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The Components Of Oil Painting Reproductions

By Stella Gay


Paintings and simple drawings either on walls, rocks, backside of trees and the ground was among the ways of passing across a message during the ancient times. Modern writing had not been introduced by then but conveniently passed the message intended. It is therefore evident that the art of painting have existed for many years. Today it has been perfected with masterpiece art work resulting from it leading to oil painting reproductions painters.

While undertaking the reproduction, the painters have a number of considerations to put in place. It is a difficult task creating what may be termed as an original duplicate but making the reproduction similar with the original have bridged this gap. Duplicates therefore should comprise every element present in the original form color, paint job and materials used.

The same techniques used to come up with an original should therefore be incorporated in the duplicate. The reproduction therefore does not give room for use of any mechanical or electronic device at any stage of coming up with it. Photocopying and repainting an original art to ease your work is therefore forbidden. These precautions are at most cases documented at the initial painter terms and conditions of carrying out reproductions.

Simple components such as paint should not be altered. If for example an original was painted with high premium grade British oil paints, the duplicate should be painted using the same. This helps in preservation of authenticity as well as bringing up a sense of originality.

Oil paintings are done on special materials known as premium grade commercial canvas. A painter involved in reproduction may decide on cutting the cost incurred and opt on using a plain cloth which they stretch on a frame by use of glue or staples in place of canvas. This lowers the quality as the specified material is manufactured by experts of this field with the history of art work as well as with an aim of maintaining quality.

Size is also a key aspect and should be greatly considered. In no circumstances should the original painting size be altered. All the dimensions should be replicated on the duplicate. This ensures that every element of the reproduction is transferred as it originally was. Size can also be easily used to distinguish an original and fake so it is important in maintaining a silence sense of originality.

Making a duplicate does not mean that the painter has the go ahead for selling it or displaying it at art galleries yet. The art work has to go through a number of approvals. Photographs of the same are sent to the original creators for multiple strict quality control inspections. If it passes this stage, the painter is given a go ahead to display the art work or even put it up for sale.

Painters also have to be considerate when it comes to pricing the oil painting reproduction. It is expected that the prices will be relatively cheap compared to the price of the original product. They therefore have an obligation of publicly publishing their prices to the outside world through their website of preferred channels.




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