I’m doing a drawing on canvas & am doing the basic drawing with pencil & have made mistakes & can’t remove them!
In the past I have used methylated spiritbut don’t have any right now.
Anything like household stuff anyone knows of I could use now please (eg vinegar etc, I need to finish it 2nite? Thank u.
Thank you Kaida, very good idea, will try it out!
PS. if the canvas ends up wth holes in it, I won’t blame you!!!
Rhyme, thank you, u r right but I’m doing a copy of sth & it’s not an original!

Somtimes vinegar. Or a little bleach, only a TINY bit on a q-tip tho.

I’m a young photographer. I have a Nikon D60, a flash, a 55-200mm lens and am getting some collapsible reflectors. I have a real gift for the art, and know how to get professional looking photos. I have never done work for money, but thought about sending a news letter out to let people know that I’m available to do portraits.

How much should I charge and on what basis, hour, prints or both?

Thanks.

Most portrait photographers charge a "sitting" fee … $350 is not unusual and include some little package of like five prints in various sizes … the shoot can guarantee from 12 to 24 images to choose from and then any additional prints are billed at the going rate in your marketing area.

As a business and marketing tool, you will want to call all the professional studios in your area and see what they are charging … then charge the same and for a few months publish a % off coupon with your advertising and news letters.

Later when you start paying the fixed and variable costs needed to run a studio and have to plan on recapitalization of your equipment every 18-24 months, you will not be broke most of the time. Buying two new camera bodies every 18-24 months has to be planned for in advance and your pricing structure has to include those costs.

I have paintings that I would like to have posters made of so I can sell the posters. What is the process for doing this? How much does it cost?

ArtWanted does prints from paintings for its members and even sells them for you. I’m not sure if they do poster-sized ones or just how big they go. But you can check it out for yourself.
http://www.artwanted.com/ps/join/

I’m an artist looking for a way to sell my art for extra money. Does anyone know the proper way to get a show or be part of a show at an art gallery?
Is there any protocol and any does and don’ts? Thanks!

Frame your pictures. Then photograph them and load the photos into the computer and/or make slides. Then call or visit galleries and show them slides, a web page or a cd depending on what THEY tell you to do.

That’s how you do it.

Have a large stairway that really needs some decor. Have chosen some beautiful prints but all are rectangular. The space would certainly be more visually pleasing if oval frames were used. Problem is, professional custom framing will cost an arm & a leg (multiple times the price of the prints themselves). Have found reasonably priced ready made frames for DIY but would like a clean & professional look. Any help would be appreciated.

If you look around, you can find pre-made frames that are oval, with the white paper backing and a rectangular opening for the print. If you cant find one, they are simple to make.

1) buy a larger than you need oval frame
2) buy some thick white (or whatever color) cardstock( larger than the size of your print)
3) Cut a whole in the cardstock for your opening for your print
4) cut the ‘outside’ of the cardstock to fit in your oval frame

Easy way to do this would be to take out the backing of the frame, and trace onto the cardstock for cutting the outline. Then, on the back of the cardstock, trace your print and cut out your opening.

I hope this makes sense, it really is pretty simple to do, and can be very inexpensive, plus, you’ll get the satisfaction of doing it yourself!!

I live in Guatemala. Here people have a passion for painting things white, including rocks, telephone poles, curbs, and tree trunks. They paint with a lime solution that looks like white paint but rubs off on everything. I don’t like the way it looks, I prefer to leave rocks and trees natural, but I am told that it is necessary to paint about a meter up on all tree trunks "to protect them from bugs". I think the gardeners just want job security. And I have yet to figure out why cement telephone poles need the same protection.

The method of painting tree trunks here in the U.S. is called
"whitewashing". It is mainly done to protect the trunks of trees from "sun scald". If it is a lime solution, then it is being used as a "preservative" of wood. The white paint, as you know, will "reflect" the sunlight, helping to protect the trunk. A trunk that has been damaged from the high temperatures of sun scald will be more susceptible to disease and insect attack. The white paint also gives an orchard a "clean" and even appearance. As far as the white painting of the rocks and telephone poles in Guatemala, I can only assume that it is for visibility purposes. By painting things white, it allows for better visibility to motorists at night, keeping them from "smacking" into them.. Hope this answers your question…

…$Billy Ray$

So I ended up buying (due to rush) a watercolor board for an intended acrylic painting…since they’re both thinned with water, is is safe for me to use acrylic paint on a watercolor board?

Yes, you can use acrylic on most surfaces including watercolor paper/board. Good luck on the project!

I am painting an oil painting and I did the beginning sketch with pencil. Now the pencil marks are showing through the oil paint. How can I fix this?

I agree with the first two answers.

In the future, it can be fun to let the pencil marks show through on purpose. But if you do this, you have to make sure it looks intentional. One or two stray oencil marks in odd places won’t look intentional

I do professional work, so I would like to get a professional camera to document my paintings. I was referred to the Canon Rebel XS, but I’m not sure. It seems a bit too pricey. Any suggestions?

As long as you have a solid 7-8 megapixels, you can really use any point and shoot camera. The key to getting good images of your paintings is having a tri-pod and a good lighting situation.

I use a pretty basic point-and-shoot Olympus camera that cost maybe $250 and has about 8 megapixels. In bright, diffuse light with a tripod and no flash, I can take very good, very clear pictures of my work which are suitable for reproduction. I use these images in creating my prints even.

Having a nicer camera is certainly a good thing to have as an artist, but just for shooting your work, you really don’t need anything fancy.

Rose
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