Friday 24 April 2015

The Components Of Oil Painting Reproductions

By Stella Gay


Painting as an art has been put to use since the ancient times. Archaeological sites give evidence to this as the early man used paintings as well as simple drawings on their habitats and surrounding to convey massages. The art has greatly been perfected in the modern day with facilities such as art galleries put up to showcase it. Here one finds original paintings which are hard to own. Oil painting reproductions has made the dreams of owning such masterpieces possible.

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.

The same paint used on the original should be the type of paint used in reproducing the duplicate. Similar quality should be maintained. If the paint used to paint the Mona Lisa portrait for example is high premium grade oil paint, the same should be used in coating of the reproduction. This ensures similar authenticity is transferred to the duplicate and quality is upheld.

Oil paintings are done on premium grade commercial canvas. A painter on the side making the reproduction may want to cut the cost and instead opt to use a plain cloth in place of the canvas. The quality of the two can never be compared as premium grade canvas is professionally manufactured by experts who know the history of painting as well as want to maintain quality.

The size of a duplicate and an original design should exactly be similar. This not only makes it difficult to differentiate between the two but also ensure that every inch of paint job is done exactly as it is on an original. It also contributes in upholding standards when it comes to reproductions terms.

Approvals have to be done on a reproduction before it is made available to the public. This greatly help in ensuring that all the key components are well in cooperated as well as maintaining the required standards set. Photographs of a duplicate are sent to experts where the product is expected to pass multiple strict quality control inspections for approval. When it passes this, it is considered fit for the public.

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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