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Fine Art Watercolor Prints

Purchase watercolor paintings as Affordable Art Fine Giclees

Purchase Original Art Print Greeting Cards or Note Cards - Personalize each one with your own text, images, poems, or clever sayings.  You can add or remove sayings already there.

Greeting cards $2.99 Note Cards $2.50.  Buy in volume, (even different variety cards) and save.
See Volume Discount Pricing List.  Click on the picture for more information.

* Giclees is a beautifully sounding (shzee- klaaaayzzzz) french fancy word that implies a high quality reproduction print that is long lasting, ie, archival, meaning it will hold it's quality of color and contrast for longer than your lifetime, (80 years plus).  The type of paper used (each paper itself will have a different effect on the longevity of painting quality), the printing inks used (dye or pigment) and where (% sunlight) and how (uv glass frame) the painting is stored all influence the archival properties. Giclee prints are so sophisticated these days that you cannot tell the difference between them and the original.  Some artists add unique paint strokes to a giclee to make it also become a unique one of a kind painting.  So to summarize, giclees are fine art archival quality long lasting reprints of original art. The how long is never an exact figure, but giclee implies long.  Some up to 200 years+.

If you are purchasing an original painting, know that the brand and color of paint tube pigments, used by the artist, greatly influences the archival quality of colors (for resale).  I have recently learned as I have studied palette colors that many famous and well-published artists have been using paints that are 'fugitive'.  No, not like the one-armed man in the movies,... Fugitive means that the color fades easily over time when exposed to regular non-direct indoor lighting.  As I taught myself and studied published artists, I followed their palettes and purchased colors that I am now replacing with non-fugitive ones.  The Rose Madder Genuine, a gorgeous pink from Winsor and Newton and the Alizarin Crimson and the Aureolin Yellow (many brands) are the colors I have recently replace with long lasting alternatives.  I credit the incredible comparison tests performed by Bruce MacEvoy at his watercolor website.  He calls his site the worlds finest guide to watercolor painting and it is... so fine that it goes beyond all the details that I could ever imagine to injest into my brain!  It is quite a wonderful resource. Check out this site map when you have time.

A wonderful place to learn watercolor techniques and how-to's about watercolor is the Daniel Smith Learn Website. They also have an extensive line of watercolor paints.  Some are pure pigments from unusual precious stones like lapis lazuli.  I always wished my last name could be Lazuli.  Lilly Lazuli they would call me.  It sounds so excitingly exotic, like Zanzibar...

The prints provided at Zazzle and Cafepress are offered on different qualities of paper.  From poster prints on a premium matte to watercolor paper and canvas.  They are affordable because they are not intended as collectors limited edition prints. There is no proofing process, where an artists sees press results and then alters digital colors. Because all printers interpret digital colors in their own unique way, and each paper alters the color absorption... in other words, color printing can vary significantly from the original.  The prints I have purchased (at the lowest prices from both Cafepress and Zazzle) were awesome!  I was so impressed.  The poster sized enlargement from the original came out much more interesting than I expected. So if you are looking for affordable quality for your lifetime in art poster prints, I recommend them highly. They also carry a 30 day guarantee.

Paper styles and quality available at Zazzle:

1.  Card Stock (for note cards and greeting cards, on postcards one side is glossy)
Ultra-heavyweight (120#) paper.
Printed with a unique process that imparts a rich depth of imagery.
Appropriate for all types of images.
2. Satin Paper - Heavyweight paper
Dye-based inks to create vibrant art and photo reproductions.
Appropriate for all types of images.
3. Matte Paper  Very-heavyweight paper, 10% thicker than satin paper.
UV-resistant archival inks, 100+ years of fade resistance.
Recommended for paintings and historical images such as old maps and lithographs.
4. Gloss Paper Very-heavyweight paper, 10% thicker than satin paper, UV-resistant archival inks, 100+ years of fade resistance. Recommended for photographs and most digital images.
5. Watercolor Paper
Most-heavyweight paper, twice as thick as satin paper.  UV-resistant archival inks, 100+ years of fade resistance.  Recommended for paintings and historical images such as old maps and lithograph 

Arches Watercolor French Bound Pad 9x12  

Canvas watercolor paper styles for printing available at Zazzle:

1. Matte Canvas - Ultra-thick textured canvas.
UV-resistant archival inks, 100+ years of fade resistance.
Recommended for fine art images with great detail such as old maps and lithographs as well as digital art.
2. Gloss Canvas -Ultra-thick textured canvas.
UV-resistant archival inks, 100+ years of fade resistance.
Recommended for fine art reproductions such as paintings, digital art and photos.

Here is a useful paper weight chart to compare #pound weight of paper with thickness... sometimes expressed as points or ml or gsm.

Available Printing Papers Styles available at Cafepress:

1. Small poster prints on glossy, 12 (120#) point heavyweight paper 11" x 17"
2. Posters printed on heavyweight 7 mil semi-gloss paper using superior dye inks.
Image size 23" x 35"
3. Cards 12 point one side coated glossy paper
4. Framed Prints are are custom manufactured using archival inks and acid-free paper.
Framed prints are matted and framed in a black frame with acrylic glazing Plexiglas cover.
Frames include complete backing.

Arches 22" x 30" Watercolor CP Paper  

Watercolor flower paintings, watercolor artists, and other drawing books that are fantastic.

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