So What’s Next? A Rhino Painting At Last
Next is my long awaited rhino piece. (NOTE: This isn’t my reference photo.) That is if I can get a drawing I like done today. I had something else scheduled for painting but haven’t heard from the client so the rhino it is.
For some crazy reason (sometimes I have a hard time saying no) I agreed to do an equine portrait with a deadline of October. The client was quite eager and she assured this mare was a most beautiful mare, with the most beautiful eyes ever.. Yeah, I’m a sucker for a pair of beautiful eyes. But despite the client saying she would contact me in a couple of days to schedule me coming out to the farm or her trailering to my gallery for a photo op (the fact that she was willing to trailer the horse is why I took her desire seriously) I’ve not heard from her in a couple of weeks.
I have a small fear that she’ll call in a week or two wanting the painting done with the same time line. um . . . I will get over my inability to say no. it’s too late for that. If she’s still really serious maybe we can work something out by Christmas. But with my schedule even that may be a bit of a stretch.
Back to the good stuff. Yup I’m gonna do my rhino on suede but I plan on trying the Neocolor ll on it and see what happens.
That’s going to be fantastic. As for your client with a deadline, if she didn’t make the appointment, then you have reason to tell her no about sticking to the original deadline. You need to see the animal and have enough time to work out the portrait, not be expected to do a rush job.
Either that or come up with an ever increasing pay scale for Rush if she wants it to be anything sooner than “two months after I see the horse.” That helps as a policy for dealing with procrastinating clients.
As soon as I figure out what exactly I’m gonna do. I’ve dona a couple of drawings so far and still haven’t settled. (sigh) Thanks for the support Robert.