tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post4280190576973417455..comments2023-06-29T13:13:47.293+02:00Comments on A sketch in time: Too much for my paletteCathy Gatlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05004501411878060668noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-26544200524104369602008-09-12T06:36:00.000+02:002008-09-12T06:36:00.000+02:00Wonderful little painting, as are the other you ha...Wonderful little painting, as are the other you have here!<BR/><BR/>I have been considering doing portraits for a bit of extra cash, but I think you (and the other commenters) have enlightened me a bit to the negatives. :P<BR/><BR/>Best of luck in you fine art endeavors!Tom Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947572329745219375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-70878318615981358882008-09-10T19:35:00.000+02:002008-09-10T19:35:00.000+02:00Thanks for having a look, Sandy - I haven't posted...Thanks for having a look, Sandy - I haven't posted on my illustration blog for ages - am trying to hone my interests into a narrower margin instead of trying to dabble in every visual art form out there! <BR/>Really?...a full sheet for a portrait? That sounds extremely daring and brave - it's a thought I shall ponder upon!Cathy Gatlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004501411878060668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-42944721882744462692008-09-10T15:11:00.000+02:002008-09-10T15:11:00.000+02:00What a glorious painting of something you weren't ...What a glorious painting of something you weren't really attached to. Commissions are near the bottom of my list for fun things to do, too. Except for painting animals, I now avoid them at all cost. BUT - DO TRY A FULL SHEET of fabriano for a painting you want to do - easier by far than smaller paintings. Honest. Especially for portraits, when you make a mistake on a big painting, it's not as obvious as one on a small painting. I loved both of your blogs - specially the hippos. Delightful.Sandy Maudlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-9261057649391951862008-09-09T12:11:00.000+02:002008-09-09T12:11:00.000+02:00Thanks VP 0:o) - me with halo!Hello and welcome Ka...Thanks VP 0:o) - me with halo!<BR/><BR/>Hello and welcome Kari - once bitten, twice shy - otherwise I would still have been dithering too! Thanks so much for that sample contract - so sensible and fair to all concerned, and would undoubtedly make the prospective client take their requests more seriously.Cathy Gatlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004501411878060668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-53858979610466503312008-09-09T10:55:00.000+02:002008-09-09T10:55:00.000+02:00I think YOU had a lucky escape! Well done on your...I think YOU had a lucky escape! Well done on your prompt decision - I know I would have dithered and agonised for weeks over this. <BR/><BR/>Presenting such a client with a contract like this in future might help(obviously worded to your own needs):<BR/><BR/>http://www.borsheimarts.com/contract.htm<BR/><BR/>And, yes, you were brilliantly kind!<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/>Kari xKari Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554918069264138736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-72305004707396740282008-09-09T10:53:00.000+02:002008-09-09T10:53:00.000+02:00Well it is a lovely little painting, asn should en...Well it is a lovely little painting, asn should engender great good will. You are a Good Person.Viviennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10002012531162874560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-56948796756173665462008-09-09T08:41:00.000+02:002008-09-09T08:41:00.000+02:00Now there's an idea :oD I thought by giving him a ...Now there's an idea :oD I thought by giving him a small work, I wouldn't burn any bridges AND show him 'what I do' - except it's not exactly the style I intended - I wanted to do something much more casual and freely painted - hard with photo refs and likenesses - I might try again!! Commissions have always given me the heebies, and they've usually been, in my experience, from people who expect the world, for a nominal fee and in minimal time... I must be firmer!Cathy Gatlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004501411878060668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-37357587445217251652008-09-09T06:50:00.000+02:002008-09-09T06:50:00.000+02:00What a nerve! And,your having done the humungous p...What a nerve! And,your having done the humungous piece, he would be free to accept or reject? No way Jose! Do you mean you have GIVEN him this? That is way too kind. I think you must find out or dictate the rules for commissions before thinking of any more... does the agent not know? A hefty deposit for a start? I don't think the client usually dictates the entire subject and composition.Perhaps he should go to Art Class and wield his own brushes.Viviennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10002012531162874560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-46799106655581029172008-09-08T22:40:00.000+02:002008-09-08T22:40:00.000+02:00Thanks for being such a loyal defender of my right...Thanks for being such a loyal defender of my rights!..;o) I think neither he nor I understand the rules either, and I think I'd rather not do any 'commissions' at all - I definitely don't want to do any more 'in the style of...' again - either take a CG original, or leave it. But all these little experiences go towards a clearer vision of what I really want(so long a mystery!) which is a good thing.Cathy Gatlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004501411878060668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-77709735014070745362008-09-08T19:54:00.000+02:002008-09-08T19:54:00.000+02:00I'm so angry with that man! I think he should have...I'm so angry with that man! I think he should have had to put some money up front - so you at least get paid for your time, materials and effort (not to mention stress.)I don't understand the rules of commissioned artwork; but I think it should be like actors in a movie when their effort end up on the cutting room floor - they still get paid for the work they did. I like this little w/c of his kids + mtns + lagoon. You've been way too nice to that bloke. I hope he appreciates it!!Gillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994846953739263248noreply@blogger.com