"Bill DeWitt" <bde### [at] cflrrcom> wrote in message
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>
> "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.
>
Thanks Bill, I'll give it a try.

- Nekar


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