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Okay, so I am going to do a picture of a woman for a wine label. I can't use anything online. Being that it's for reproduction what should I paint it on? I will be using 1-Shot plus some oil based paints. The overall size will be about 30in by 30in. The painting techniques will resemble the type that was used in 1950s advertisements, a bit loose showing the brushwork.
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Why would you use the birch plywood over a standard canvas?
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I just never got used to painting on canvas, probably just because most of my painting has been signs and related things or painting designs on wood furniture and stuff like that. Personal preference. Maybe I'd like it if I spent more time with it. The Mona Lisa was painted on poplar wood.
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I paint on canvas and panels. Sometimes on gessoed masonite or even some wood plywood panels with a fine surface like poplar or linden wood. I also paint on dibond or whatever other composite metal panel I have. Interestingly, I have developed a technique of using poster enamel to lay in the basics and then add in some oil color to add some other colors as needed into the poster enamel. I also have experimented with using hardener which does set it up super hard, but does immediately slow down the poster enamel setting up as fast as it usually does. To get good blends, I stipple with an ox hair brush, even the cheapie china bristle brushes. Then I can layer on some more transparent colors mixed with either liquin or even hardener. These upper layers are like veils of color that tend to gather up the colors a bit and make an effect that my paintings are known for (as you might remember from seeing the gallery, Alicia). I would be glad to help you out and explain further, if you need. preston@prestonmccall.com
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Alicia, if this is the original that is meant for reproduction then the size can be a big consideration. We have a lot of people that bring large pieces of art, drawings, etc. that they want to use for various reproductive, digital purposes and it always presents a problem if you don't have ready access to a large, quality, flat-bed scanner. Taking photographs of large pieces just doesn't work well for digital conversion, there is no comparison to a quality scan. So, if at all possible, I encourage people to produce things in a scannable size regardless of what media you chose. Also, you should remember that the texture of the media will be picked up in the digital reproduction and that could be a big factor in the final outcome. You may want to see the brush strokes but not the lumps and shadows of a canvas.
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Everybody has interesting answers for me to consider. But, like Gary says, it has to be large or small enough to be scanned. I'm gonna have to fins out how big a scanner any locals shops out my way have.
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Okay, I found a place nearby that has a big flatbed scanner.
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