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The best solution for many artists is to select a pricing formula that works well for your art form and is a good fit for the stage of your career. A formula can simplify your life, plus makes it easier to explain your prices to potential buyers.
FORMULA 1: Square Inch × Dollar Amount
Artist Daily contributor and professional artist, Lori Woodward multiplies the size of her painting - in square inches - by an appropriate dollar amount. Art consultant Maria Brophy and her husband, artist Drew Brophy, use Lori’s technique to price his work. To get the square inches of a painting, multiply the width of the work by the length. Next, multiply this number by a dollar amount that makes sense for your reputation and credentials. Then round to the nearest hundred. Finally, double the cost of your materials and add it to the square inch dollar amount. This accounts for the 50% commission galleries usually take to sell your work. But, if you don’t sell from galleries, don’t account for gallery commission.
Emerging artists should consider pricing their art at more affordable rates, while established artists can charge higher rates. Lori charges $6 per square inch. She started off with a $2-$3 range when she was selling at outdoor art festivals and increased the dollar amount once she started working with galleries. Make sure to not outprice your buyers, though. With larger paintings, Lori uses a smaller dollar multiplier.
Example for a painting with a width of 18 inches, a length of 24 inches, a square inch multiplier of $4, and a material cost of $100:
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(18 in × 24 in) = 432 square inches
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432 square inches × $4 = $1,728
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Rounded to $1,700
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$100 × 2 = $200
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$1700 + $200 = $1,900
FORMULA 2: (Hourly Wage × Hours Spent) + Cost of Materials
Your price should reflect the money and time you put into creating it. This formula ensures you are being paid for each hour you work and are covering the cost of your materials. It is an especially good formula for artists who are just starting out. When deciding on an hourly rate, look to see what comparable artists are charging for their art. If you use this formula and your price is much higher than theirs, consider lowering your hourly rate.
Example for an artist who charges $20 an hour, works for 15 hours to complete a piece, and spends $100 on materials:
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$20 × 15 hours = $300
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$300 + $100 = $400
FORMULA 3: (Height + Width) × Multiplier
Melissa Dinwiddie, an artist and author of the blog Living A Creative Life, recommends linear inch pricing if you have paintings of many different sizes. On a guest post for The Abundant Artist, she explains that it’s a good approach because it’s very simple for buyers to understand. Square inch pricing can be confusing with a range of sizes. For instance using a multiplier of $2.50 per square inch, your smallest painting (4 × 4 inches) will be $40 and your largest painting (32 × 32) will be $2,560. That can be hard to explain to a potential buyer and could put them off. Linear inch pricing is a lot simpler to follow.
Example for a 4 × 4-inch painting at $20 per linear inch:
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4 + 4 = 8 linear inches
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8 linear inches × $20 = $160
Example for a 32 × 32-inch painting at $20 per linear inch:
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32 + 32 = 64 linear inches
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64 linear inches × $20 = $1,280
Pricing Your Art Consistently Pays Off
Pricing your work consistently comes with a wealth of benefits. It allows you to build credibility and establish an excellent reputation among buyers and collectors. Buyers like understanding how art is priced. It will also keep you in your gallery’s good books.
Want to Know More? Check out Why it Pays to Price Consistently.
CBSE Class 6 Mathematics Mensuration MCQs Set B with answers available in Pdf for free download. The MCQ Questions for Class 6 Mathematics with answers have been prepared as per the latest syllabus, NCERT books and examination pattern suggested in Standard 6 by CBSE, NCERT and KVS. Multiple Choice Questions are an important part of Term 1 and Term 2 exams for Grade 6 Mathematics and if practiced properly can help you to get higher marks. Refer to more Chapter-wise MCQs for NCERT Class 6 Mathematics and also download more latest study material for all subjects Class 6 Mathematics students should refer to the following multiple-choice questions with answers for Mensuration in standard 6. These MCQ questions with answers for Grade 6 Mathematics will come in exams and help you to score good marksMensuration Class 6 MCQ
Class 6 Mensuration MCQ Questions with Answers
- a) Rs.500
- b) Rs.60
- c) Rs.5000
- d) Rs.10
Answer: Rs.500
Question: What is the area of the rectangle whose side are 5 cm
- a) 15 cm
- b) 25 cm
- c) 20 cm
- d) 10 cm
Answer: 15 cm
Question: The shape of your class blackboard is
- a) rectangle
- b) square
- c) triangle
- d) parallelogram
Answer: rectangle
Question: What is the perimeter of a regular pentagon whose each side measuring 5 cm
- a) 25 cm
- b) 15 cm
- c) 20 cm
- d) 10 cm
Answer: 25 cm
Question: What will be the distance covered by Shalini by taking three rounds around a square park of side 2 cm
- a) 24 cm
- b) 6 cm
- c) 12 cm
- d) 18 cm
Answer: 24 cm
Question: Area of which figure is length x breadth
- a) rectangle
- b) square
- c) isosceles triangle
- d) equilateral triangle
Answer: rectangle
Question: The amount of surface enclosed by a closed figure is called its
- a) area
- b) perimeter
- c) flat surface
- d) interior region
Answer: area
Question: The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is
- a) side + side + side
- b) 3 + side
- c) side + side
- d) side x side x side
Answer: side + side + side
Question: The perimeter of a square is
- a) 4 x side
- b) 4 + side
- c) side x side
- d) length + breadth
Answer: 4 x side
Question: The distance covered along the boundary of a rectangle is called its
- a) breadth
- b) length
- c) perimeter
- d) area
Answer: breadth
- a) 40 cm
- b) 48 cm
- c) 56 cm
- d) 32 cm
Answer: 40 cm
Question: Find the area of square having perimeter 20 cm
- a) 25 cm2
- b) 20 cm2
- c) 10 cm2
- d) 5 cm2
Answer: 25 cm2
Question: A regular polygon having n side perimeter m unit, then length of each side of polygon is
- a) m/n - I unit
- b) n/m unit
- c) mn unit
- d) Can't be determine
Answer: m/n - I unit
Question: Rectangle having length l unit and perimeter p unit then its breadth is
- a) p/2 unit
- b) p/2 + l unit
- c) l/p unit
- d) None of these
Answer: p/2 unit
Question: A rectangular floor having dimension 40m × 30m is paved with square tiles of side 5 m, find the number of tiles required.
Answer: 48
Question: If the area and length of a rectangular plot are 440 m2 and 22 m respectively, then find its breadth ?
- a) 20 m
- b) 10 m
- c) 30 m
- d) 40 m
Answer: 20 m
Question: A lawn is in the shape of a rectangle of length 80 m and width 40 m. Out side the lawn there is footpath of uniform width 3 cm. Find the area of the path
- a) 756 m2
- b) 706 m2
- c) 736 m2
- d) 726 m2
Answer: 756 m2
Question: The length and width of a rectangular field are 500 m and 400 m respectively; within it two roads of 10 metres width run parallel to both sides. Find the area covered by both the roads.
- a) 8900 m2
- b) 8860 m2
- c) 8830 m2
- d) 8800 m2
Answer: 8900 m2
Question: The cost of levelling a playground at Rs.5 per square meter is Rs. 7000. It is 20 m wide. Find the cost of fencing it at Rs.2 per meter
- a) Rs. 360
- b) Rs. 350
- c) Rs. 330
- d) Rs. 340
Answer: Rs. 360
Question: A street lane is to be paved with bricks. The length of the lane is 200 m and its breadth 15m. Find the number of bricks required to pave the lane if each brick measures 20 cm by 10 cm
- a) 150000
- b) 1500
- c) 150
- d) 15
Answer: 150000
Question: The perimeters of two square are 748 cm and 336 cm. Find the perimeter of a square whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of these two squares
- a) 820 cm
- b) 825 cm
- c) 815 cm
- d) 810 cm
Answer: 820 cm
Question: The dimensions of a hall are 40 m, 25 m and 20 m. If each person requires 200 cubic metres. Then the number of persons who can be accommodated in the hall are
Answer: 100
Answer: 300
Question: The edge of cube is 20 cm. How many small cubes of 5 cm edge can be formed from this cube ?
Answer: 64
Question: Length and breadth of a rectangle is x and y, the its perimeter is
- a) 2(x + y)
- b) x + y
- c) 2xy
- d) xy
Answer: 2(x + y)
Question: Perimeter of an equilateral triangle of side x is
Answer: 3x
Question: The length and breadth of rectangle are 10 cm and 6 cm respecitively. Its area will be
- a) 60 cm2
- b) 100 cm2
- c) 16 cm2
- d) 36 cm2
Answer: 60 cm2
Question: Area of square of side 5 cm is
- a) 25 sq cm
- b) 10 sq cm
- c) 20 sq cm
- d) none of these
Answer: 25 sq cm
Question: The cost of flooring a room at Rs. 25 per m2 is Rs.625. The area of the floor is :
- a) 25 m2
- b) 15 cm2
- c) 50 cm2
- d) 25 cm2
Answer: 25 m2
Question: The length of a rectangle having area 340 cm2 and breadth 20 cm is :
- a) 17 cm
- b) 20 cm
- c) 15 cm
- d) 170 cm
Answer: 17 cm
Question: To find the distance around the figure we find its
- a) perimeter
- b) both
- c) none of these
- d) area
Answer: perimeter
Question: The side of regular pentagon having perimeter 5x units is
- a) x units
- b) 5 units
- c) none of these
- d) 25 units
Answer: x units
Question: If the side of the square field is doubled, then its area will be
- a) four times
- b) doubled
- c) halved
- d) tripled
Answer: four times
Question: To calculate length of rectangle we divide its area by its
- a) breadth
- b) length
- c) perimeter
- d) 2
Answer: breadth
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