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Poppinjay · 05-18-2009, 07:11 AM

I was looking around my local craft store and was confronted by the canvasses. I have always wished I had the talent to paint. I can barely draw, although I can do some pretty good cartoon characters. But portraits? no.

I would love to have a portrait of D with Ben. Or even just D. I would be more than happy to buy the materials, but what should I expect in terms of payment to the artist? Is it common for artists to be able to paint from a picture and turn it around in two weeks? I want this to be a surprise.

MexicanOnABike · 05-18-2009, 03:09 PM

100-500$ depending on quality.

ngdawg · 05-18-2009, 04:37 PM

Is that Canadian $?
$640 here.

Manic_Skafe · 05-18-2009, 04:44 PM

A two week turn around doesn't seem too unreasonable but it's all up to the artist and however busy they may be. I'd be less concerned with the materials and more with finding an artist whose style suits you tastes, whose prices are within your budget and whose work seems worthy of the asking price.

Poppinjay · 05-19-2009, 04:15 AM

Thank you all! This really helps me get together funds for this idea.

MexicanOnABike · 05-19-2009, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ngdawg

Is that Canadian $?
$640 here.

doesn't matter. It's what I would charge. It always depends on size and material used and quality. For a poster size painting, i would charge a ton more than a 8x11 paper pencil portrait. you see?

ngdawg · 05-20-2009, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MexicanOnABike

doesn't matter. It's what I would charge. It always depends on size and material used and quality. For a poster size painting, i would charge a ton more than a 8x11 paper pencil portrait. you see?

Oh, I wouldn't do it. I can't paint. That's the rate we pay at the studio when someone wants one. We use a guy out in California.

little_tippler · 05-20-2009, 03:00 PM

Regardless of it being a portrait, I'd say the price is more related to materials used, size of the support and time taken over the work. And of course quality. I have made portraits for free, I've charged for them. I'd say the estimate given above by MexicanOnABike is close to the reality for a good artist. For a renowned artist, add at least 1 zero on.

05-18-2009, 07:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	How much for a portrait? I was looking around my local craft store and was confronted by the canvasses. I have always wished I had the talent to paint. I can barely draw, although I can do some pretty good cartoon characters. But portraits? no. I would love to have a portrait of D with Ben. Or even just D. I would be more than happy to buy the materials, but what should I expect in terms of payment to the artist? Is it common for artists to be able to paint from a picture and turn it around in two weeks? I want this to be a surprise. __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet

05-18-2009, 03:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	100-500$ depending on quality. __________________ - Movie Reviews - Ratings-

05-18-2009, 04:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Is that Canadian $? $640 here. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.

05-18-2009, 04:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
Manic_Skafe More Than You Expect Location: Queens	A two week turn around doesn't seem too unreasonable but it's all up to the artist and however busy they may be. I'd be less concerned with the materials and more with finding an artist whose style suits you tastes, whose prices are within your budget and whose work seems worthy of the asking price. __________________ "Porn is a zoo of exotic animals that becomes boring upon ownership." -Nersesian

05-19-2009, 04:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	Thank you all! This really helps me get together funds for this idea. __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet

05-20-2009, 03:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	Regardless of it being a portrait, I'd say the price is more related to materials used, size of the support and time taken over the work. And of course quality. I have made portraits for free, I've charged for them. I'd say the estimate given above by MexicanOnABike is close to the reality for a good artist. For a renowned artist, add at least 1 zero on. __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918