Do Paintings Sell at Art Fairs? - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBMar 16, 2005 · I also see paintings that don’t sell at all. There are two fine art festivals that I can highly recommend. The first is the Nothern VA Fine Arts Festival in Reston, VA, and the second is Art Baltimore in Baltimore, MD. Both are very selective about the quality of the art that is juried into the show.
Need info on W&N griffin alkyd fast drying oil paints??
WEBNovember 6, 2006 at 12:17 pm #1077372. Brian Firth. The Griffin Alkyds dry to the touch in about 24 hours. They become tacky after about 2-4 hours. They perform very similar to oil paints with a little more drag. With a little Liquin Original added to increase the flow they perform almost exactly like traditional oils.
Best Selling Canvas Size - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBSeptember 23, 2014 at 9:26 am #1211683. Use Her Name. The 30×40 inch size is really nice. I don’t like painting on canvas less than 30×30 or 40×40. I have sold more of those than any smaller size, but only in galleries where someone picks them up. The size of house really depends on the audience, really.
Blending Colored Pencils - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBNovember 6, 2019 at 7:45 am #903288. armanf266. The best way to blend colored pencils is to layer over and over utilizing different colors until you get your desired smooth result. A light hand and patience will give you a fairly good product. I only have experience with Prisma Colors and they work best when you layer.
Variable Lightfast Rating for FC Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils ...
WEBAug 23, 2015 · Also, that’s a nice looking crawdad. Not sure the size of it, but when we were kids my brother would catch the smaller version in the creek by grabbing them behind the pinchers. Sometimes, he wasn’t fast enough, and they’d pinch his fingers and hang on. He learned the hard way that crawdads don’t let go until they want to . . . lol
Need advice on creating monoprint using watercolour
WEBMar 3, 2010 · Hi Brian – there are a couple of ways you can do a monotype/monoprint with watercolour – you can use a thin layer of dish soap, either on glass, plexi, or mylar (I like mylar). Let it dry completely, then either: 1. put on some watercolour and print it before the watercolour dries (you have to register your paper/mylar), and do a next layer ...
Roche pastels - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBAuthor. Posts. February 22, 2012 at 9:25 pm #989384. SherryC. Good news. Roche is making half sticks in a limited number of sets. The Fine Art Store carries three sets of three and one 12 piece set. The 3 piece sets cost $ 29 and the 12 piece set is $99. I had a balance with PayPal so I ordered some.
Cleaning hands while oil painting - WetCanvas: Online Living for …
WEBFeb 14, 2017 · It does not need to be rinsed off with water either, it has little pumice exfoliating things in it and you can just wipe it all off your hands with a paper towel or a rag. Works much better than soap and water in any situation. I get it from Wal Mart. 0. February 14, 2017 at 7:15 pm #1265939. LoganArt.
The perfect impasto medium - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBApr 23, 2017 · With respect to drying time, a hazelnut size glob will be pretty dry in a week’s time, perhaps faster – the tube claims it speeds up drying, but I haven’t done any tests on this. And the medium is fairly inexpensive (about £12 for a 200ml tube, if memory is right). 0. June 4, 2017 at 10:59 pm #1268661. Docpro.
Lightfast Pencils - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
WEBSep 14, 2008 · Royal Talen’s Van Gogh colored pencils were the first cp’s ever produced (before the CPSA test began) that do live up to light fast tests – though I think now these pencils are hard to come by in the states. Prismacolor has the Lightfast-Premiers range. Derwent has the Studios.