FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
My pricing is only complicated from the terms of where the event will take place. My basic retail price ranges from $75 to 125 hourly. Depending on the location of the event I can work within the budget that the customer requests.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
My talent and artwork has been self training and practice. I did not achieve my sketching ability in art school. I continuously improve my style and search the internet for any other artist's expertise.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
My job at the time was in advertising and at the agency a call came in asking if we had an artist that would do caricatures at a sweet sixteen. My superior at the time knew of my interests in sketching and that I loved doing this for my co-workers. He then asked me to help the person out and maybe I would be interested in sketching at the party. I accepted without knowing what to charge and so on. At the party I was approached by another prospective customer wanting my business card. I then proceeded to give her my phone number and the rest is history...I have been sketching for over forty years at all kinds of events. I started back in 1967 and decided that is was going so well, I established full time in 1980.