Alice Burnette completed her first commission in junior high school. After the school secretary bought one of her pencil collages of horses that was on display in the office for $100, her homeroom teacher asked her to draw that teacher’s own horses. A professional artist was born. These days, commission work keeps Alice quite busy as she takes on one assignment each week, doing pencil sketches of children and pets as well as watercolor pieces. She charges about $100 to $200,