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Take it from us. Picking your mat board colors is really fun. You’re able to express your creativity, find color combinations that’ll make your art jump off the wall, and when you finally see it all come together, the final product can’t help but put a smile on your face. It is a great feeling. But with so many colors to choose from, it can be confusing to figure out what you want. Which is why we put together this guide to help you get started. Here are some guidelines that can help …

This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to make choosing your mat size a breeze. Contents 1 Outer Size 1.1Choosing Your Outer Size 2 Opening Size 2.1 Choosing Your Opening Size 3 How Wide Should a Picture mat Be? 4 Should you Bottom-Weight Your Mat Board? 5 Save Money Framing Outer Size The outer size of your mat board are the dimensions measuring the outside of the mat board.Choosing Your Outer Size This is the …

A smile is a great way to make a solid first impression. And while your art can't smile, it can be matted, mounted, and framed. Whether you're  matting and mounting to sell or matting and mounting for home decor, we've put together this guide to help you out. Contents 1 How to Hinge Mount 2 How to Mount with Mounting Corners 3 How to Mount with Mounting Strips How to Hinge Mount When matting and mounting prints, this is our go-to method. …

She looked like an alien. All that was going through my head was,“Oh ****.”“But the photo looked perfect on my computer.”“But I had checked, double checked.”But, but, but it didn’t matter.It was the final print, and her skin tones had a hideous greenish hue that just wasn’t supposed to be there.It was one of my first times printing my works and as it turns out...I had been working on an uncalibrated monitor for years.Embarrassing.It was minor enough to be overlooked by the editor and the magazin …

Pricing your artwork can be tricky. Too low and you lose money. Too high and you make no sales. And there lies the dilemma. How do you make sure you don’t lose money but still manage to sell your art? After all, the goal is to turn this art thing into a living. If you’re an emerging artist read on, and you’ll learn how to price your artworks so everybody wins.Doing The Math So You Don’t Lose Money When coming up with their pricing, some people like to use formulas, some like char …