How Do You Price Art Commissions

In the end im just going to say 5 for my overhead.

How do you price art commissions. If you bought your computer or a tablet specifically to be able to do commissions or if you pay rent on a studio just for your art maybe you need to set this price a little higher to cover those costs. If you are considering opening commissions modifying your prices or scouting for art commissions to order here are a few things to consider. So ive noticed a lot of really ridiculous prices out there for commissions especially for point commissions.

Dont forget to add up the cost of all your supplies and framing and add that to the price of the work. How long does it take to sell a picture in a fine art auction. Usually extra people is an extra half of the price for one.

It can take 3 8 months to sell a painting in a specialist auction because the larger auction houses often only have two sales a year with long lead times. And a common problem is not having enough good pieces to show. People who buy art do it.

Theres a good chance that if you sell through a gallery you will get 50 of the sale price. They often charge storage if you do not collect you item on time. Retail prices vs wholesale prices.

In order for you to do commissions you need artwork that you can show your potential clients. If thats the case your selling price at the gallery should be around 1000. Lets say you set your art commission prices around 500 a piece.

Keep in mind that some commissions may sell for 30 but others could sell for 200 based on complexity. If you know how much you need to earn youll be able to calculate how much you need to charge for each piece and how many commissions youll need to do per month to achieve your income goals. And a gallery that does this well deserves the commissions they charge.

If you would not offer your art for under a dollar do not offer your commissions for under 80 points. You might offer a variety of prices for head and shoulders 34 and full figure portrait. Headshot 1 image.

When you set your prices always remember the difference between gallery prices and artist prices. 80 points 1. Often i see younger artists and even those who should not make this mistake have 1 of each piece for the format of commission they do.

Suppose you hook up with a higher markup gallery like that. If you are just getting started with art commissions or do not have time to spare looking through dozens of artists styles you can go through our artist finder. A problem in the community have you ever seen an artist on deviantart that has huge amounts of demand for their work because of how cheap it is.

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