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Wall Art and Canvas Art Prints For Kids
Many parents make the mistake of decorating their children’s bedrooms by painting the walls with bright primary colours and rainbow hues like red, blue and yellow. Sometimes the walls are even decorated with unsightly cartoon characters which often look very odd and unusual because of the enhanced expressions, larger than life features and peculiar body shapes. These characters can look very garish and along with brightly coloured walls can make children’s rooms look very unsophisticated which are not agreeable to adults with more taste.
A more aesthetic choice for parents and which would also please their children, would be to choose a canvas art print. Using a canvas art print to decorate children’s bedrooms would be the ideal way to achieve a bright yet child friendly room which would please both adults and children alike. Choosing canvas art prints are the ideal solution when decorating bedrooms for children.
They can be chosen by children for their own rooms and can be of a traditional or contemporary theme. It could be something which is personally commissioned for your own child and which would have meaning for you also.
The following four reasons for using canvas art prints in children’s bedrooms will persuade you to take advantage of buying one when decorating your child’s room. Read the rest of this entry »
Beware of Art Print Scams
Unfortunately, scams abound for prints on artists’ web sites, dealers’ web sites, auction sites (unscrupulous sellers, not the sites) and also off line through frame shops, art fairs, shows and galleries that sell prints. Some of these prints may be for works of well known artists who may have absolutely no idea about the scam.
Basically, there are two print markets.
The first is unsigned, usually not archival and rarely a limited edition. This is decorative art, although you can find prints of work by Monet, Van Gogh, Da Vinci and Warhol in this market. This market can include Giclees. You can find this stuff at Target, Michael’s, posters.com, etc. easily and cheaply.
The other market is for fine art limited edition prints, that are most usually, especially if the work is Modern or Contemporary signed and numbered. These prints may be collected to decorate one’s home or office, but they are also thought to be an investment that may one day become profitable, or at least if the buyer has the print archival framed, will not lose value over time. This is the category where a buyer needs to beware. If the number of the print edition is over 750, including any extra prints, sometimes known as proofs or artists proofs, it is not a truly fine art limited edition print. In the second category hucksters, tricksters, greedy merchants and artists abound. When researching limited edition prints for my own work, I discovered more than I ever want to know and certainly take part in!
Collecting true fine art signed and numbered limited edition prints are a less expensive way to collect investment quality fine art. Many people can afford it and if one selects prints by good and reputable artists one has the opportunity to have one’s investment grow along with the artist’s reputation and market. Read the rest of this entry »