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Nadia Everitt

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Hi I am new to painting and have been doing oil paintings for about 7 months now and am curious what people would pay for my work. I do comissions and am unsure if my pricing is suitable so any guidance and comments on what you would pay would be appreciated. I have attached a couple of my paintings below.

Sylvia Evans

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Wow you have only been painting for seven months.  Clever lady.  Look on selling sites and see what other people are charging.  

Tom Smith

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They are truly awesome. I like your painting skills.

Alan Bickley

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There’s no pricing structure for art, obviously there’s a lot of work gone into these, the double figures particularly. Perhaps think about an hourly rate, this would need to be a minimum of £50 an hour I would think, there’s no point in working for peanuts!
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Helen Martell

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I work for peanuts! (But I don't mind peanuts) 😂 Nadia, your paintings are beautiful. I always forget how long I've been working on a painting. Some don't take particularly long, but others may take many hours over several days or weeks. (Depends on what mood I'm in). I'm happy with the price-range I set my work at (size of canvas + average hours to paint that size, whatever the subject). I have nudged up my prices a little bit (after being told too often that I sell way too cheap).  Perhaps if I had more confidence in myself and the saleability of my work, I would have the confidence to put a higher price tag on it. (I have more confidence than I used to, so am getting there) - but that is down to the world around me - family, friends initial encouragement when I first started painting, then my first few pictures in an exhibition, then joining a group of other artists to exhibit, entering painting competitions, encouragement from total strangers. All these things build up the confidence (and your price tag!) I'm a very long way off the £50/ hour mark though!! 😂😂