embellishing and finishing giclée prints
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- A brief overview of techniques for embellishing, signing and finishing giclée prints. Summary of creating deckled edges, gold and silver leafing, applying textured coatings, and painting with acrylic and watercolor on prints.
Thanks a lot for the amazing video and very important information about embelishment on prints. I loved your "sky is the limit" and I feel freer now to do my art work.
You're welcome!
Great vids! Such a great analysis/explanation….thanks so much!
Great video, thank you for the information!
I have one question that I have been struggling with. I am a photo realist oil painter. I have usually started my pieces by projecting my original photographs onto a blank canvas and lightly sketching in the underpainting to get the image as close to correct as possible. I thought of an idea where I could put my photo into Photoshop and adjust it down to about 50% lighter color scale and then have a print made on canvas of the image.
I would then use the light image on canvas as a guide/underpainting to completely paint over in oil. Being that no part of the print would show through when the piece was complete would this be considered an original oil painting?
I would hate to start using this technique and have it backfire on me by others suggesting this was just a very heavily embellished print or somehow cheating!
Do you have any idea if this is a technique used by other artists or if this would be something that would be looked down upon in the art world?
Any input you or others may have on this subject would me much appreciated!
Thank you.
Lane Timothy I think since it's your photo and you painted on your canvas then it's your form of the way you want to make your art. There's nothing wrong about that. (Your techniques will likely evolve. Everyone's does.) Just begin and the inspiration will come. Feeling shame over how you do things with your original work is unnecessary. Nobody needs to "approve" of you. What they think is none of your concern. It's hard enough to modify our own thoughts, let alone the thoughts of others. Being honest to yourself doesn't mean you're on trial against every Tom, Dick and Harry. You don't have to reveal every method any more than any professional artist revealed theirs over time. Art is for you, don't feel bad if someone admires it. Get used to positive attention and realize it makes others feel good when you accept their praise. Think about how you'd feel if a cabinet maker debated you if you said, "hey, nice blanket chest" and they said, "well, I got the idea for the stain from Johny's shelves, chose different hinges than the original plan, used a different router for the edges, used barn boards instead of pine......" Hope you get my drift lol. If someone wants to buy your work cuz they'd like to see it on their wall, say thank you and pack it up nice for them:)) Who knows, maybe someday you'll turn into an abstract expressionist and you'll get to feel guilty over that! Leave the trials to the trial lawyers. Cheers from Ottawa, ON.
@@aremedyproject9569 thank you, you help me too. I mage a big print on canvas on my dear dog and I painted with oil...feel like "cheating" - Lane - after I read your comment, feel beter for me.Thanks again
i mean, ya, its cheeating if your the type that believes art has to just come out of your head. but at that point it would be cheating to also use the projector and one could say a reference immage. personally i treat paintings like music, doesnt matter what made the sound/music as long as it sounds good (to thoes who think electronic music isnt music).
im a digital artiest, some would say thats cheating lol, sometimes i even have the program paint for me if i want to do a quick effect on a photograph without spending a few hours painting on top of it. so really just do what you want.
its a smart idea too so keep at it
So helpful, thanks!
Thanks for the video I really appreciate it. If I have a print on a rag paper - I want to be able to seal it so people can lightly clean it with fly dirt and dust etc. Can you seal it like you would an acrylic painting? I guess it's just trial and error - cheers Kirsten
If it’s a giclee print on rag paper you can seal it with Golden acrylic gloss, satin, or Matte. Just brush it on, or roll it on and let it dry. I wouldn’t use a “varnish”. The Golden Acrylic clear coats do a great job of this.
Great video! Do you think a layer of acrylic medium will affect negatively the archival properties of fine art paper (cotton rag)?
One could add a coat of Daniel Smith clear watercolor ground for better watercolor results maybe
That's not a bad idea. Yes, you could do that.
Do you add a final UV clear coat on the entire canvas after embellishing? If so, what brand do you and also metal leaf will tarnish if left exposed so the coating protects it. Appreciate any info! Thank you
Good information in this video. I anticipate working with a large (24" x 36") giclee print. I'd like to achieve the effect of brush strokes to the entire piece, increase the intensity of the colors, and add a little texture/height in a few spots. Can I lightly brush the entire piece to achieve the brush strokes and gloss, then go back, after it dries and build up the texture in spots? Or, does it all need to be done at the same time?
Hello! I have a question that may be a bit unusual. I live in Costa Rica where I am about to do a large project with three stretched canvases, each 60 inches x 60 inches. The art stores here do not have any canvases that big, but the printer who makes my giclee fine art prints is able to make custom stretched canvas that size, so I am simply ordering stretched canvas from the printer to do these acrylic paintings.
I am wondering though, if there is any issue with painting with acrylics on top of the coating primer that is made for inject inks. I know people embellish giclee prints all the time, but I don't know if they do entire paintings on top of the primer used for prints. Do you know if there is any issue at all here? Should I gesso the canvas even though there is already a primer on it? Can I use acrylics or gesso on top of that type of coating?
Would appreciate any input or advice you may have. Thanks!
Nathan Miller No, there's no issue with painting directly on that canvas with acrylic. The only real issue is that it's more expensive than raw canvas.
If you really have to go that route, you might want to consider having your giclee printer make you a canvas with a digital underpainting on it. As long as you're paying giclee print prices for a raw canvas, you might as well use the process to your advantage and have the underpainting printed to save you some time and energy. We have people do this sometimes.
As far as painting on the giclee canvas, if you don't like how it feels you can always add a coat of clear matte acrylic, so you're painting acrylic on acrylic. Sometimes the giclee coating on the canvas feels a little sticky to your brush. That's because the giclee coating is meant to take ink without the ink spreading, so when you paint on it directly sometimes it feels a little sticky - the paint sticks right away.
Lastly, keep in mind that your canvas is pre-gessoed before it's stretched, so unlike raw canvas, it's not going to tighten up with a coat of gesso or by applying paint to the front side. So you need to stretch it tight to begin with.
Thank you so much for your response! I really appreciate it! Very helpful. :)
I have a question:
Q: Should we Varnish before or after texturing the printed canvas?
Hi, I have a print on canvas - before I will start to paint with oil, do I need to put some protection on the canvas or I can just paint on it? Thans
Why oil paint can add on top? Thanks
How do you sign a giclee print on watercolor paper to indicate it has been hand embellished?
What glitter do you guys usually use for this? Do you do it on your own or do you buy it off the shelf?
We just buy off the shelf giltter
For the gold leaf using gold size glue is the way to go or can I use any type of adhesive?
Sure, you can use any kind of adhesive. The trick is not getting the adhesive on the front of the gold, and on other things. But yeah, you can use different glues, adhesives...
I have a print with a tiny black dot on white that wasn't noticed before print, what material can i use to fix this drawing minimal attention to the print?
white out
Wait, what, why would you embellish with a signature if it's not your work. Did I get that right?
MzX artists embellish and sign their own prints.
Where is a good source for gllcee prints.
What's the name of the plastic looking ruler you used to rip the paper?
Look up "Deckle Edge Ruler"
who is the artist in the background, in the very beginning?
Sorry for the late reply. Was on vacation. That's Redd Walitzki. You can see her work @ www.candygears.com
Thanks for the video but I found the music distracting.
Can I embelis gilee can I then sign my name
yes of course. Rag paper is especially easy to sign and add embellishments. For photo papers gel pens work well for signing.
Audio sync is bad as is the keying
Giclee is NOT fine art 🙄
Thank you for your informed opinion on what fine art is and isn't. I'll keep that in mind.
To be specific, a giclée print is a "fine art print" created by using a specialized high resolution printer. Yes a giclée is in fact an "art print" but giclée prints stand apart with their extremely high level of quality (all depends where you get your prints done). Found this on Google 😍