Becoming a successful commission portrait painter requires much more than just painting well. This book has been developed as an adjunct to portrait artist and teacher Chris Saper's oil painting workshop, "For Love or Money: Portraiture and the Pursuit of Excellence" and provides a structure within which the portrait artist can address key business elements, including pricing, marketing, portfolio development, social media, client relations, credentialing, and presentation of original work.

Chris Saper has delivered nearly 400 commissioned portraits to clients nationwide since beginning her portrait business in 1991. The author of "Classic Portrait Painting in Oils: Keys to Mastering Diverse Skin Tones" and "Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color and Light", she has published 4 instructional DVDs, also through North Light Books. Visit Saper at www.chrissaper.com.