"Nekar Xenos" <j-p### [at] citywalkcoza> wrote :
>
> I don't know if it's marketable enough to make a living off it. I always
see
> these poor-looking people on the streets drawing faces - maybe it's
different in
> the US?

    No, we have those too, but the guys who know what they are doing don't
go near the street. The street is for practice maybe. What you do is market
yourself to ugly people who have money and want heirlooms.

> I do a few drawings every now and then. I work with oil pastels or
> coloured pencils. I can also do acrylic paintings, I could do oil but I
can't
> take those fumes...

    Get an exhaust fan.

> The notsopretty faces take longer to do though and I couldn't change my
price
> depending on how nice the face looks...

    Well set the price high to begin with. Some people won't hire you no
matter how skilled you are unless you charge them three time as much as is
reasonable.

    Actually I was just sort of joking, but the principle is true. If you
can give people what they want, you can charge what they can pay, so aim
yourself at people who can pay the most.

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