It may sound poncey but

[ailbhe]

I am loving this whole living-with-art thing. There's a growing, evolving wall of art, limited only by my supply of canvases and paint (I have ordered more red; it isn't here yet; aiee!), and it's glorious. I am beginning to think I need to sell things in order to make space for new things, and fund more canvases, but I haven't figured out a pricing structure. The square ones are 8" x 8". I have no idea how to price them beyond thinking that materials probably cost about a fiver, so they need to be a good bit more than that, because of time, inspiration, using up my supply of geniosity etc. I might charge danger money for the ones I paint with a baby on one hip and Emer standing behind me on a chair, leaning on the shoulder of my paintbrush-holding arm.

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[1ngi.livejournal.com]

The print I did for the St Barnabus exhibition last week was priced at £40 (priced by my mentor not by me). But that is one of an edition of ten. The prices for the mini-prints (10cm x10cm) for the other artists ranged from £25 - £120.

I visited artist Richard Pearce http://rpearce.blogspot.com/ in the Isles of Scilly and his canvases that size were going for over £500 (but he is now getting a big following).

I've seen photographers who print onto that size canvas sell them for £65-100.

I've also seen tiny canvases painted with naive flowers etc go for around £15-£25.

It's tricky - but try very hard not to underprice yourself. Dunno if that helps.

[ailbhe]

8" x 8" round-the-corner house for £30? £40?

[beckyl.livejournal.com]

£40 definitely. Affordable but enough to be valued. And you can always discount your "list price" but you can't charge more than the list price, so higher is generally better with the proviso that if you go too high, sticker shock can put people off completely.