There seem to be a lot of Kurt Cobain fans out there, so I did a painting this time…

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Benjamin Vincent(from france) with the gracefull
help of Marleen…

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http://www.myspace.com/jeroenvanvalkenburg for more info. Slideshow of oil-paintings by well-known Dutch artist Jeroen van Valkenburg. He has made album/cd covers for bands such Immortal, October Tide, Stalaggh, Mystifier, Bal-Sagoth, Diabolical Masquerade, Black Death etc. His work is inspired on ancient Viking / Celtic / Germannic myths and sagas and his own subconsciousness. website: http://www.jeroenvanvalkenburg.nl/

These paintings were made by a friend of mine, if you want to contact him, just send me a message.

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What do you call large portraits where individual pixels of the portrait are actually smaller photographs? I’ve seen this only a few times recently in magazines. For example, the large portrait is of a person but each pixel of this portrait is actually a smaller photograph.

Just to clarify, its not each pixel that is a smaller photograph but a smaller region of the image. Usually, the smaller images are a small set of pictures that are randomly repeated throughout the larger image, with a color cast added to each picture to match the color information of the part of the large image.

When viewed from far, you’re seeing the general color cast of the smaller image but can’t make out the details, so it merges to form a large image.

This needs to be done by a computer so it can randomly arrange the photos and color them appropriately.

If you want more info, history, and a link to the software necessary to create photomosaics, look at the provided wikipedia link.

You know when you go into theaters, and you see these posters in a frame, showing movies playing or coming to theaters? What are they called?

They’re called posters.

A college buddy of mine in the past created 3D Virtual Art Gallerys for artist at school. We placed them on business card sized CD-Roms. The artists were allowed to walk around their gallery similar to a video game. They gave them out to friends and buyers. Is this something I should pursue again or is this idea unpractical and a waist of time?

i really haven’t thought of this kind of thing…i think it is a good marketing ploy for you and your buddy, i don’t think it is any thing but an added expence to an artist with questionable results…but then again i’d have to see what it was exactly…

I’ve done an original picture but i want to sell prints and hang onto the original. I’d like say 500 limited edition prints. Where can i find a company and how much does it cost?

This is something i as an artist have looked into…

from what i can find, there are numerous ways to do this.. but depending on the finish of the print you want.. eg on quality paper? or on a canvas etc.

the first step is to get a high quality scan of your work… you will find somewhere locally with a huge (depending on scale of your work) scanner. it is paramount to get the highest quality scan you can.

Then once you have this, youll need to source a print house.. i wouldn’t be tempted to use the cheap tshirt/ cheap canvas printers… id go a little more upmarket and pay a bit more.

you will need to assess the cost of each print… and work out if it is feesible to make money on them. Dont forget that just cos you print 500 that you will sell 500, because you wont… but think of it as the long game… over time it might give u a nice little income.

also i would suggest that you say have ten printed at a time, and number and sign each one you sell. but keep a note of numbers. also worth remembering is that if it is a popular print that the early numbers are more sought after.

hope this helps,

would be nice to see the painting your intending to print!

Adam,

I have a calender and the footnotes say oil paint, original mouthpained by…or watercolor, original mouthpainted by…
Does this mean that the artist literally put a brush in their mouth and painted? Is there a famous group that does this or is it just a style of painting? The paintings are all unigue and have numerous styles, but they all say they were mouth painted. Anyone have any knowledge of this?

Usually a mouthpainting is done by a quadroplegic (spelling probably not right) that actually paints with their mouth. Or someone who has no arms or is paralyzed. And YES there is a group of physically challenged painters who do this. Part of the proceeds to to help their organization. Most of them are really talented.

I am considering taking a class and I only have watercolor brushes. I was wondering if it would ruin them if I use them.

You can but I would not advise it!
I’m a professional artist and I have three sets of brushes. One set is for watercolours only, the second set is for oils only and the third set is for acrylics.
I do not intermix the brushes as the mediums do get into the brushes well up and into the ferrule where the hairs are collected and held. Once you have oils in them it does not come out and it will not work as well in a watercolour situation because the strands are wider than the brush would be if it was only used in watercolour. The pigments and binders of the different mediums do have an affect on the bristle/hairs of the brush. If you have watercolour brushes then leave them for watercolours only. Do not use those brushes on acrylics. Acrylic is a polymer plastic, the medium will get into the bristles and hairs inside the ferrule and it will ruin the brushes for watercolour. I don’t care how much or how hard you clean them after wards, the brushes will not be as effective with another medium.

I have an old oil painting my grandmother painted. The painting is more than 75 years old and is looking very dark and dirty. There are also a few scratches and a hole in the canvas.

I live in South Carolina. Does anyone know of a nearby restorer that could make this painting look like new again?

I found an oil painting restorer in South Carolina called "The Paint Doctor" (oilpaintingdoctor.com). I don’t know if this is near you. The artist will restore paintings that are shipped via insured mail or you can drop the painting off. You can also send in digital photos to the artist for a preliminary estimate so you can find out what you are getting into before you ship the painting off somewhere.

I had a painting restored recently that hung over the family fire place for years. It had gotten very dark from smoke so you couldn’t see the picture very well. I thought the painting was ruined. I had a local restorer clean the painting by carefully removing the old dirty varnish. The process was done without removing any of the original paint. The process made the painting look like it originally did many years ago. I guess that is why they call it paint restoration rather than just plain cleaning. The process removes accumulated dirty with out changing the original work of the artist. I think you will be very please if you find the right restorer to clean and patch your grandmother’s painting.