Starting a painting business can be run on a small or large scale. Business portrait painting are still being created by artists with sandblasting or carving techniques, but today computers may be used to produce letter stencils for commercial banners, in addition to etching and silk screening techniques. Having artistic talent and training or sign-painting experience is a plus to start a painting business. You should also be able to communicate well with your customers and help them in planning a design for their sign that will best portray their painting business in unique style. Nancy Booz. a young mother and artist, has painted signs, logos, and scenes on trucks, a YMCA fitness center, and a stagecoach, to name a few. She first meets with her customers and comes up with a mental picture from the ideas given her. Then she will draw several preliminary sketches until one is approved. Booz says, “My painting business is seldom boring because I never know what I will be called to do. It’s great getting paid for doing what I enjoy!”