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Photographing Your Artwork: Beginner’s Tips That Anyone Can Do

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Photographing Your Artwork: Beginner’s Tips That Anyone Can Do

by Daric Gill

"Absolute: Insulation", Oil paint on reclaimed cherry wood. 12 3/4” x 15 5/8”. 12.13.16.
“Absolute: Insulation”, Oil paint on reclaimed cherry wood. 12 3/4” x 15 5/8”. 12.13.16.

Not everyone is a seasoned photographer. Documenting your artwork has challenges that may be keeping your work from the world. If you’re wondering what you can do to up your portfolio documentation skills without diving head-on to advanced camera lingo, this blog is for you!

Beginners often own a wide range of digital photography equipment, from simple point and shoots to expensive DSLR cameras. I’d like to focus less on what brands of cameras or equipment are trending at the moment and instead showcase tips that can help you get started using what you have at the moment. Read further to see some simple tips that anyone can do to improve their photo documentation skills.

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TOP POST: “What Kind Of Art Do You Make?”, Defining Your Discipline

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This Year’s Top Post

by Daric Gill

This is a rebroadcast of the most viewed post taken from my website during this year.

“I hear you’re an artist. What kind of art do you make?”

Depending on the type of work that you make, this could be one of the most awkward introductions you might face. The lines between art fields can get pretty blurry sometimes. More often than not, the person asking is really looking for a term that they know: painter, sculptor, drawer, graphic artist, etc. But what if you do several of them? How do you answer then?

In this entry, I’ll discuss the differences between a few artist classifications. I’ve also designed a set of informative graphics that explains their differences by using funny food analogies. Check out the different classifications. Which one describes you?

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"Absolute's Complement: Asymmetry" (detail)

Painting Gets Complementing Images

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“Absolute’s Complement: Asymmetry” Gets An Update

by Daric Gill

"Absolute's Complement: Asymmetry"
“Absolute’s Complement: Asymmetry”: oil on panel. 10 1/8″ x 7 3/4″. 7.1.12.

Last week I shot a few more paintings as part of my portfolio update. This piece is called Absolute’s Complement: Asymmetry. The piece has many layers of translucent paint that creates the feel of undulating rust. This glazing process allows for a surface that is entirely flat with only the appearance of texture. Similarly, the hand-built frame has a wash over the surface to give it a more weathered look.

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The Secrets To Finding & Reclaiming Materials

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Finding Those Reclaimed Materials

by Daric Gill

As a person who works with reclaimed materials, I get asked where I find my materials a lot. In fact, I was asked this twice today. Here’s how this question usually goes:

1950 Craftsman table saw“I’ve got this project I was thinking about making…. If you don’t mind me asking, where do you find all of this amazing material?!”

This is a very flattering question and I’m more than happy to share in the ‘reclaimed materials’ movement.

Having said that, I’ve found that there’s actually quite an array of motives and goals behind that question. This post will cover the right questions to ask yourself so that you can be on your way to finding newly reclaimed materials.

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