Hi Mary, lovely paintings! The only tips I could offer are taking close-ups of part of the picture to try and show texture. My pictures are mostly small (3" x 3") so I decided to use angled close-up photos as the main ones in my listings. I'm currently working on re-taking all mine, and will be including a shot of each one framed, lying flat, with some "props" (ink, pen, brush etc) - that's my second tip and something that was mentioned in the lab the other day. If you look at my black and purple cat picture, you'll see what I mean (they're still "test" photos, I need to re-do them!). Happy painting!