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Conversations about Pricing

Sarah Finnigan

Article originally shared in November 2024. It has been reposted because part two is in the works...and because I have been asked to wait a bit longer before sharing the painting that today's article was going to be about!   This blog post is not titled “How to Price Your Art.” There are many articles of that kind on the internet, but they attempt to be prescriptive, yet applicable to all kinds of artists. They fail…

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The Argonath

Donato Giancola

July 2, 2025 - Last year I was approached by an art collector, Luca Schroeder, to see if I was interested in pursuing a new commission along the theme of The Argonath, a rendering of the Fellowship as they pass beneath two large statues flanking the River Anduin from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Given that I had not yet illustrated this moment from the novels, I was more than happy to explore and see what kind of composition and landscape we could arrive at as a solution.  As scale was a primary factor in conveying the immensity of these statues it likely meant for very small figures in the artwork. [caption id="attachment_81178" align="aligncenter" width="1227"] Abstracts, sketchbook,11" x 8.5" Watercolor Pencil and Chalk on Toned Paper[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_81152" align="aligncenter" width="1264"] Rough Drawing, sketchbook, 11" x 8.5"…

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