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Debra Jones · 02-09-2007, 05:00 PM

Funny, Sharon, I appreciate that advice. I agree that if you put their name on it, you are not jeopardizing your own reputation as a painter.

I good friend of mine said no freelancer worth their salt does NOT have a day job! It is more important to buy the paints than buy the yacht. I have actually started seeing that half full glass the more I stopped resenting the day job. And I found the day job is slowly creeping into being economically less and less a good idea.

I was looking for a gauze glove for using with silverpoint and saw a "Photo Studio" around the corner from the Starbucks I stopped in. I entered a very quaint pack rat's den with those wonderful tinted portraits and overpaintings etc. I got involved with a long chat with this wonderful gentleman who had been making that style of photographic retouching and repainting for decades. In fact, the photo paper they used in the good old days to make it has been replaced and it is harder to get a good quality surface to paint on.

I enjoyed him telling me to get a GOOD camera and light kit and go get rich photographing weddings. He says he does it all in two rolls of film! He was a kick, but it is a family business and definitely a craft. The poor man's portrait was very very popular when I was young and has a real charm. I have thought more than once of running down there again and see how I could talk him into a freelance gig.

There are many paths.

02-09-2007, 05:00 PM	#5
Debra Jones Juried Member Featured in Pastel Journal Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Arizona Posts: 457	Funny, Sharon, I appreciate that advice. I agree that if you put their name on it, you are not jeopardizing your own reputation as a painter. I good friend of mine said no freelancer worth their salt does NOT have a day job! It is more important to buy the paints than buy the yacht. I have actually started seeing that half full glass the more I stopped resenting the day job. And I found the day job is slowly creeping into being economically less and less a good idea. I was looking for a gauze glove for using with silverpoint and saw a "Photo Studio" around the corner from the Starbucks I stopped in. I entered a very quaint pack rat's den with those wonderful tinted portraits and overpaintings etc. I got involved with a long chat with this wonderful gentleman who had been making that style of photographic retouching and repainting for decades. In fact, the photo paper they used in the good old days to make it has been replaced and it is harder to get a good quality surface to paint on. I enjoyed him telling me to get a GOOD camera and light kit and go get rich photographing weddings. He says he does it all in two rolls of film! He was a kick, but it is a family business and definitely a craft. The poor man's portrait was very very popular when I was young and has a real charm. I have thought more than once of running down there again and see how I could talk him into a freelance gig. There are many paths. __________________ http://dog-a-dayartblog.blogspot.com/ Because some people have four legs.