You're so sweet. <3 <3 <3
The one in question (PhoenixFall) isn't a painting exactly...it's a drawing, done with oil pastels (which are shaped like chalk, but oily and smooth like crayons, but...well, basically crayons for adults. lol)..you can do a -lot- of really cool things with them (the good ones, at least...and Nate gave me good ones!!!) like blending and stuff..and the ones I got you can even mix with water to essentially make them high end water colours and stuff. All the blending in that piece I did with my finger, though. No water yet...Cause it's on tracing paper, so it's very thin and fragile. That's why it's important for it to be framed. Sticking it on a wall by itself would possibly ruin it.
Framing is generally good for my stuff cause most of it is on various forms of paper. Canvases are so expensive, especially the big ones that I like to use. One day when I have some money to invest in my art I'm gonna get a staple gun, some wood frames, and a roll of canvas and just make my own...doing it oneself can take the cost of each canvas down a whoooole lot, and thankfully my teacher in high school taught me how to stretch canvas myself. I can even take the cost down even more by buying untreated canvas cloth and putting primer on it myself, but I think it'd cost at least like 100 bucks to get all the supplies (buying in bulk is so nice. lol)
I'm hoping to get this job situation lined out asap. Once I do, I can afford to at least buy a canvas here and there, some better paper, and some more paint...my good stuff is running low >.< and in art it really is important to use good supplies, cause it's much easier to produce fine work with better supplies. It's just like trying to produce photoshop quality work with a cheaper photo program. Just not gonna happen (I've tried. lol).
For you I'd like to do a bigger piece, though. I've not tried the oil pastels on my 18x24 large paper yet, though...it's not as smooth as the tracing paper (which is why I used it in the first place)...but there's another option. When I get a couple dollars I could buy some illustration board, which would give it not only smoothness, but also thickness so framing would become more optional.
http://disposableheroine.deviantart.com that's my gallery. I'm not really sure how much they pay for the prints, but my gallery isn't set up for many of them yet anyhow. You gotta submit hires images for that...mine is more of just a show gallery still. If I ever get more interest on there in prints I'll start uploading hires (there's an option for people to click to show that they want a print of a particular piece...I don't think I've gotten any so far) but if there's something of mine that you'd want a whole lot and be unable to pay a lot for I can easily upload a hires just for you so you can purchase a print through them.
You get more money from prints there if you buy a premium account, cause then you can set your own prices. With a free account like mine they only allow you to use their preset prices, which means you don't get as much since they're fairly cheap.
Lemme get through today (2 classes..ugh...9 hours at school!) and i'll do some research...and finally respond to your emails. lol I gotta finish this damn 3d work though...gotta get to school and print this ho out and mount it and everything for critiques tonight. And at some point write my fucking outline for human sexuality, so I guess I should do some basic research on my paper, too. lol
Thanks.
Here's the short version of the ten year old story. Me & 13 classmates spent 16 weeks on studying music and architecture combined together, plus a building program site layouts for the school of music evoled from studying different culture's music & musical forms. I had The Japanese Koto string instrument presentation followed by creating a washtub bass... record and preform this instrument in public.8) Next, a bunch of desk crits on material study & our presentation technque.
. I learned allot from her class, we busted our ass for her. 
) heh. That's awesome. I can't wait to see what else you'll make. I love presents, it can be a little housewarming gift! I've been thinking though, about once I get a steady income/job, I want you to help me put some stuff on my walls 
because I love your stuff and what I've seen you can do! And I don't like you just eating ramen noodles! E-mail me your thoughts when you can. Or post 'em, whichever. 
But I'd need enough buyers, every single month, to cover rent, which ain't gonna happen. Potential buyers and actual buyers are two different concepts. heh.