Paintings/drawings of orchids

[NatalieS]

I haven't put this in the classifieds because I'm looking for general feedback at the moment and wasn't sure where to put this.

I draw and paint, and was hoping to get a bit of a commissions business going with the idea of possibly selling prints through sites like DeviantArt, or perhaps posting the original drawing/painting out to the person who commissioned it, if possible.

This is still just at the concept stage, so I was wondering if people had feedback about a process like this: would you be happy with a print and not the original if it wasn't possible to post it? What kind of turn-around time would you expect if you commissioned something? What sort of prices would you expect to pay for prints and/or originals? Would you even be interested in commissioning a painting/drawing?

Ideally, I would want to work from a source photograph provided by the commissioner. I have below an example of a recent drawing from a photo of Polystachya pubescens (source picture courtesy of Bill Hunter):



The above is an A2 pastel on pastel paper. I work in oils and acrylics, as well as pencil and ink. Not so much with watercolours, but I can if required. This is a photo of the drawing, so the lighting is a bit different from what it should be, but not too far off.

Thanks in advance!

[WhiteRabbit]

Good luck!

[Suri85]

I call this my list of sins haha. My finance was hit pretty hard this years due Singapore garden festival and the annual Jakarta Flona Fair and the local orchid complex quarterly fairs. And starting this year the Flona fair will be twice a year event, the second of this year will be held in November so my finance will be further hurting hahaha.

Here are 2014 list of sins (in no particular order):
Den bicaudatum
Den canaliculatum
Den macrophyllum Bali
Den cherry song x enobi purple
Arachnis flos-aeris
Arachnis celebica
Vanda tricolor Bali n Central Java
Vanda insignis
Vanda helvola Bali
Vanda merilli
Aerides odorata Java
Aerides lawrenciae
Phal amabilis Borneo, East Java
Neof falcata
Phal hieroglyphica
Phal corningiana
Phal venosa dark red

Those are the ones I remembered

[Suri85]

Originally Posted by Suri85

I call this my list of sins haha. My finance was hit pretty hard this years due Singapore garden festival and the annual Jakarta Flona Fair and the local orchid complex quarterly fairs. And starting this year the Flona fair will be twice a year event, the second of this year will be held in November so my finance will be further hurting hahaha.

Here are 2014 list of sins (in no particular order):
Den bicaudatum
Den canaliculatum
Den macrophyllum Bali
Den cherry song x enobi purple
Arachnis flos-aeris
Arachnis celebica
Vanda tricolor Bali n Central Java
Vanda insignis
Vanda helvola Bali
Vanda merilli
Aerides odorata Java
Aerides lawrenciae
Phal amabilis Borneo, East Java
Neof falcata
Phal hieroglyphica
Phal corningiana
Phal venosa dark red

Those are the ones I remembered

Sorry i post in the wrong post, it supposed to go to the ok admit it what you bought lately 2014 edition

[PrognatusAfera]

Hey! I know this post is old, but I've just seen it. What a lovely hand you've got! Great work.

I've never had my hands in anything to do much with drawings/paintings, so I don't feel qualified in any form to answer your questions (sorry!), but I have to say, I love the idea. I think it would be an absolutely lovely gift for an orchid enthusiast; I can see liking to get something like this done once some of my favorite orchids are mature enough and blooming.

[NatalieS]

Thank you so much for the feedback! It's really appreciated. I haven't received much on either forum I posted on - I guess people are more interested in having the actual plants than drawings of them, and I have to say, I can't really argue with that.

But when your plants bloom, PM me if this is something you're still interested in.

Thanks again!