Asking for a friend - how much would you pay for a painting like this of your dog? (photo and painting attached)

[LimitIsUp]

She has painted this for a friend and its gone down well - to the extent that others have seen it and want her to do a painting for them. She has no idea what to charge.

Thanks

No more than £80 her quality of her art work is great but the canvas and type of paint looks quite cheap, she needs to up the quality of tools.

For courses try The Slade or The Royal Drawing School. An artist friend of mine did some courses there.

She is very talented pet portraits start from £100 so it's up to her. I have a few artist FB friends and their comission start at 100 up to a lot.

Maybe if it's for a friend say £80

A friend of mine does paintings, for a commission it's £150 but if you just buy one she done but not specially for you it's £100, they are mounted and framed.

I paid £120 for a similar sized one not long ago and your daughter's is much better. I felt ripped off tbh. I would gladly pay £150 for that picture.

£100 - £150

Another recommendation here for mounting and framing them - you can probably find a fairly cheap source of frames and make quite a good mark up on that as well. People like the convenience of just having a finished product to stick on their wall. Looks more professional and more "valuable" .

I have no idea about costs but it's an amazing painting. Your DD is very talented.

mynameiscalypso

"It absolutely does if she wants to earn money from it. There's no point charging £50 for something which takes you three days because you're never going to earn more than £100 a week."

I meant it doesn't matter how long it takes in the sense that you don't necessarily have to work for an hourly rate. Experienced artists will paint quicker simply because of their level of experience so it isn't just about the time taken, but the level of skill, talent and reputation involved. I know plenty of artists who charge by canvas size, which of course does imply time taken. I'm much faster at making my work today then I was 10 years ago.

Believe me I'm all for artists and crafters charging a reasonably amount for the work they do. I'm sure we've all been to crafts fairs were there are people charging prices that barely cover their costs.

But at the same time, producing a piece of art isn't just about the time it takes. Artists are notorious at charging an hourly rate that doesn't factor in development time, training time, let alone costs of the canvases, paints. brushes, delivery etc

I have a friend who does similar paintings, often of pets. She makes money from it now but it's taken her years to build up to that. As seen on this thread, the prices most people are willing to pay for original art don't match the hours it takes.

I don't know what her big one-off portraits cost but I think her cheapest is 20x20cm and cost £90.

Couple of questions that can affect the price.
What size is the painting?
What media is it in?

It's fantastic.

I'd happily pay £150 for it.

TwoLeftSocks, A3 and acrylic

Just to say thank you to everyone - the feedback and advice on this thread has been immensely useful

100-120 unframed, 130-150 framed

Offers for two or more pets, either together or on separate pictures.

I’ve priced up a few of these as gifts for DH, but not quite found the style I like yet, and the prices above are competitive.

Its great! Can she paint my two dogs!!! Seriously though, it is very very good.

I’d pay £100 as a gamble that the artist might not get my dogs eyes right . If it was perfect (and looked like my dog in “my eyes” when it was delivered I’d give more money then prob another £100 .... so £200

I guess you’ve got to charge what the market would accept. I wouldn’t pay above £50.
But I probably wouldn’t enquire.
There are LOTS of pet artists on Facebook and the web, you need to google these to get a better idea of market prices

Ps I know someone who makes a fortune with pencil drawings in Ikea small frames 🙂

I'd recommend the Slade too but isn't part of going to art school about pushing boundaries, challenging yourself, conceptual and critical thinking? If she just wants to paint what she sees why bother getting into masses of debt at university? Just keep painting.

And if she thinks art school is just bits of bogroll or whatever she'll probably not embrace or get into the spirit of it. Just do a few evening classes to brush up occasionally.

I'd recommend she do a few more for feedback too. The painting is fine but the background is a bit random.

[quote LimitIsUp]On a related subject, if anyone knows anything about Art and whether there is a single solitary Art school left in the UK which teaches traditional art skills then let me know. Dd was going to go to Uni to study Fine Art, but its all about piles of bog roll stuck on a parachute or similar, so she has elected not to.

This very much resonates with dd inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/art-schools-traditional-skills-young-artists-opinion-alexander-mccall-smith-345825[/quote]
John Ruskin school of art in Oxford includes taught drawing and anatomy on its BA fine art course

I can't see exactly how good it is from your picture but it looks very good. She needs to work out how much the materials cost and how many hours it took, I charge a minimum of £30 per hour for my work.