Commission Prices and New Books

Ok so with my art skills being back up to what they where when I left college I have decided that in the new year I will be making a fresh start and expanding my range to include a mix of Gothic Artwork and mythic art, so to help me out I have bought a few books and one just for reference.

 

 

 

These books are, Gothic Art by Nicola Senderson, Gothic Jewelry by Harriet Smith Ready to paint Dragons by Marc Potts and How to Draw Dragons in simple steps by Paul Bryn Davis.

 

Now I know that I have said that I am looking to get in to teaching but as I am having a bit of trouble trying to find a course that I can do close to home, so I am going to be selling my artwork and the jewellery pieces to raise some capital as well as fund my career development into teaching.

 

As for my pricing guide for commissions they are:

A4

 

• Line Art only £5
• Line Art with coloured pencil £5
• Line Art Inked £5 to £7.50 depending on the level of detail
• Ink and Marker £7.50
• Ink and Watercolour £7.50 to £10 depending on the level of detail

A3

• Line Art only £15
• Line Art with coloured pencil £15
• Line Art Inked £15 to £17.50 depending on the level of detail
• Ink and Marker £17.50
• Ink and Watercolour £17.50 to £20 depending on the level of detail

 

All of the prices include post and packing, if you require other sizes please contact me directly and I will discuss a price. My plan is to have a collection of jewellery and art work for a craft fair this time next year and hopefully have a few prints of any larger work that I create to sell also.

Fantasy Castle

 

K, so this is something some thing that I have been working on for a while now after a visit to the sea life centre in Rhyl. I decided after looking at the coral formations in the different tanks that they would make a nice base for mountain on which a fantasy castle belonging to an queen would live. I based the design of the towers and other external areas on the design of 1920's b-movie sci-fi serial movies, like flash and Dan Dare pilot of the future. As always any tips and advice are always welcome.

 

The top image is the basic line art for the piece, with the coloured version below.

 

The finished version of the piece done as a mountain. As suggested by Liam Piratefly Higgins in the Drawing Guild I've done this as a mountain on a desert like zone, and to give it a sense of distance I've used a trick I saw when I was still in high school and Blue Peter was still on BBC one by using a sheet of tracing paper to add a soft haze to the image. Now I know that it can be done using various filters and brushes in Photoshop and other programs like that, but as at the minute I am working Old School I have to use old school tricks.