BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter Dec. 18th Saving on Framing

Published: Tue, 12/18/18

Hello

Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #187 Saving on Framing

It's the week before the big holiday and you are probably running around getting all your last minute things done, this is definitely my situation. As an artist, you are probably gifting some of your art or selling your art to others that will be giving your work as a gift and if you are like me you may be frantically trying to get some framing done. If this is the case read my newsletter this week for a great tip for making your framing a whole lot easier. In this weeks newsletter, I will be trying to convince and encourage you to follow some basic steps to save you time and money when framing your work.

If you emailed me that you were interested in my France workshop, watch your inbox, I will be sending you an email that will give you all the information on the trip. I will not be advertising it anymore because I already have too many people interested in joining me. The Max number of people is 14 so those of you that emailed me will get first shot at signing up. More info to come.

Yes to Class at the Civic Center in Libertyville, Thursday, Dec 20th 1 pm to 3:30 pm

Yes to Class at the BeckerArt Gallery in McHenry, Saturday, Dec. 22nd 9:00 am to 11:30 am

In this weeks classes we will be spreading holiday cheer, so if you could bring a small treat that would be great!

Saving on Framing

I do some framing from time to time for my students and one of the things I constantly tell them is "If you want to save money on framing you have to work your painting surfaces into a standard size mat and frame".

Take a 16" x 20" frame then add a mat that is 2 inches wide all the way around, that makes your opening of the
mat 12" x 16" which means you should tape off your paper to 12-1/2" x 16-1/2 so your painting will fit behind the open mat.

You can buy a ready-made 16" x 20" frame with glass and double mat from Amazon for $15.00 dollars and
the opening for the painting is 11" x 14" which means the mat is 3" all the way around... so tape off your paper at 11-1/2" x 14-1/2" so it is a little bigger than the opening of the mat, this way you have some wiggle room to place the painting behind the mat..

If you start painting on watercolor paper with the right sizes measured out to sizes that fit the pre-cut mats that are standard sizes you will save so much compared to having it custom framed, even if you did the custom framing yourself it still will cost you more. Using standard size ready made frames is a way to save time and money and is also a lot easier to do then custom framing your work.

Some day I hope the paper companies and the frame and mat makers get together to make pads of paper that fit standard sized mats. We can only dream.

David

Workshop in Southern France April 13th-27th

I am working on getting the brochure ready for the workshop in France. Unfortunately, I think the workshop is already filled up with many who emailed me last week after I announced it in this newsletter. I am giving those people who were interested and told me they wanted to go, a first shot at registering. Then I will see if there are more spots available at which time I will announce it in my newsletter again with details.

WORKSHOPS and DEMOS in 2019

Dillman's Festival, Ft Myers Beach Art Association DEMO, Florida, January 26th
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Dillman's Festival, Marco Island Center for the Arts DEMO, Florida, January 27th,
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Marco Island Center for the Arts WORKSHOP, Florida, January 29th-30th,
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Dillman's Festival, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, DEMO & Paint Party, Florida, February 1st
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Dillman's Festival, The Villages, Demo & Paint Party, Florida, February 2nd
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Morris Watercolor Guild WORKSHOP, IL, March 1st,
Information to come

France Workshop WORKSHOP,France, March 13th-27th,
Information to come

Dillman's Acrylic WORKSHOP, Lac du Flambeau, WI, June 3rd - 6th
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Vermont Art Event WORKSHOP Classes, VT, July 29th - August 2nd,
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Cheap Joes WORKSHOP, Boone NC, Sept. 9th - 13th
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Dillman's Watercolor WORKSHOP, Lac du Flambeau, WI, Sept. 23d - 26th
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Artist of the Week

Kim English is an oil painter... I just love his sense of composition and value patterns. His oils remind me of great watercolors. His value patterns just blow me away!

Get those Holiday gifts for those artist's in your life. They would love a set of 6 BeckerArt brushes!
I now have 2 sets of BeckerArt Brushes... they are the original set which includes the 1 1/4" flat, the #16 round and the #4 rigger. My NEW brush set includes the 1/2" flat, the 1/4" flat and the #8 round

Click Here to Purchase BeckerArt Brushes

For any other info please email me at david@davidrbecker.com