Matting Rip Off!

For one of my assignments for my students I asked them to paint some architecture. Here is my painting. Hope to get it matted soon. I am really frustrated on how expensive it is to mat a painting. If I was only better at it. Maybe I should learn to paint to standard sizes. Then I could buy pre-cut mats. $33 for this small painting. Do you think I am getting ripped off?
It's a good thing I have the frame already.

Well, you can see how hard it is to make a living being an artist.

Tuesday Ladies

My Tuesday Ladies painting cows. We have a lot of fun. They will paint anything I tell them too. They are getting so good that they really challenge me to keep ahead of them.









This is Rainy's Cow








Chris's Cows for her grandson.














My Cow not quite finished.

I am looking forward to many more painting classes together. See you in April.