Pricing for small works
What would you price a 5 x 7“ piece in acrylic on canvas? Took me 3 hours to paint in total.
What would you price a 5 x 7“ piece in acrylic on canvas? Took me 3 hours to paint in total.
Over the last few months I have done lots and lots of investigations with acrylic paint and thought it might be cool to share them on the forum. I have never done much investigating previous and although it won't change what I do in my practice it has opened my eyes to learning more about the materials and products that I use and being more familiar with the way they react to applications and other materials. So far my favourite investigation has been the rice flour and oats.
Interesting read Peta.
Rice flour paste mention reminds me of the centuries old tradition of using it to make floor paintings in India. It is still practised as domestic ritual activity during festivals in various regions and is called as Aripan/ Alpona/ Kolam/ Rangoli. Each style has distinct characteristics.
Hi folks. If after seeing my work on BT, a person contacts me through BT inbox about possibly commissioning artwork, are BT entitled to a commission on that work? Steve
Yeah, unfortunately so Steve, but you can charge more for a commission to make it worth it.
Some months ago I had the same thing with Art Lovers although they don't have a specific inbox for contact, the collector came through in my emails. I contacted Art Lovers about it and never heard back so I went ahead with the commission and pocketed all the cash.
For example in my cartographic businesses I charge $100 per hour so that would be my starting point as my work is of a similar nature and that’s the going rate.