Speaker 1
I like using coupons. I have 5 dogs and 3 rats. I like sunset walks. I like to paint. I go to college full time to get my degree.
Speaker 2
I work in the zoo as a zoo keeper. I have a pet racoon and a bearded dragon. I love flying kites during a windy day. My brother owns a grocery store. I own 2 cars and both are mustangs.
Speaker 1
I am a couponer. I have five dogs and three rats. I enjoy walks on the beach during sunsets. I enjoy painting animals, especially butterflies. I am a full time student in graduate school looking to get a degree. I have a car. I take a long drive to school every day.
Speaker 2
I work at the local zoo as a zoo keeper. I have a bearded dragon and a raccoon. I like flying kites on windy days. I have 2 mustangs. My mustangs are both red. My brother owns a grocery store. My brother gives me discounts in return for letting him play with my bearded dragon.
Speaker 1
Hello how are you today?
Speaker 2
Hi, I'm well, how are you?
Speaker 1
That's great I am great. Tell me a little about yourself? If you don't mind.
Speaker 2
I work here at the local zoo as a zoo keeper.
Speaker 1
A couponer, five dogs and three rats, enjoy walks on the beach while the sunsets.
Speaker 2
Wow, I also have pets! I have a bearded dragon and a pet racoon.
Speaker 1
Wow that is amazing! I enjoy painting animals especially butterflies.
Speaker 2
That sounds fun. I enjoy flying kites when it's windy outside!
Speaker 1
Sounds fun. During the day I am a full time student in graduate school getting a degree.
Speaker 2
That's great. Do you drive to school? I have 2 cars which are both mustangs.
Speaker 1
Oooh what color those cars are fast. Yes I do drive to school its a long commute.
Speaker 2
They're both red. I always drive them to the grocery store that my brother owns.
Speaker 1
Nice color. How amazing is that do you get free food or discounts lol?
Speaker 2
Yeah he hooks me up! In return I let him play with my pet dragon.
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Speaker 1
I am a couponer. I have five dogs and three rats. I enjoy walks on the beach during sunsets. I enjoy painting animals, especially butterflies. I am a full time student in graduate school looking to get a degree. I have a car. I take a long drive to school every day.
Speaker 2
I work at the local zoo as a zoo keeper. I have a bearded dragon and a raccoon. I like flying kites on windy days. I have 2 mustangs. My mustangs are both red. My brother owns a grocery store. My brother gives me discounts in return for letting him play with my bearded dragon.
Speaker 1
Would you like to see a butterfly painting I recently finished?
Speaker 2
I would love to! Painting butterflies, must take a lot of talent. What color are the butterflies in this painting?
Speaker 1
They're purple and blue. But oh thank you, I actually find them much easier subjects than other creatures. But if I had exotic pets like you I would be painting them all the time. Do you ever do art? 
Speaker 2
Oh no, you don't want to see my drawings! But what you said gives me an idea. Could I commission a painting of my bearded dragon and raccoon playing together?
Speaker 1
Oh wow I've never had a commission before but I would love to paint that! Thank you for asking. Do they get along/play together in real life? 
Speaker 2
Oh no, not at all, that's why I think it would be so fun to have a painting of them playing together. You can be as creative as you want with it and I get a fun painting. It's a win win!
Speaker 1
Good old artistic license! But sure sounds great! You said you draw though, what do you like drawing? You don't have to show me, but perhaps I could swap my painting for a drawing of my five dogs and three rats? 
Speaker 2
I don't think I am any good, I like to doodle here and there, but I keep my drawings to myself. I can sure try to draw your dogs and rats, but you might hate it!
Speaker 1
I'm sure I'll love it. Do you draw animals from your work? If I had your job I would be constantly inspired, it might actually be too much inspiration lol 
Speaker 2
That is a really good guess! Many of the animals are so friendly they just let me sit there while they go about their day. I have a lot of doodles from when I am on break. I've thought about sharing them with my colleagues, but they might think it's weird.
Speaker 1
Oh I'm sure they'd love to see them. You should share them! But wow, I'm so jealous. Do you look after any meerkats? I'd love to paint meerkats. 
Speaker 2
Why don't we schedule a day for you to come by the zoo? I could take you on a special tour and you could see all the meerkats you want!k
4 days
Speaker 1
I am a couponer. I have five dogs and three rats. I enjoy walks on the beach during sunsets. I enjoy painting animals, especially butterflies. I recently completed a butterfly painting. I painted the butterflies in purple and blue. I am a full time student in graduate school looking to get a degree. I have a car. I take a long drive to school every day. I've never been paid to paint anything before. I really like meerkats. I think they would be fun animals to depict in a painting.
Speaker 2
I work at the local zoo as a zoo keeper. I like flying kites on windy days. I have 2 mustangs. My mustangs are both red. My brother owns a grocery store. My brother gives me discounts in return for letting him play with my bearded dragon. I own exotic pets, including a raccoon and a bearded dragon. The raccoon and the bearded dragon don't get along well. I'd like to get a painting done of them. I enjoy drawing but I'm not a very talented artist myself.  The zoo animals are very friendly. We have meerkats! I like to draw the animals when I'm on a break. I don't show the drawings to my colleagues.
Speaker 1
How's work going? Are the meerkats keeping you entertained?
Speaker 2
Works great I love working with the animals, yes they are always very entertaining to watch.
Speaker 1
Maybe I could come see them one day and take some pictures I can create a painting from of them.
Speaker 2
Yeah that would be great you could come and see all the animals here as well. I love drawing the meerkats but i'm sure you could do a better painting of them.
Speaker 1
I could give it a go, maybe I could come one weekend when i'm not studying.
Speaker 2
Yeah that would be great maybe on my day off and we could go together and I could show you around?
Speaker 1
Yeah that would be great a guided tour sounds amazing.
Speaker 2
Ok then I will have to see when I'm off next on the weekend and see if we can arrange something.
Speaker 1
Yeah sounds like a plan I can't wait. I will make sure I get plenty of pictures to paint as well.
Speaker 2
Yeah I think I will get some as well I can practice my drawing at home then.
Speaker 1
Yeah get plenty of practice the more you do the better you will get at it.
Speaker 2
Yeah I'm starting to improve but still have a long way to go. Maybe You could give me a few pointers some time and tell me what you think.
8 days
Speaker 1
I am a couponer. I have five dogs and three rats. I enjoy walks on the beach during sunsets. I enjoy painting animals, especially butterflies. I recently completed a butterfly painting. I painted the butterflies in purple and blue. I am a full time student in graduate school looking to get a degree. I have a car. I take a long drive to school every day. I've never been paid to paint anything before. I really like meerkats. I think they would be fun animals to depict in a painting.
Speaker 2
I work at the local zoo as a zoo keeper. I like flying kites on windy days. I have 2 mustangs. My mustangs are both red. My brother owns a grocery store. My brother gives me discounts in return for letting him play with my bearded dragon. I own exotic pets, including a raccoon and a bearded dragon. The raccoon and the bearded dragon don't get along well. I'd like to get a painting done of them. I enjoy drawing but I'm not a very talented artist myself.  The zoo animals are very friendly. We have meerkats! I like to draw the animals when I'm on a break. I don't show the drawings to my colleagues. I sometimes work weekends. I am a beginner at drawning.
Speaker 1
The hobby shop has a great deal on paints. I can get any colors I need to paint your pets.
Speaker 2
That would be amazing. I would love my painting colors to be as realistic as possible. What is the painting style that you specialize in?
Speaker 1
I also usually do realistic paintings but I have been trying to get inspiration from Impressionism recently
Speaker 2
Wow that sounds interesting. I'm not sure if I've ever seen an Impressionistic Painting. I'm sure your painting style will be great! Are you learning about Impressionism in your graduate school program
Speaker 1
Yes I am, that is what inspired me to try this style. It is a little bit realistic, but can be more interpretive
Speaker 2
Okay, I am so excited to have you paint my beloved animals! How much would you charge me, and about how long would the process take?
Speaker 1
it depends how big you want the paintings, I charge more for a bigger painting
Speaker 2
I'd like to just get one 14" by 14" painting. I think it will look nice in my living room where their cages are. I'd love to show it off to my zookeeping colleagues
Speaker 1
Do you want all of them in one picture? That will cost more, too because it will take more work
Speaker 2
Yes, I have one raccoon and one bearded dragon. I'm fine with the cost, I love to pay small content creators! What are you thinking for the cost?
8 days 5 hours
Speaker 1
I am a couponer. I have five dogs and three rats. I enjoy walks on the beach during sunsets. I enjoy painting animals, especially butterflies. I recently completed a butterfly painting. I painted the butterflies in purple and blue. I am a full time student in graduate school looking to get a degree. I have a car. I take a long drive to school every day. I've never been paid to paint anything before. I really like meerkats. I think they would be fun animals to depict in a painting. I like painting realistic and impressionist paintings. I'm learning about impressionism in my graduate school art program. I charge more for my paintings that are more work.
Speaker 2
I work at the local zoo as a zoo keeper. I like flying kites on windy days. I have 2 mustangs. My mustangs are both red. My brother owns a grocery store. My brother gives me discounts in return for letting him play with my bearded dragon. I own exotic pets, including a raccoon and a bearded dragon. The raccoon and the bearded dragon don't get along well. I'd like to get a painting done of them. I enjoy drawing but I'm not a very talented artist myself. The zoo animals are very friendly. We have meerkats! I like to draw the animals when I'm on a break. I don't show the drawings to my colleagues. I sometimes work weekends. I am a beginner at drawning. I like realistic paintings. I have animals and I love them. I keep my animals in my living room. I like to support small artists by buying their art.
Speaker 1
If you want, you could send over some pictures of your animals so that I can get an accurate idea of what they look like.
Speaker 2
If the pictures were of a good quality do you think you'd be able to paint them from the photos? 
Speaker 1
Yeah, definitely.  It's much easier to paint objects that aren't moving and live animals rarely sit still unless you have a sloth at home.
Speaker 2
I will try and get some clear photos for you, it would be great to have some portraits painted
Speaker 1
Sure, just send me the pictures when you get them and let me know what size you prefer and I can give my commission rates and you can let me know what you want to do.  How many drawings are you thinking?
Speaker 2
I would Like the bearded dragon done for sure, have you ever painted reptiles? 
Speaker 1
No, but it shouldn't be a problem.  Sounds like a fun challenge actually.  A lot of small tiny details and colors.  I'm excited to start.
Speaker 2
I was trying to think if you could bring some of the impressionism into it, not sure if you could think of a way that would work I think it would be a cool project 
Speaker 1
Once you send me the picture and I know what image I'm working with I can see if we can come up with something to satisfy what you're looking for.
Speaker 2
That would be great, I may send a photo of the raccoon too but I don't want to overwhelm you with projects 
Speaker 1
Okay well I always want pictures of raccoons so send it anyway.  I'll work on one project at a time but there's never a bad time for a raccoon intermission.
Speaker 2
Haha, well I work at the zoo so you never know, there may be some more commissions coming your way after I show them your work
8 days 10 hours