Painted skull

[Pygmy]

My daughter painted my 2013 black bear skull.  She came up with the design herself and painted it free hand.  Really happy with it.  Nice to have things that your kids make themselves.

[cedarriver]

 Hey now that's cool Pygmy! Tell her great job!

[Coastal_native]

That's pretty awesome.

[jackmaster]

definatly unique, she might be able to start her own little business  great job young lady

[runamuk]

very cool.....
what type of paint did she use?  I can see she topped with a clear coat but cant tell if that's standard acrylics or an oil based paint the opacity makes me think acrylic, or maybe gouache. 

[duckmen1]

Never thought I'd like a skull being painted but that's cool. She did a great job.

[bowhunterwa87]

 

[Pygmy]

very cool.....
what type of paint did she use?  I can see she topped with a clear coat but cant tell if that's standard acrylics or an oil based paint the opacity makes me think acrylic, or maybe gouache.

Said she used regular and soy based acrylic paints.

[runamuk]

very cool.....
what type of paint did she use?  I can see she topped with a clear coat but cant tell if that's standard acrylics or an oil based paint the opacity makes me think acrylic, or maybe gouache.

Said she used regular and soy based acrylic paints.

thank you....I really like what she did....

[gunnarnewt]

She's got talent! 

[Skyvalhunter]

Interesting

[Bordercop]

Very nice job! 

[bigmacc]

Very cool and i could see with her talent the possibilities could be endless.

[kodiak 907]

When will she start taking requests.  I would send one your way.  What would she charge? Nice Work

[Eli346]

Great job. I like the fur underneath it as it really adds design and the skull itself. You've got a new business going from the sounds of the replies so far. I'll be in with my next bear.

[Pygmy]

When will she start taking requests.  I would send one your way.  What would she charge? Nice Work

My daughter is happy about everyone's encouragement - thank you!  She's open to painting more skulls.  She'd like to work on a few and then decide how far to take it.  She said it took a little over 5 hours to work through the design, paint it and do the touch up work.  She's thinking $70 (doesn't include return shipping - which will only be actual cost) would be a reasonable price for the effort involved.  If anyone feels the cost is reasonable and would like to be one of the first few she works on feel free to PM me. 

[bucklucky]

That's very cool!!!

[Hawgdawg]

Nice, water base paint? and looks like maybe a clear coat. good job!

[kodiak 907]

$70 is a great price for custom paint job! IMHO She will be able to ask quite a bit more than that really soon.

[MooseZ25]

 

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

That's cool! I'd let my daughter paint some of my skulls but she's only 4yrs old...

[runamuk]

When will she start taking requests.  I would send one your way.  What would she charge? Nice Work

My daughter is happy about everyone's encouragement - thank you!  She's open to painting more skulls.  She'd like to work on a few and then decide how far to take it.  She said it took a little over 5 hours to work through the design, paint it and do the touch up work.  She's thinking $70 (doesn't include return shipping - which will only be actual cost) would be a reasonable price for the effort involved.  If anyone feels the cost is reasonable and would like to be one of the first few she works on feel free to PM me.

that's a very fair price.... I will just mention this for future reference....I know you cant sell skulls and such but if she gets serious into painting the rule of thumb I have been told is $30 an hour when pricing fine art.(I was trying to come up with numbers for a gallery for insurance values and that's the standard)  I just give mine away but its handy to have a reference for whats considered a normal pricing especially in the world of art.