Dogs playing pool

[brushbyair]

A friend of mine asked me to paint this for his pool room, not sure what to charge for it, any suggestions? About 8 hours of work in it. There are a couple of things I tried on this that I found interesting so I decided to share with everyone. May not be new to some, but I found it interesting, this is done on "trigger cloth" about $2.00 a yard, comes 60" wide so I can get 2 - 24" X 36" pieces out of a yard, iron it out to get all wrinkles out, measure out the size you want, tape the outline and paint it up. When finished, iron the same as a T-Shirt and place it on a self adhievsive backer board ( 16X20 sold at Hobby Lobby for $4.25) trim the excess cloth and you have an inexpensive framable painting. Far less than the cost of a canvas and Gesso.

[aixguy]

Nice work Brush, they just keep getting better and better! Far as charging... I think $20 an hour is reasonable price for an hour of fun!

[AirTodd]

Well this another one of your nice works.I better get my butt of this computer and do some of my art.Which looks like crap.Keep it up.

[heartless]

great pic Brush! i always did get a kick out of these kinds of paintings.

First off you said it was for a friend & that's never a profitable outcome..Even though you have 8 hours in it I don't see the detail that I've seen in some of your usual pieces--it's a very busy piece & it looks like that's what took the time instead of the difficulty of skill level..You can't forget that you have about $10 tangled up in it but it looks like you enjoyed it & you say it taught you several things that will come in handy in the future--some you've already shared with us..It's worth every bit of $100 but I would ask for $50 (that's being very generous, practically a gift!!) & be sure to tell tell him it will defray the cost of supplies..Hopefully he'll realize it's worth much more & you'll remain friends for a long time..

[airraid]

I painted that exact picture with some minor modifications by the customer.
Size was 3'x4' charged $400

airraid is probably right on the money!!--with the only exception that this is for a friend--causes complications--but if you don't ask for the money, you're sure not going to get it.. -------if at all possible go high!!

[brushbyair]

Thanks for all of the suggestions and compliments. Darla, you are right when talking about the detail, when I said I have about 8 hours into it that includes prepping the cloth, attaching the backing board, you know all of the little stuff. Not sure what I will charge for this one, as you say it is a friend and we all know that it won't be as high as it should be, nice to know that you think it could be worth as much as $400.00, but I'm afaid I would have to do a much nicer one for that price. We will see what it brings, should see this friend on the 10th of February, will let you know what is offered. Thanks again.

[yardartnut]

Nice work ...cute too

[Vicar]

Brush mate... dont sell yourself short here bloke!!
Its one thing for doing work for a friend but its another is he is willing to pay for a custom job.
I guess income plays a big role in friendship pricing though if you ask me... if one wants a custom job which requires you to to sacrifice your time and effort away from family and other issues means there is compensation to be dealt with.
All this set aside though... A friend of mine while i was living in Illinois asked me to do a custom portrait of two girls for him so he said he would pay me well, but when i told him my price (still reasonable for the size 48"X39"=$500 time commitment for my effort) he thought i was some sort of crazy, looking for a free feed or something...not cool!!
I have to say that you really need to be sure in backing up your artwork for a confident sale. Im sure there are many pros here that sell work everyday to consumers with alot of rejection in body language but ya need to look passed that. My problem was i was too flustered about his comment on my pricing so i deliberately sabotaged my artpiece (out of pride for myself) just so i could convince him it was impossible for me to fix.
This friend of mine (no longer a friend because of this incident mind you) has not been the same since in terms of closeness.
Its really a sad story kinda... we were very close and shared much personal history with each other until this event.
Long story short... if you feel he can pay for it and is confident in still being a good friend then i say bill him a decent friend price otherwise just get your material costs with a little bonus and hope he dont go crazyman on you.
Good luck brush