Things to beware of: HAND FINISHED CANVAS PRINTS. Beware when buying a canvas painting. Make sure that you are actually getting an original and not a hand finished print. These items are often sold as...
Hanging Display Traditionally oil paintings are framed without glass as they already have the protection of their coat of varnish. However works on paper such as watercolours, drawings, prints,...
Oil paintings, water colours, acrylics, drawings both ancient and modern are all capable of being copied. The best way to recognise them is to learn how they are made. Our 1,300 page book on this subject...
Caring for your artwork. At Modern Fine Arts the techniques used in creating and framing your artwork is largely the same as those used by artists for many hundreds of years. These techniques have generally...
If you are thinking about buying contemporary art through eBay then have a quick read of this... it may save you from making some of the mistakes I made when I started out. Buying from a self representing...
As my favourite artist is Govinder Nazran, it really bugs me when peeps sell cards and prints as limited editions when they are not! It is easy to be caught out, especially if buying art for someone as a...
Acrylic Painting.Some general advice about acrylic painting.Just few of the techniques and general information about painting on canvas with acrylics. By Artist Samuel Durkin Painted onto canvas, either board...
Choosing quality canvas prints from among the plethora of suppliers on eBay can sometimes be difficult and confusing. Printed canvas art, whilst more widely available now, is still a relatively new product....
Can I use Zest-it for......? This is quite a common question from the Zest-it web site, so this guide will give hints and tips for using the Zest-it Brush Cleaner and also the Zest-it Pencil Blend. J and T's...
Original Paintings on Canvas are good, but have you looked at the option of Digital Canvas? This is basically where a very high resolution printing is done on Canvas and the resulting printing is an amazing...