It took over 50 hours of solid work to get to this printing stage from the final original design drawings, through the carving and printing processes . The oil based ink takes a couple of days to dry – although … Continue reading Designing for a Commercial Commission – Part 2 – handcolouring
This is the final result from the Drink Coaster I was commissioned to design using Australian Floral Emblems for the Hanna Group. The coasters have been produced and are now available!! This is the design – the design brief from … Continue reading Designing for a Commercial Commission – Part 3 – Final Design
As many of you know it is extremely difficult to survive on just income from being an artist. Essentially when people have spare money they will buy work and when money becomes a little more difficult to come by pictures for walls become a luxury. So I have tried to ‘value add’ to me work a little. I have done this largely to this point with quality commercially print wildflower card designs. They allow people the luxury for a small amount of money to have an image of your work – in fact many people who cannot afford the artwork … Continue reading Design work – value adding with commercial projects
