04/20/2008 04:02:07

Thank you so much for commenting on my site!  I feel very excited to have found encaustic art which I find a fascinating medium.  I love to let the wax take me on a journey - you just never know where you'll end up!

04/18/2008 12:23:39

Hi, Thanks for commenting on my eggshell paintings. Yup ... I can't seem to say enough about the subject :)  Your work is inspiring! - Kathy

04/17/2008 16:37:03

Thanks for visiting my page, I love trees, I love YOUR tress, If you make prints I'd be interested!

04/14/2008 06:09:15

Strange that you made the comment about native americans and the sky, the photo you refered to was taken at Lake Hefener in Oklahoma.

Thanks for the comment.

Steve B.

04/11/2008 13:03:28

Your work is well on it's way...but you may have to force yourself to put more attention into marketing...something which I never cared about...and here I sit!  I had written a longer message to you...but I think it got lost in cyberspace, because I was kicked off the sign-in thingee and couldn't make anymore wonderful and insightful sayings to anyone...so...by chance...you find it...oh...there it is!!!!!

04/09/2008 15:45:07

Thanks again for all the advice on prints (I'm trying to clean up my message box )
Just wondering if you'd mind sharing the cost of the scan/photography
to put your piece onto a digital format BEFORE they then use that image
to print the giclees. One place I contacted had a $125 scan fee- the
other had $70 fee. (+ $50 for each additional piece you had
photographed on that same day) The cost of the giclees was very
reasonable after that, and once that was done (includes color
correcting) you can print as few or as many pieces as you want. You
get a CD with that image which is also stored digitally with them, and
then a simple phone call gets you more prints. I asked about scanning
them myself, but he said they use a photographer, because a scanner can
give good DPI, but if often off on the color. It's true, the things I
have scanned to put on this site are sometimes not color true.
Photography is a much better match. Just wondering how it's done with
you- since your watercolors are often light or pale and I wondered what
process you used to duplicate that. By the way, your little mini
flower piece is Very, very nice.

Hi selliot, I may have already responded to this I dont know...but here it is again...

I pay $12.00 per professional photo, 3 or more are $10.00 each....and get it on a free CD.

My
prints vary based on image size, 8x11 paper is $12.00 each with
discount at higher qty. A watercolor artist makes my giclee prints, he
is a F/T professional artist....the quality is out of this world.

The
images I post on the net and here I take myself with a Nikon 6
megapixel digital camera, the color is only slightly off and can be
tweaked with any good photo editing software.

I use Irfan view, its a freeware product....google it.

It
just seems to me youa re being GREATLY overcharged on the scan
process....a good quality digital photo will work just fine....in my
opinion.

You need to find an artist who is making their own prints and see what they can do for you.

Dont hesitate to contact me for more questions/clarification.

Matt

 

03/31/2008 16:12:49

hey,  thanks for checking out my work.  i did that pier painting in Pawleys Island, South Carolina...it's pretty big, but i stretched the perspective a bit.  great to see your work.:)  eric

03/31/2008 06:32:52

In regards to the pictures- use blur and smudge tools from various art software-"jump" files conatantely for the best ones- let soft lines be your mindset and it will start to work.

David