Q: If I submitted a picture, what are the chances of it getting used (if it follows all the guidelines)?
A: I don’t know! The thing about painting is that it is actually pretty slow work, sometimes painstaking, and definitely not something I am willing to rush. I’ve currently started three paintings (more about this in the next update) and I plan to start another two in the next two weeks. So that’s five for June and July, maybe one more if things move quickly, and then probably another five-six for the next couple months. I think at most I’ll be doing around 15 paintings by November, which is when the school component of this project is over. I’ll keep working on this project after that, but I’ll also be working on other things, so I don’t know what kind of pace I will keep. My goal is to have at least a gallery’s worth of work by the time I finish.
So, if I’m capping the total submissions at 100, painting maybe 20 portraits total, and maybe 20 of those 100 submissions don’t follow the guidelines, then probably you have about a 25% (1 in 4) chance of being painted.
