The Art Print Masterpiece

How to transform an art print into a canvas masterpiece. A complete step by step eBook manual. By knowing how to combine an art print effectively with canvas and artists’ materials, it is possible to create truly stunning painting reproductions. However, the know-how is rarely shared. This ground breaking PDF manual reveals the essential secrets that liberate the reader to reproduce their own favourite paintings with ease. Using proven techniques developed by the authors, high-end painting reproductions can be created on canvas with the look and feel of original paintings. This working manual is ideal for beginners with no prior knowledge, as well as artisans who want to develop their skills for creating professional quality reproductions to display in their own homes, for sale on the high street, the internet or through their own website. Every step of the process is clearly explained with step by step-by-step instructions, how-to illustrations and lots of hints and tips. Chapters are devoted to canvas preparation, print image separation, image transfer and embedding into canvas, brushwork, tools and techniques, creating the illusion of age and realism, varnishing, tools and material suppliers, picture care, canvas stretching, picture framing and selling your work. This manual is written and designed for beginners and professionals alike and includes anecdotes from the authors’ adventures into creating and selling their works, to galleries and collectors in the US, Europe and the UK.