Any of the lower tiers do not have rights to use the designs for paint parties.
You can:
Teach Tracie's paintings in person to a group of painters & make money from your events
Create & sell paint kits as long as it's a finished physical product. No selling digital files and no membership/subscription based business models.
Have a virtual live paint party
Sell your finished painting you created during your class
Use Tracie's image to promote your event OR paint your own image to promote your event
Use Tracies's images on your website and/or social media for advertising (as long as your membership is in good standing). There is a gallery of images you will get access to if you want to use those for promotion.
Create a video of you painting the tutorial (as long as it's an unlisted video only available to your customers)
Share Tracie's videos to your customers as long as the video is NOT edited and branding is not removed
Share Tracie's instructional materials to your customers such as traceables and instructional guides. No selling Tracie's digital files! You can, however, share the digital file with your customers during the class.
Please No:
Selling Tracie's digital files as instant downloads (example: you take Tracie's PDF and sell it on your website or on Etsy as a digital download)
Re-selling Tracie's designs to others so they can use them in their business. Please tell your clients they do NOT have rights unless they purchase commercial licensing directly through Tracie.
Multiple studio locations (I don't license to big businesses, this is for small one employee businesses only)
Public YouTube channel that monetizes work done from Tracie's paintings
Membership/ Subscription based business models are not permitted at this time.
Making my designs into T-Shirts, Pillows, Prints and other merch to sell online. I do not permit this anywhere.
Thank you for supporting me as an artist and helping me protect my hard work! If you notice someone in your area is using my designs and you think they may not be a subscribed member, let me know!
Designs are only for active subscribers! Unsubscribing means you do not have rights to the paintings anymore. Failure to comply could result in DMCA takedown notice to your site and/or social media channel.
Yes, you can purchase a "one time use license" through PayPal for any of my paintings. The purpose of this is if you are only doing ONE painting. Example: you want to do one of my gnome paintings in the Fall and aren't interested in any of my other designs at the time.
There is no limit to this, however, please be aware that if you are using multiple paintings of mine monthly and want to keep my images in your gallery, you MUST be in the membership. The one-time-use license is not meant for continued use to avoid the membership. Continued use of my designs REQUIRES active membership.
If you need the PDF lesson for the one design you are doing, please email: tracieannekiernan@gmail.com. There is no extra cost for the PDF download when you purchase the license, however, some of the older paintings do not have a PDF file.
The button below will send you to my PayPal link. Send $10 with a note as to what painting you are doing.
No you don't. You can purchase the one time use license anytime in advance of your event! You are also welcome to use the image for advertising your event. Keep in mind, this is a "One-Time-Use" and not continued use. If you want to do it again for another event, you have to purchase the one-time use license again.
No! My free tutorials are intended for personal use. If you are charging for paint parties using those tutorials, you need to purchase commercial rights or join the small business licensing membership.
No, there is no contract. If you feel the small business membership doesn't suit your needs, you can cancel anytime. Just know that when you do cancel, you can no longer use the designs for profit.
Yes please. It doesn't need to be super obvious, just somewhere in an about section. You can word it as: "We are an official licensee of Tracie Kiernan Art" or "We license some of our designs from Step By Step Painting, LLC"
Yes you can make and sell paint kits as long as it is a finished physical product you are shipping to your customers. Selling my tutorials as digital downloads on your website is not permitted. Membership and subscription based paint kit business models are not permitted either.
Yes! You'll get access to a non-watermark gallery of all my paintings. As long as you are a paid subscriber in the business membership, you can display my images on your website, social media, etc.
This membership is a commercial license for one employee who teaches the designs. If you have multiple employees and present a unique situation, please reach out to Tracie.
Typically 4 tutorials are released monthly which include 1 bonus tutorial. The content release dates are pretty consistent every Wednesday, however, there may be times due to illness or life events that Tracie is unable to release on a typical schedule.
Not at this time. This membership is to gain rights to use the designs for profit. It is "self start". Most business members are already teaching paint parties and looking to expand their painting offerings.
I do not sell any of my designs individually. You would either need to be an active subscriber or pay a "one time use" every time you use the design. If you want to continually use a design, you have to be an active subscriber in the membership.
Yes! I use reverse imaging software to check my images to make sure they are authorized. If you notice someone in your area is using my designs and you think they may not be authorized please let me know!
Yes! You can email Tracie at: tracieannekiernan@gmail.com
I hear requests! But I cannot guarantee that requests can be made. Tracie releases fresh new paintings aligned with trends and upcoming holidays!
My name is Tracie Kiernan founder, artist and creator of Step By Step Painting! I created "Step By Step Painting" in 2017 and have been designing painting lessons every week since then! I absolutely LOVE sharing my passion for art and teaching thousands of beginner artists all over the world!
I reside in Arizona, am a mom to three busy boys and have a background in Elementary Art Education. I graduated Arizona State University with a Visual Arts Degree and have a post-baccalaureate degree in Art Education. I taught elementary school art for about 8 years before creating my online painting website.
It is an ultimate joy to teach beginners how to paint and I believe everyone is an artist and can learn!
Thanks for joining me on this artistic journey!