Giclee prints are an inexpensive alternative to buying introductory oil paintings.
A giclee print can much be printed onto canvas and an artist can besides embellish it with touches of oil dye to deed texture and deed, manufacture each print unique.
Instructions
1.Acknowledged and amateur artists in agreement generally generate commencing oil paintings that they could sell lousy with copies of. Not wanting to invest the eternity or process in portray multiple copies, many artists hold eminent genius giclee prints false of their autochthonous office. A giclee print is prepared using a able grade inkjet printer, which produces copies that accept all the hues and tonalities of the genuine delineation.Take a high resolution photograph of your oil painting. Try to take the photograph in natural light so that you do not need to use a flash and the colors in the painting are not altered by artificial light. The higher the resolution the more detailed your giclee prints will be. To make the best print, a printer will generally want a photograph with the minimum of 100dpi and 800 by 1000 pixels.
2. Save a copy of your photograph in raw format to your computer or to a portable flash drive.
3. Find printers in your area that specialize in producing giclee prints. Ask to see samples of their work and do cost comparisons.
4. Select the printer you want to use and provide him with a high resolution copy of the photograph.
5. Choose the type of material you want your copies printed on. Heavy art paper, canvas and fabrics work well for prints of oil paintings.
