Commissioning an original encaustic
painting isn't difficult, just tell me what is it you want and
I'll tell you if I can do it.
If I can't, I'll tell you why and we'll see if we can work a way
around the bit that's causing the problem.
Here are some guidelines to help you decide.
Size
I don't like painting big.
OK, be honest -
I ONLY paint two sizes, 4" x 3" which fits an 8"
x 6" frame and 6" x 4" which fits a 10" x
8" frame.
Design
There are some things I
can do with an iron and some things I can't (like ironing shirts).
Have a look at the backgrounds in my paintings and decide which
bits you like most in them. My paintings are made up of various
patterns which can be put together in lots of different ways.
Put your design together from things I have already done and there
shouldn't be any problems.
If I've done it once I can do it again. If you like the sky in
one painting, the hills in another and the fence from a third,
tell me.
For those of you with ideas of your own, if I can do it, I will,
but if it works well, bits of it will probably be repeated in
other paintings.
Well, where did you think I got my ideas from?
Colours
Any you want. The colour
of a painting depends on which colour waxes I pick up. If I haven't
started it, I can pick up any colour. Mind you some colours go
better together than others.
A general idea of colour is best ie don't say 'blue'; blues to
green or blues to purple, gives me more to work with and you are
much more likely to get a picture that fits where you want to
put it.
Figures
The figures in my originals
are all silhouettes either solid black or solid white. This is
because I can't draw. Paint with an iron, yes: draw, no.
Silhouettes are solid, you don't need internal detail ie I can
trace round a photograph and use that. If you want a figure in
that I have used before, great, I will have a copy of it somewhere.
All I have to do is find it.
However if you want something that I haven't used before, I have
to find a photograph of it, that looks right in silhouette. Sometimes
that isn't as easy as it sounds. If it is going to take a while,
I'll tell you. If you have one you want me to use, send it.
The only time a coloured figure appears in any original, is when
I hand colour one drawn by someone else.
Normally I use rubber stamps, but if you have drawn something
you want me to use. Send me it. In this case it is your
drawing, the idea may appear again but your drawing will not.
Time Scale
It usually takes 2-3 weeks
for me to get sorted and do an original for someone. Delivery
time after that will depend on where it is being sent. If you
need a painting by a certain time, tell me, if I can't get it
to you by then, I'll tell you before I paint it. Then you can
decide if you still want it done.
Presents
If you want something done
as a present for someone, I'll put on the back that it was painted
for them, just give me their name, and please spell it right.
Usually I just sign the back of the painting and the mount.
It can also be posted straight to them without a receipt, I'll
send you that separately.
View Before You Buy
Once I've done your painting,
I'll e-mail you a small copy (or stick it on a web page for you
to go and look at, if you would rather). You can see it and confirm
that you want it. Then I'll post it.
If you don't like it, say so, explain why and I'll repaint it,
hopefully correcting the bit you don't like.
Presentation
All my originals come in
standard size black bevelled mounts.
They don't need to be taken to a framer, you can frame it yourself,
using a standard photograph frame.
Prices
I don't charge extra to
paint a picture especially for you, the prices are the same as
for any other of my originals.
I price on size, it's easier than explaining my time for each
painting.
A 4" x 3" original in an 8" x 6" mount will
cost you £14.99 mounted
A 6" x 4" original in a 10" x 8" mount will
cost you £29.99 mounted
Plus postage of
course.
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Payment
I don't want full payment
until you are happy with your painting, but I do want a deposite
before I start it.
It goes like this -
You decide you want a painting done.
You order it, explain to me what you would like, if I can do it,
you pay a deposite.
I paint your picture.
I e-mail you a small copy or stick it on a web page for you to
go and look at, if you would rather.
You have a look at it and decide if you like it and confirm that
you want it. If you don't, you explain why and I change it or
repaint it.
Once you like it, I send you a bill for the balance.
You pay it and I post it.
Order
e-mail me with the details of what you would like,
the size you want and any time limit.
If I can do it, we'll sort out your deposite and take it from
there.
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