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One of the hardest things for me being a full time artist is pricing work.  I try and look around and get an idea what everyone else is charging.  I listen to prospective clients to see how many are agreeable and how many put down my price sheet and walk away.  It's hard to know sometimes what the right price is.

I wrote my blog entry this week about a client who had an old price sheet.  Do you honor old prices or stick to the new?  I think it depends on the client.

http://www.pencilenvy.blogspot.com/2012/07/coming-to-america.html

Happy selling!!

Wendy

How disciplined (no pun intended) are you about your artwork?  Is it hard for you to resist distractions, or is your artwork a wonderful distraction from everything else you have to do?  Are you one of those wonderfully wholesome, green, hard working people who stay away from unsavory TV, movie and naughty books?

I'm grateful to have a nice pile of work to do right now, but other things, like exercise, talking on the phone, reading trashy books, or writing my silly blog about drawing portraits, seems to eat up most of the day.  In today's blog entry, I wrote about NOT drawing portraits and my weekend's source of procrastination.  Here it is, 2:20 pm and I've been on the computer all day instead of behind my easel. 

http://pencilenvy.blogspot.com/2012/05/50-shades-of-procrastination.html

I SWEAR I am going to go up there right now!!!  Somebody call me in five minutes and make sure I'm not fooling around on the computer any more today.

Have you had some larger than life clients?  I've had some wonderful ones, some difficult ones and some REALLY interesting ones.  I wrote about one of my most memorable clients in my blog today. 

http://www.pencilenvy.blogspot.com/2012/05/mood-swinging-with-biker-chick.html

I think most of us artists are open minded, but if you are squeamish about language, this one is a little bluer than usual, due to my need to quote my client accurately.  Have a wonderful weekend!