Hi Everyone

Today I completed my first ever paid drawing for someone else. I have drawn many drawings for people but never on a business aspect.

I am very proud of how it came out. Total time spent on the drawing was 14 hours.

Take a look at my album and let me know what you think!

Thanks so much!

Hi Aimee, Just had a look at your great drawing. It has lots of character and style to it. I am sure this will be the first of many commissions you will do. Just one bit of advice if I may and that is to up your paper size. If you up it to say maybe A3 you will find you will give yourself a lot more freedom to add more detail to your work. Once again great work

Hi,
Lovely job of Yoda. I saw the rest of your gallery and was impressed by the different styles you draw in. I think the person who commissioned Yoda will be pleased with your efforts.
Best wishes,
Trish

Beautiful work!

I had a peek at your gallery and I am surprised to see how wonderful your art is hun and to know you have never before been paid for your work .. its lovely ...I love the drawing you did of the dog .. the fact also that he was not posed and it was just a snap shot .

Hi Everyone,

Thankyou so much for your great comments. I really appreciate the feedback I was very nervous to take on my first commission work. I did offer him A3 however he wanted A4 so he can frame it with the photo. I am still nervous to send it off. I will be doing that tomorrow.

I guess I am pretty hard on myself when it comes to drawings. I tend to think I dont draw well enough to ask money, so it was quite a surprise to see that someone wanted a drawing.

My next commission (yes I got another one!), is a tortoiseshell cat portrait on an A3 size in graphite pencils :-) I havent drawn a cat in many years however my friend who requested the drawing is confident that I can handle it.

Any tips about drawing cats would be greatly appreciated

Thanks again for all the feedback!