“Rainbow Vines” Original Acrylic Abstract Painting by Paige Abbott

Rainbow Vines 16″ x 24″ Acrylic on Canvas. SOLD!!! Thanks for watching and please subscribe to my channel

How to Stretch Fine Art Canvas Painting Gallery Wrap

Learn how to stretch fine art canvas paintings with a gallery wrap. Instruction by master acryllic artist Ginger Cook with the IfTheyCanICan.com series of instructional videos.

Hiring a Boston House Painting Contractor? How Much Will It Cost To Paint Your House?

Boston home owners should plan ahead to find out how much it will cost to paint their house. Boston house painting contractors may give different estimates depending on their work schedule.  To get a house painted in Spring, asking for a quote during the Winter, when business is slow, may save some money.  The cost of painting the same house may rise in the Summer and Fall when painting contractors are busiest.

A bit of education will reveal that Boston house painters may come up with different approaches to the exact same job.  Knowing what those approaches are will help determine your costs and allow you to intelligently evaluate a house painting estimate.

Exterior house painting can be accomplished in a variety of ways.  Some house painters will prefer to spray the paint on, and others will rely on brushes or rollers to paint the same walls.  Each technique has advantages and disadvantages.  Painting contractors using the spray method may be faster, but often create a mess if windows and trim are not protected from the spray. Rollers will give a fast job without the mess, but are best suited for painting stucco, concrete and brick.  Brushes are the slowest application, but experienced house painters will often rely on them for the best results, especially on shingle and houses with clapboard or other siding materials.  

Before calling a contractor for your first quote, be aware of the condition of the walls of your house. Is the paint peeling, bubbling or cracking?  Is there mold, mildew or moss growing on the walls?  A good painter will not paint over unstable surfaces. Preparation requirements like scraping off old paint, priming raw wood, and caulking imperfections, gaps and cracks will affect your estimate.  

For Interior house painting, the approaches are similar to exterior.  Faster jobs, especially in new construction and vacant properties where mess is not a big factor, could be spray-applied.  Finer interior work will be accomplished with rollers and brushes. In all cases, painting contractors should be protecting windows and furnishings from any contact with paint, so be sure to inquire how your contractor plans to do that.  Ruined carpets and windows with paint on the glass are things you should never have to deal with.

Your house painting estimate will also depend on your choice of paint.  This includes both the quality of the paint and the color.  Obviously, the best quality materials will cost more.  Decide in advance if you want a cut-rate job, or a first-class one.  Then be sure that quotes are for similar quality paints and the exact same colors.  

Painting contractors will know if the job will require one coat of paint, or multiple coats.  If you are trying to hold costs down, choose a paint color which is the same as the old color.  Painting white over white may involve only a single application, but painting a light color over a dark one may require three coats.  Since you will be paying for each coat of paint, be prepared for the cost.

Finally, with all this in mind, approach two or three Boston house painting contractors, and then compare the costs.  The estimates will give you a good idea of cost and value.

Bob Marley Oil On Canvas Speed Painting by Timothy Teruo Watters (TTW)

www.timothywatters.com http Artist Timothy Teruo Watters paints an original oil on canvas painting art of the legendary Bob Marley sped up from start to finish. Prints are available at www.timothywatters.com

A Good Snapshot Does Not Always Make The Best Photo On Canvas Painting

“You don’t take a photo. You make it.”

That’s a well-known quote of American photographer, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), famous for his dramatic black and white landscapes photographs. He didn’t have the advantages of digital cameras or know about the photos on canvas process that turns a photograph into a original painting.

The technical advances of digital photography and the availability of inexpensive quality digital cameras have put in the hands of every one of us the tools to create excellent quality photographs. If we’re unsure of our skills we also have the option to take literally hundreds of shots without spending money to develop or print with the hope of a few lucky photographs.

When you decide to order a photo on canvas painting you have two options:

Pick one of your lucky photographs and simply choose a style, size and frame.

Pick a subject and take carefully thought out photographs keeping in mind what you want the photo to canvas painting to look like when finished and mounted on the wall.

If you opt for the former, evaluate your favorite snapshot carefully. Are the details sharp and clear? Is the exposure correct – neither too dark nor too light? Is the focal point obvious and placed in an eye-pleasing position in the frame? Is the background cluttered or distracting?

If you opt for the latter, it will be worth your while to review some photography tips and familiarize yourself with your camera’s features so that when you look through the view finder you can be creating compositions most favorable to the photos to canvas process. Consider the “rule of thirds” in framing your points of interest and avoid cluttered backgrounds that detract from your primary subject.

Whatever the case, when you order a photo to canvas painting from Paint Your Life you will have expert editors standing by to assist you in choosing the ideal photograph. They can crop photos, simplify backgrounds, and get rid of redeye, and they’ll tell you if your photograph just isn’t suitable for an effective photos to canvas painting.Photos on canvas

On the other hand, there’s another quote of Ansel Adams:

“There are no rules for good photographs; there are only good photographs….”

…so your lucky shot of the sunset or your dog catching a ball may just make the Top Ten Photos on Canvas Paintings of the Year.