Originally Posted by FlDebra (Post 2560769)

I think your DH is very talented. I especially liked the addition of color. I used to do a lot of painting and pen and ink. I sold my work and taught classes at home and at the community school. Pricing is the hardest part of selling your artwork. You can try different things to come up with a price, hourly rate, cost of supplies X a factor, going rate in galleries, etc.... but bottom line, you just have to find a price you are happy doing the work for and one that others will pay for it.

I can't say for sure what the sketch is worth. What details were agreed upon in the original offer? Size, medium, etc. Does it really look like the person's dog? It looks like it would fit in a 5X8 frame, judging by the pencil size. Right? Check to see what other 5X8 pencil sketches of one subject are going for. Wandering a few arts & crafts fairs would be a good place to start. That is the type work this is comparable to. Now, if he wants to get into fine art, galleries and fine art shows would be the place to compare. But I am thinking you might want to start with the art & craft fair venue. That will give a good idea of how to price.

Once I started selling for a certain price, I let the market guide me. If I was selling out quickly, I raised my prices next time out. If something did not move, I might lower it. Special orders were tougher. I would pick something comparable and then add a bit, maybe 20% depending on the price, unless it seemed particularly difficult, then I might add more.

Best of luck to you!

Originally Posted by yogurtbear (Post 2560800)

i dont want to come off as picky or miss know it all
but you asked for honest opinion and here's what i think

$45 dollars is a fair price especially if it included shipping :)

but personally i am very critical and picky when it comes to drawings
i was raised by my grandparents whom are crazy artists/professors. they are the kind of artists you would call the traditional institutionalized kind and hates "deviant" art or artists (like dada artists).
i am a "failure" by their standards
so basically here's what they would say if those drawings came from me:
"the pencil one lacks contrast. there's no depth. its just floating on the paper. too many light parts with not enough darkness to contrast. the hairs are too stiff and lacks life. the eyes does not shine nor do they capture the observer's eyes. the coloured one feels a little lost. the jacket has nice contrast and colours with the correct shades but the hair has no contrast at all. theres such a lack of contrast on the dog's face that one would not be able to tell if the dog has a muzzle or not."

but if it was up to me to buy one of those two pictures i'd take the coloured one. its much easier to draw black and white - and a lot less work and planning, if theres a mistake the eraser will fix it but its a lot harder to fix coloured drawings. i love colour in general and i think doggie drawings should always be in colour. what other way can you reflect their colourful personality :D

Originally Posted by linda44 (Post 2561074)

Thanks, the paper size is 11in by 8 1/2 in. if that helps judge the size. Drawings look better in a frame with matting so you have to leave room for that, When the matting is on, the picture part is 8 x 10. Here is the original picture for comparison.