Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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Saturday, January 7, 2012
Until recently I have been buying and stretching my own large as well as small canvases. I always worried about the quality of the gesso, the canvas, and the method of pre stretched pre primed canvases. A friend mentioned to me several problems about the gesso flaking off on pre-stretchered canvases but had no detailed information on particular brands ,companies, or countries making them. I called Golden Paints and talked to one of their technical support persons. She suggested the following articles on problems with gesso. Above are the links .http://www.goldenpaints.com/technicaldata/AdhesionCanvas.php and
http://www.goldenpaints.com/justpaint/jp13article1.php
http://www.nea.gov/news/news08/ArtistsinWorkforce.html
The National endowment for The Arts did an interesting study a few years ago.It's about the numbers, income, distribution education and so forth of artists in America. Pay specific attention to fine artists to understand painter's survival, and income vs actors, writers, designers, and so forth Above is the link to their website and the article. I suggest you download the entire article ,and read the specifics on fine artists i.e. painters.
The National endowment for The Arts did an interesting study a few years ago.It's about the numbers, income, distribution education and so forth of artists in America. Pay specific attention to fine artists to understand painter's survival, and income vs actors, writers, designers, and so forth Above is the link to their website and the article. I suggest you download the entire article ,and read the specifics on fine artists i.e. painters.
Friday, December 23, 2011
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