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I painted this watercolour earlier in the year and then asked my dad to make a driftwood frame for it. It's probably my favourite painting that I've done.
However, after 6 months on eBay I just couldn't get what I wanted for it and ended up giving it to my sister as a gift!
I think one day soon I'll try something similar and get my dad to make another driftwood frame. I do like the driftwood effect though rarely see these sort of frames in the shops or galleries. Maybe it's just me and they're not actually that popular.
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I don't think I've ever seen a watercolour in a driftwood frame before Steven. From my point of view it's too heavy and rough and I like to see a mount.
It might work better for your oil paintings, but on the whole I think it's better too stick to plain frames for selling.
I know what you mean Keith. I just wanted to try something different.
Once I've got a good batch of paintings together I'm going to take them to the framers, have them done properly and then seek their advice as to having them hung in shops/galleries.
I'm getting a little disillusioned in selling on the internet for peanuts and I'd like to try my luck in the real world.
Best regards, Steven.
As you are able to put the paintings into the frames yourself, you might be interested in getting your frames from here. They will probably be quite a bit cheaper than a high street framer and they are good quality. You can buy mounts cut to your sizes if you want as well. I haven't had any problems with the glass getting broken in transit yet.
Thanks for that Keith. My problem is I have no experience in choosing frames for particular paintings.
How do you choose a style and colour that best compliments that specific painting? It obviously comes with experience.
That’s why I thought for this first batch I would go to the framers and use their knowledge and expertise.
Yes it's not a bad idea to get some advice from someone with experience. There are so many styles to choose from.
I tend to stick to plain frames so that they are likely to appeal to more people. It makes it easier if I want to change the paintings as well.
I forgot to mention that another site I have found useful is http://www.eframe.co.uk/ - they have a viewer, where you can upload your own image and see what it looks like in different frames.
Thanks for the websites Keith. Changing the subject, do you know of any way of speeding up the drying process with oils? I've heard of people putting them in ovens. Do you think this is a good idea?
I doubt whether putting them in the oven would be a good idea. I think the outside might dry a bit quicker, but the inside would stay wet and could lead to cracking.
There is a brand of oil paints, called 'Heat-set Oils', which are designed to stay wet until they are put in the oven or dried with a heat gun. I don't know anything more about them.
For conventional oils, you can add fast-drying mediums to the paint to help it to dry faster.
There is also a kind of oil paint called Alkyds. These use a resin as a binder instead of linseed oil and dry overnight. Some people use an alkyd white with their usual oils. The thicker areas usually have more white in them, so this can help to speed up the drying overall.
There is a lot of useful information here.
Many thanks for that Keith. I hope you don’t mind but could I ask you one more question (sorry)?
Do you know of any straightforward method of sending wet paintings through the post?
That's a difficult one and not something I've come across before.
Perhaps you could cut a piece of MDF to the same size as the painting. Then get some small pieces of cork, or similar, to use as spacers at the corners to keep the MDF away from the painting. If you then tape around the 'sandwich' to hold it all together firmly I think that ought to work.
Thanks for all your help Keith. It is very much appreciated.
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