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Hi,
I'm 70 turned and decided to give up work and try relaxing!! So I am looking for something to fill some of the time I have on my hands. I used to draw at school and thought I would like to try again I said DRAW not paint, because though not quite colour blind I do have difficulties in that area. SO, having said that, I have been looking round the net these past few nights and feel I would love to be able to really draw the way some artists make it look like a photo.
Over the past month or so I have been doing some pencil and ink drawing exercises from an old book I bought at a jumble sale and I'm well pleased with my efforts. I now feel ready for a step up in progress. Please could any one advise me on books I should look at. In particular, ones which will give advice about which pencil to use for a particular result and how to use aids for copying.
I'm sure all this must have been asked before and there must be more things I need to know (something about learning to walk comes to mind!!) so please excuse me if I'm asking again.
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Effectively you are giving them the copyright, so how much would you charge for the image if it were a conventional painting, that should give you an idea where to start.
As you have discovered the profit margin on mugs isn't massive so they will be spreading the cost over the number of mug sales, if you can make an inspired guess as to what that number might be, you can calculate back, at say 3p image proportion cost per mug, so 1,000 mugs that's £30 for the image. Will they sell 1,000 mugs?
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Are you actually selling the originals? Or are you keeping the originals and assigning them the reproduction rights? The price you charge will reflect whether you or the museum will own the originals after the mugs have been printed.
You can sell the reproduction rights for the images to be printed on mugs whilst retaining the copyright. The museum would only be able to use the images for mugs but you would be free to also use the images for other purposes eg greetings cards, prints, tea towels etc. The museum would have to have a new agreement (and pay another fee) with you if they wanted to use the image for anything else. If you sell the copyright they can use the images in any way whenever they want.
Whatever you decide, make sure you put it in writing so each party is clear from the outset about exactly what has been sold.