Hi Mark. So sorry to hear about your recent bad experience. It’s often the difficult people who do often stick in our minds rather than all the lovely ones, even though they are the majority. I have started taking commissions for house and wedding venue portraits. I do take a payment up front, partly because I’m bad at asking for money, …
Hi Mark. So sorry to hear about your recent bad experience. It’s often the difficult people who do often stick in our minds rather than all the lovely ones, even though they are the majority. I have started taking commissions for house and wedding venue portraits. I do take a payment up front, partly because I’m bad at asking for money, and as soon as I start sketching I’m likely to forget. I say up front on the website what the deal is (www.lindagaskellillustration.co.uk). When folk contact me there’s usually a few emails where we discuss what they want and they send through photos for me to work from. Once I’m happy I’ve got something I can work with I send them the invoice. When that’s paid (usually really promptly) I start work on the sketch, which they will then see at different stages. Hope that helps. I’m full of admiration for how quickly you manage to capture a likeness. When I’ve tried figure drawing at speed my images are rarely flattering!
Thanks Linda, your work is beautiful. I know what you mean about the likeness, it is tricky and often for me not putting in too much detail is the key especially when working in dark ink. For speed I work in pen straight away so it can always be a nervy time - it keeps it interesting!
Hi Mark. So sorry to hear about your recent bad experience. It’s often the difficult people who do often stick in our minds rather than all the lovely ones, even though they are the majority. I have started taking commissions for house and wedding venue portraits. I do take a payment up front, partly because I’m bad at asking for money, and as soon as I start sketching I’m likely to forget. I say up front on the website what the deal is (www.lindagaskellillustration.co.uk). When folk contact me there’s usually a few emails where we discuss what they want and they send through photos for me to work from. Once I’m happy I’ve got something I can work with I send them the invoice. When that’s paid (usually really promptly) I start work on the sketch, which they will then see at different stages. Hope that helps. I’m full of admiration for how quickly you manage to capture a likeness. When I’ve tried figure drawing at speed my images are rarely flattering!
Thanks Linda, your work is beautiful. I know what you mean about the likeness, it is tricky and often for me not putting in too much detail is the key especially when working in dark ink. For speed I work in pen straight away so it can always be a nervy time - it keeps it interesting!