Why Print?
WHY PRINT? By John Botton You push your chair back from your workstation and admire your handiwork. “Another masterpiece and in…
Camera Obscura
CAMERA OBSCURA Artists using photographic references have long been accused of laziness, or even worse, excelling in technical capability while lacking…
PrintArt
BEYOND THE COLOUR BAR
BEYOND THE COLOUR BARBy John Botton
After agonising over your laden pallet for hours and carefully crafting the exact colours you envisioned, you’ve finally put the finishing touches to your next masterpiece. Then, remembering that Aunt Agatha had requested a copy of the piece, you whip out your iPhone and snap a few shots. But when you pick up the prints from your local ‘Mega Store’, there’s a dull lifeless image staring back at you. The colours are nothing like what they should be. Sound familiar?
When it comes to reproducing artwork, whether it’s for record keeping purposes or print reproduction and sale, there’s a lot more to managing the colour workflow than you might think.
Paper for print
SELECTING PRINT PAPER By Randal Scott, the proprietor of Fine Art Papers, importers and suppliers of fine art and conservation papers…
Gesso
GESSO Noun - def: gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding…
More about Giclée Print
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Presentation Wins the Day
Had a rejection slip recently? According to the popular US-based online gallery, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, if artists…
Sorting white from white
WHICH WHITE IS WHICH Some would say that the most important colour choice artists make is the white they choose to…
Online Galleries
Over the last 25 years the growth of Internet and the social media have irrevocably changed the face of the modern…
Artists Easels
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