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Marjorie Firth

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Only the Dutch ones….

Denise Cat

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😁😁

Tessa Gwynne

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Ah yes, that song! Something about Old Amsterdam….? Yes Robert, a long way from painting, but the Forum sometimes does that doesn’t it!

Sylvia Evans

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Little mice with clogs on ,where, there on the stair right there in Roberts...How's about a cat ?
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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A big cricket bat would make a start I’m afraid I wouldn’t be as tolerant especially in the night , it’s bad enough try to get enough sleep as it is. Of course I would only knock them out then take them for a long ride. 

Sylvia Evans

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Poor little buggers
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Diane Boswell

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I can't stop singing that song now! 😂

Doug Byfield

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I quite often do commissions of family pets, and (very) occasionally of people. Whilst I wouldn’t class my work as expensive, I’m also not cheap. If someone is not willing to pay the modest amount I charge, I am not going to paint for them. You will find that as soon as you tell people how much something is going to cost, most of them will disappear. I had a lady last month ask me about doing a painting for her son. She had seen some of my work at her friend’s house. She wanted a bus, a tram, and a train all on the one picture, so I sent her some sketches of how they could fit on a canvas. All looked good until I sent her the price. She replied ‘would it be cheaper if I just have one vehicle? I just wasn't’ expecting it to be that expensive..’ (It wasn’t expensive…)  
Helen Martell on 03/01/2024 21:06:43
So I guess that means that a charcoal sketch would be cheaper than a full coloured sketch?  After all, you use fewer colours... Doug

Alan Bickley

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I would say that the medium is pretty much irrelevant, to a point…it’s the anticipated time that a commission will take to complete that is the contributory factor here.
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Martin xxShawxx

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People expect to be charged. They will know the going rate. If not, they will look it up.  Some cough, but after a while they come round.

Alan Bickley

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But what is the going rate? There isn’t one! It all depends on the individual artist…
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Helen Martell

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Indeed! Some portraits have taken me just a few hours, and some have taken several days or even weeks (not non stop of course 😂 - but you know what I mean). I’m not going to say, ‘Oh yours was only a quick 2 hrs so it’s only 40 quid..’ 🤣

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