Pet portraits in oil can be varnished to offer a protective layer that preserves the picture from the atmosphere, it is also used to create a consistent finish whether gloss or matt. Over time a varnish will itself be attacked, collecting dust and dirt, sometimes cracking and eventually discolouring. Consequently, any varnish has to be easily removed and replaced by a new layer. Click to read more …
Modern technology and the quick access to information gives us the chance to research well before deciding to use one health care service or another. And the need for transparency is all the higher for the businesses that work in the private market sector. Tattoo removal has recently developed with a pretty large number of solutions for cleaning the skin, from laser and pulsed light therapy to topical treatments and surgery. Click to read more …
Youngsters usually experiment a lot with hair color changes, body piercing and tattoos, but there comes a time when all these no longer seem that fun. While most transformations are reversibles, tattoos are longer lasting and more difficult to be rid of than body piercing. The effects of body piercing wear off in time, skin and hair grow back, yet tattoos stubbornly resist skin exfoliation. Click to read more …
Even with a seemingly simple subject such as a pet portrait, a good composition is essential for the finished painting to work. As in any aspect of the painting process, the approach is what singles out the great painters. Often, good composition is the result of a natural process: when the painter creates a picture that is pleasing to the eye is is most probably down to the fact that the artist has ended up with a composition that conforms to traditional rules. Click to read more …
Whether an artist is specialising in pet portraits, landscapes, or traditional portraits, keeping the colours as pure as possible is an important element to keeping their paintings fresh.
The way in which any colour appears is dependant on the context in which it is seen. The way a colour is seen is effected by the colours next to it and on which it is placed. Click to read more …
For a great many artists, including those who specialise in pet portraits, stretching their own canvas not only saves money on commercially prepared canvases, but also provides them with a much better result. Generally, commercially prepared canvases are inclined to be rather light weight with only the minimum amount of primer required. When we prepare our own canvases we select the quality of canvas, stretcher bars and primer that suits our painting style, so creating something that will work perfectly with our finished painting and having a much improved chance of lasting in good order. Click to read more …
The oils used by pet portrait artists and others are called drying oils. These are vegetable based oils that, in the presence of oxygen, forms a solid film which is resistant to the atmosphere and many solvents. Oils dry out really slowly and although the paint film is touch dry inside a few days, it actually takes a few years for the paint to get completely dry. Click to read more …
Like many other services in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills tattoo removal has the reputation of being very expensive. This only indicates that the same procedure has one price in San Diego and a different one in Beverly Hills. Normally there are other elements that influence the price of Beverly Hills tattoo removal: the depth and the color of the ink, the size of the tattoo, the number of sessions required for the intervention. Click to read more …
The pet portrait painter working on his or her own and developing a unique style is a modern concept.
Until the close of the 18th century successful painters ran businesses in which methods of production, quality control and sales to customers were often very highly organised. In medieval times and during the Renaissance these were conducted in places that were literally workshops, usually rooms on the ground floor of a building that could be opened onto the street by means of shutter doors, thus acting as both a shop and a studio. Click to read more …
Whether we paint pet portraits, family portraits, landscapes, or house portraits, we all like to suppose our pictures will bear the test of time. Using a high calibre linen, that is correctly prepared with many layers of gesso on both sides and stretched over kiln-dried hardwood stretchers, they can last a lifetime . However, with the best will in the world, it doesn’t matter how well you prepare a canvas, it will always be vulnerable to damage through accidental pressure on the canvas causing dents or even rips in the surface. Click to read more …
