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Jul 3, 2020
Media: Watercolor A Miniature Watercolour with Body Colour on Saunders Waterford, 140#, hot pressed Watercolour Paper
Size: 1.75x4.3 in
Some of you will have read about Miniatures when you clicked on that tab on my blog. I invite you to read that page again. The Classic Miniature is highly detailed, and built up with transparent and translucent layers of pigment. Many thus find added enjoyment by perusing their Miniatures with the aid of a magnifying glass. According to the premier Miniature societies, the maximum size accepted is 25 square inches, and there is a restriction on the maximum outside frame dimensions, as well. Another thing to consider is the one sixth rule, where the painted image is to be one sixth or less of the size of the subject. For example, a 3” orange in a still life, would be painted at 1/2” or smaller in the Miniature. I don’t always follow this rule; a case in point is the bee in the above painting ... it is about 1/2 the size of the actual bee, but it received an award, nevertheless. Many of my Minatures have received awards, and many have sold in the various Miniature shows. I will be presenting some of my Miniatures to you, periodically on this site. The prices will be approximately 10-15% below what they were when in the Miniature Shows. One of the problems in showing them online is that to see them on screen, is to see them already larger than they actually are in reality. On my computer and my phone, they look good, size-wise (although still oversize), but on my tablet they fill the screen and are way oversize. Just keep in mind the actual dimensions when looking at the images on screen. I suggest that you visit these websites to learn more about Miniatures, and to put these into perspective: Minature Art Society of Florida Miniature, Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington D.C. Some of you will have read about Miniatures when you clicked on that tab on my blog. I invite you to read that page again. The Classic Miniature is highly detailed, and built up with transparent and translucent layers of pigment. Many thus find added enjoyment by perusing their Miniatures with the aid of a magnifying glass. According to the premier Miniature societies, the maximum size accepted is 25 square inches, and there is a restriction on the maximum outside frame dimensions, as well. Another thing to consider is the one sixth rule, where the painted image is to be one sixth or less of the size of the subject. For example, a 3” orange in a still life, would be painted at 1/2” or smaller in the Miniature. I don’t always follow this rule; a case in point is the bee in the above painting ... it is about 1/2 the size of the actual bee, but it received an award, nevertheless. Many of my Minatures have received awards, and many have sold in the various Miniature shows. I will be presenting some of my Miniatures to you, periodically on this site. The prices will be approximately 10-15% below what they were when in the Miniature Shows. One of the problems in showing them online is that to see them on screen, is to see them already larger than they actually are in reality. On my computer and my phone, they look good, size-wise (although still oversize), but on my tablet they fill the screen and are way oversize. Just keep in mind the actual dimensions when looking at the images on screen. I suggest that you visit these websites to learn more about Miniatures, and to put these into perspective: Minature Art Society of Florida Miniature, Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington D.C. |
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