Questions for you artists

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I am working on making my office more custom to what I am about. Started with rod racks which should be done this week or next depending on the honey do list.

Also wanting to add some meaningful art.
Went to hobby lobby and bought a huge sheet of thick paper and started painting on it this morning w acrylic paint.

The paper is now crinkling where I put the paint. Watched a YouTube and found out you are supposed to treat your paper/ canvas in advance.

So, questions are:

  1. Can you put crinkly paper in a frame (pressed against glass) and it look ok?
  2. If no, and I redid it, would paper that is treated work or should it be done via canvas?
  3. Any recommendations on canvas or paper to use? What is your preferred treatment for that surface?
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  1. Can you put crinkly paper in a frame (pressed against glass) and it look ok?

no, it will still look crinkled and crappy. the glass will not remove those marks or make it look good.

  1. If no, and I redid it, would paper that is treated work or should it be done via canvas?

acrylic paint needs canvas, wooden painting boards, or metal. all should still be primed with gesso before paint. watercolor needs untreated watercolor paper. oil paints I could write a book on how to properly prepare surfaces for…

  1. Any recommendations on canvas or paper to use? What is your preferred treatment for that surface?

unless your being paid, buy some store bought canvas from like michaels or any craft store, or online, they come pre gessoed and ready to paint. stretching raw canvas and prepping it for paint is a pain.

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Thank you David. I really appreciate your expert information.

I am continuing to play w this picture just practice, but I think I will redo it as a canvas sometime in the near future.

That said, I cannot tell (not a trained artist’s eye) what you paint with?

Your artwork is amazingly rich in color- which I have always heard is oils and acrylics… but I seem to remember you stating you use water colors.

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Im not an artist but the imperfections in the paper might just give it a good affect. Thats what makes it art.

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my fish illustrations are watercolors, and my scenes are oil paints.

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So, I used to draw as a kid (we drove 24 hrs to Maine every summer, so I drew since there were no iPads or cell phones back then).

I have bee boxes, and I began painting them to have images on the fronts - just goofing off, but every box has something on the front. I am used to using acrylics and just painting the whole thing in one or two shebang’s. I can usually make a bee box in about 45 minutes start to finish - and yes- I know my brush strokes show that.

Bee Box- Tarpon Eye
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For this wall art, I decided to buy some fancy paper at Hobby Lobby (it was $3 for a big sheet- which I am sure has real artists groaning at my stupidity for thinking that is 1. fancy, 2. usable for what I am doing, and 3. expensive).

I am not very good, and my brush work needs a lot of help - but i like what I am getting so far.

Tarpon Art 1
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Tarpon Art 2
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Tarpon Art 3
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Edited to add- I googled “Tarpon Eye” and found a few images for inspiration.
I need to start taking pics w my own camera so I can have “authentic” angles/ images to use if I ever do any other pics since I am sure copying from the web cheapens this somehow.

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good original reference photos are definitely a must. no one can remember all the details fish have.

usually my brain remembers the overall color schemes of fish, mainly cause they can vary so much depending on their habitat. But I def use lots of my own reference photos for all those crazy little details I paint.

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