Help Pooky Make Money

Pooky you also have talent in DJing... I thoroughly enjoyed your mix tapes, but the art is amazing
 
Ok so it's quite hard to work out prices because it is very dependent on the subject matter of the artwork as well as the medium used and the size, but I can give rough estimates, although I would have to give a solid quote.

It's gonna be about R500-R800 for anything up to 70cm either way (length or breadth)

Longer than that about R1000 - R2000 up to 1.2 metres

After that from R2000 up

As I said before it also depends a lot on the subject matter and the medium used.
 
Kage said:
Another way to use the art is to contact local large companies (headoffices) and see if they want to commission art for their boardrooms or entrances.
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Pooky
Good idea. Corporate art. They say it crushes creativity, but pays well.
Political party leaders?
Old families?
Pets?
Anyone with an ego? (Gotta exploit that “preserved for posterity” dynamic).
Counterfeiting – not necessarily illegal as long as you don’t try and pass it off as original. There is a demand for Old Masters. I wouldn’t mind a counterfeit copy of ‘Rembrandt’s Night Watch’ on my wall.
Generate a business plan – for you (to see pitfalls) and for a loan if you need money.

The “Get Obscenely Wealthy Quick” scheme.
Create a graphic-intensive web site (URL goes on your business card) to display your portfolio. Because you work from photo’s, the world is your client base. You are commissioned by email, photo’s are sent as attachments. There is no need ever to see the client. Fees are paid directly into your account. Once verified, the work is Fed Exed to the client. You will have so many orders that you will have to raise your prices to ridiculous amounts just to make the workload manageable (thus excluding the local market).

Study technique (brush strokes, perspective, etc.) in the short term before tackling subjects like History of Art etc.

Remember, you heard it here first. When you are rich and famous, pop-in occasionally.
 
What hourly rate are you going to work at? The time spent painting will be matched by time spent doing admin- materials/advertising/organising photos of things to paint etc, so keep the hourly rate for actual painting quite high...

Also, add an hour or two onto the quote. People have no idea how long it really takes you, so you can claim whatever is still reasonable :)

Might be best to present the quote as a whole, not itemised, otherwise you get misers (like me) who want to arrange their own canvas etc, and it could become more trouble that it's worth.
 
I will help you make more money Pooky. All you have to do is go take a nice holiday to Columbia and then come back with a small package for me. The package will be in 4 plastic bags, you have to strap them to your body and then get back to South Africa. Are you keen?

Btw, can you keep a straight face while lets say, a customs official checks you out, or "Jasper" a german shepard attack dog sniffs your baggage?
 
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