This post deals with a bit of a touchy subject in the art world. COMPUTERS and DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT. In these days of The Almighty Photoshop, digitally enhancing artwork is well within just about everyone’s capabilities. The true crux of the dilemma is a matter of intentions. What do you intend […]
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Here’s the best way I’ve found to photograph your own art. First, start in a room where you can block out all daylight. Even if daylight isn’t shining directly on your painting, you’d be amazed at how much it bounces off of everything else in the room, which will contaminate […]
I am often asked how I get the colors in my paintings so vibrant. Although there are a number of different things working together, the first thing I’m going to start with is the last step in the process. Photographing the painting. If you don’t photograph your artwork properly, it […]
Some artists have a self-imposed belief that using certain tools is “cheating”. They have attempted to convince themselves that working from photographs, tracing an image, utilizing a photocopier or other computer device is somehow less valid than creating art using nothing more than a brush and a good intention. Bah! […]