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Rookie Blogger- Color Prints

03/14/2008 07:05:19 / happy

I was a black and white artist for many years. It was easy and inexpensive to reproduce onto notecards and prints.  If I included something in color, I hand colored each print.   Now I'm working IN color, and I'd appreciate any advice or direction toward advice on making colored prints of mixed media works.  Is it better to do limited editions? How many? To me, the value of an original is somewhat lost if you just continue to print hundreds of copies- so I like the idea of limited editions. 50? 100?  Should you print from originals or digital images- and with whom do you trust your originals?  What are giclees?   I know  and have used clearbags.com- and understand about archival quality, but should you always mat? Should it always be white/cream/ or black for galleries?  That's probably enough questions for one day.  I know there are other artists on this site who could also use the advice of those of you who are already successfully selling prints in addition to your originals.  Thanks, in advance, for sharing.




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03/24/2008 15:10:39

Hello!  A gliclee is a reproduction of an original made by a machine, the same as the "prints" you are talking about.  However, you should identify them as glicees or reproductions because people get confused between them and actual fine art prints/printmaking, which is what I do.

I like your work!! 

 

 

 

 



03/15/2008 15:38:46

screwed up posting the wrong link, sorry.. http://www.fineartbyrobin.com/prints/gicleepage.htm


 


 



03/15/2008 15:35:18

Hi, I actually have invested a good deal of time and money determing the best process to reproduce my paintings in order to make them more affordable and I think doing high end giclee prints pays off in the end. I am posting a link to my website that explains the print process in a basic way but if you want to know more about it please email me (not sure all of the scuttlebutt site wants to read what I could say!)


http://www.fineartbyrobin.com/index.htm 









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