tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165924207195468102024-03-13T03:18:23.472-07:00Whetnall WatercoloursWatercolours, collage, stuff and thingsCeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-51472403139183739152016-09-24T06:02:00.000-07:002016-09-24T06:04:38.796-07:004th RedBubble Front Page & New DesignsYey, been featured on the front page for the 4th time by Redbubble :-).<br />
My Robots in Space design which I just uploaded yesterday is being featured in 'Found'!<br />
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I've also just added a shiny big new banner for my shop home! It would be lovely to hear any comments or thoughts on it?<br />
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I'm also quite behind on my 'New Designs' and 'Sales' posts. I've had quite a few great sales lately - huge thank yous to all of the lovely people who have bought any of my designs!<br />
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And I've added quite a few new designs. Below are some of my latest designs:<br />
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If you have bought anything please share photos on social media with the tag CeccaDesigns…<br />
And if there is a design you’d like to see on a particular product (and I've missed it), please let me know!<br />
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Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-49905983505914866712016-07-21T06:13:00.000-07:002016-07-21T06:14:31.781-07:00Front page & Foxy sales<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
I had my 3rd lovely RedBubble homepage feature earlier this month and it’s created lots of interest in my Fox design ‘Stargazing – Fox in the Night’. A big thank you to RedBubble & Thank you to everyone who has bought something! I’ve sold skirts, bags, t-shirts, throw pillows, tank tops and cards! Not to mention lots of cards and stickers too, thank you!</div>
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Here are some of my recent sold things:</div>
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I’ve also been uploading lots of new designs but I’ll save them for another day :-).</div>
Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-84359863039333950962016-04-23T13:57:00.000-07:002016-04-23T13:57:53.565-07:00Japanese Garden - New patternI've entered my first pattern competition!<br />
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This pattern is entered for 'The Sprout Patterns Design Challenge' - For a Japanese Garden-themed design to go on their new Asaka Kimono. The winner’s design will be featured in the launch of the new kimono pattern and all top-ten designers get prizes.<br />
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If you have a spare few minutes I would love your vote!<br />
You can vote here: <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/sprout-design-challenge" rel="nofollow">www.spoonflower.com/sprout-design-challenge</a><br />
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And see my fabric design here -<br />
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If you haven't heard of it before, Spoonflower is a great site where you can get your designs turned into fabric, wallpaper and wrapping paper. Sprout Patterns is their partner company where you can have any fabric pattern printed into specific pattern pieces for clothing.<br />
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I've also listed a few different colourways of the pattern in my RedBubble store, so it's available on a number of lovely items including:<br />
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Japanese Garden, Blue, green and pink Ipad case</div>
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Japanese Garden Iphone case</div>
Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-62002217593712495722016-03-14T07:41:00.000-07:002016-03-14T07:41:15.268-07:00Number 1 on RedBubble for today!My Poole Quay print is being featured on RedBubble's home page today. And it seems to have the Number 1 spot! Yey! :-) <div>
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Check out the home page here -http://www.redbubble.com/found</div>
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Or hope straight over to my portfolio page here - http://www.redbubble.com/people/cecca-designs/portfolio</div>
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Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-72946870415103219042016-02-23T13:13:00.000-08:002016-02-23T13:13:39.515-08:00Patterns<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
Since becoming a full time mum (2 yrs ago) I’ve been taking a bit of a break from printmaking but a few months ago I started to find time for a slightly different kind of art. And I quickly became addicted to digital pattern making. As an art form it doesn’t need too much space, or make much mess, or need long periods of time devoted to it. So it is much easier to fit into my life at the moment.</div>
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So far I’ve created quite a number of patterns and uploaded some of them to Spoon<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">flower (a fabric/wallpaper site) and some to Redbubble (who do T-Shirts, mugs, phone cases and art prints etc). I’m hoping to develop some pattern collections in the future. And I’m planning to re-imagine some of my linocut print designs as patterns too. </span></div>
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My Spoonflower shop is here – <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spoonflower.com%2Fprofiles%2Fcecca&h=5AQEKb0RaAQH-95AVEx_2IYvK8oMYRP3fLTRzKigRAFA-2g&enc=AZNfMDZwgKE2Aypx7lE7TuTdGwPuC3-aRA8eNsUgFRWGH8pCL-YYc72N7UsrMJY1BwYOLK1RS4r5zv33_4yKM3YeY2RlBBrTMC7iD6DlL8zEH-w_0e3fC_i7EEUwht73CYlonRvXD97Oo5k4KfukGe4HsUJcr_nYDZ8O7Q40Q00atnw_bJI71nUsRyQFixN0XSGTWk0TvRlrdQjZnJTegD-G&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/cecca</a>I’ve only got 4 designs for sale at the moment but lots more show up if you click ‘Designs not for sale’.</div>
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My Redbubble shop is here - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.redbubble.com%2Fpeople%2Fcecca-designs&h=BAQGhL-0uAQEVDkYgTckRkMVs57s92WAYqfEJ7u7bAgpwjg&enc=AZOytIZFuQs3HW86JQmhewRCjgSB7KnvhryIVz7id9ahRmSYncJVQEuw9YxruulhwuGyLlEfTdWvYsJ82o1qZ0UMs6aMAXL7xQZ-rjyb8hJMtQYMtEArDQ3-coWHthMclXmKaoC1ZLIPSRHGRpCzvKii81ywHOe2SOnjyBsAa09RPBcEm8iwjfOe9t_FyYkpSvOZDhdnC1GESxiCIEecfqZK&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.redbubble.com/people/cecca-designs</a> I’ve set up a number of patterns plus a couple of my linocuts and a watercolour on there so far.</div>
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Here are a few of my patterns so far:</div>
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Elephants (green & blue) </div>
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Fish (work in progress)</div>
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Ducks and frogs in the garden (Teal)</div>
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Striped Pigs & Ponies (Peach Melba)</div>
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Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-24765628626266076582014-06-07T00:50:00.000-07:002014-06-07T00:51:53.575-07:00Exhibiting is Important to meExhibiting is important to me<br />
I don't wear make up<br />
Or expensive clothes<br />
I don't make speeches<br />
Or fancy prose<br />
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I am no writer<br />
I do not act<br />
I no longer dance on tables<br />
Or compete at poker<br />
I use my time<br />
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For a single urge<br />
I paint and draw<br />
I design and create<br />
I carve and engrave<br />
Rolling and pressing<br />
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Mixing and printing<br />
Drying and aligning<br />
Print and repeat<br />
Select and edition<br />
Mount and frame<br />
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A chance arises<br />
A new selection<br />
Frame and string<br />
Package and deliver<br />
Curate and hang<br />
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Promotions are tricky<br />
Like speech or performance<br />
What and how to expose<br />
To who<br />
I don't like to ask<br />
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I am too English<br />
Can't presume or impose<br />
Take up your time<br />
Request your presence<br />
And now it's too late<br />
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The show goes on<br />
I have my share<br />
Of interest and luck<br />
Passers by and holiday makers<br />
But I wish I had been braver<br />
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It may not be<br />
The Main Event<br />
The exhibition of a life time<br />
But it is a piece of me<br />
Two years work<br />
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In a few years<br />
There will be another<br />
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<br />Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-4758636739608877602014-05-21T22:58:00.000-07:002014-05-21T22:58:35.511-07:00Dorset Art Weeks 2014Dorset Art Weeks (DAW) is one of the largest open studio events in the country, with nearly 300 venues showing the work of almost 1000 artists. It starts this Saturday and runs for two weeks until June 8th. I'll be sharing Ruth Oak's studio which is above Poole Printmakers, who are also having an open studio for DAW.<br />
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Ruth is a painter and printmaker whose work has a strong element of drawing: "I have always been inspired by landscape, while much of my current work takes inspiration from poetry and works with words, sometimes taking the form of artist’s books. The “vessel” is a subject which frequently emerges in my work and I see it as a symbol of myself, a person making a journey, a life or a view of the world, the self in relation to God, the inner and outer world. It is a personal but also universal symbol to which I hope all can relate. I use a wide variety of painting and printmaking media and techniques"<br />
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Ruth has recently been working on a series in wood engravings to illustrate “Step in Anywhere” a book of poems by Jane Wilson. The original engravings will be on display along with the finished book during the open studio.<br />
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I will be showing prints and paintings from three main series that I have been working on over the past couple of years. The first is linocuts of Dorset views including Gold Hill, Poole Quay and the Red Arrows flying over Bournemouth pier.<br />
My second theme is illustrative animals, from milkshake drinking monkeys to crocodiles nibbling on cucumber sandwiches. And lastly I will be showing a small selection of the portraits I have painted, many of which were the result of my membership of the inspiring international portrait artist's group JKPP.<br />
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Thrilled to see my linocut 'Red Arrows, Bournemouth' on the cover of the new Dorset Magazine!!<br />
The cover was chosen to promote Dorset Art Weeks which is on 24th May to 8th June. I'll be showing my work alongside Ruth Oaks' beautiful prints and paintings at her studio above Poole Printmaker's studio, we are <a href="http://www.dorsetartweeks.co.uk/index.php/daw/venue/daw2024.html" target="_blank">venue 11</a> in the DAW brochure or website.<br />
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Here is the front cover for our May edition. Let us know your thoughts & get your copy here - <a href="http://t.co/Eba6F1aHbI">http://t.co/Eba6F1aHbI</a> <a href="http://t.co/P9LXjsTari">pic.twitter.com/P9LXjsTari</a><br />
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Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-3195239992163276962013-09-19T14:01:00.002-07:002013-09-19T14:01:57.831-07:00Animals in ArtDuring September and October some of my animal linocuts are part of a great group exhibition at Storm restaurant in Poole. The exhibition features work by six artists with very
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Egyptian Cat by Linda Sale ~ <a href="http://www.linda-sale-fine-art.com/">http://www.linda-sale-fine-art.com/</a></div>
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A big thank you to Linda Sale who organises the exhibitions at Storm and to Frances Miles the restaurant owner who does a great job supporting local artists. Also, thanks to Katherine Cromwell for arranging the Echo article! I was also lucky enough to have work on display at Storm last summer, when they were filmed for the series 'Harbour Lives' with Ben Fogle. I know it's not a huge claim to fame but some of my watercolour still-lives were on the walls of the restuarant in a few shots of the series!<br />
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<br />Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-52731989955553059292013-09-07T05:02:00.000-07:002013-09-07T05:02:03.209-07:00Poole Printmakers exhibition at Highcliffe Castle
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Number 83, Westbourne - Beautiful Red Arrows window display with my framed linocut on the right</div>
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Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-36727951204839422702013-02-14T15:38:00.000-08:002013-02-14T15:38:24.241-08:00Folksy front page!My Valentine's selection is on the Folksy front page! <br />
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Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-85525396544400969262013-01-06T14:47:00.000-08:002013-01-06T14:49:50.240-08:00New Year, new site!I've discovered Society6, and it's beautiful! <br />
Having tried out a few similar sites in the past, Society6 is a really good-looking, and easy to use site, full of beautiful artwork and a slick range of products. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I've decided to start with just a few of my favourite prints to begin with, and try and add a new one once a month... Here is a preview of what's in my store so far:</span><br />
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<a href="http://society6.com/FrancescaWhetnall/Tiger-teatime_Pillow#18=126" target="_blank"><img alt="Tiger teatime cushion" border="0" height="320" src="http://a1.s6img.com/cdn/0009/v/2477345_11396731-plwfr2_b.jpg" title="Tiger teatime cushion!" width="320" /></a></div>
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To see my new Society6 store, go <a href="http://society6.com/FrancescaWhetnall" target="_blank">here</a></div>
Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-24875386957503471792012-11-23T03:25:00.000-08:002012-11-23T03:28:45.973-08:00Black Friday & Cyber Monday - Weekend Sale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
For Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend I've reduced 12 of my favourite original watercolour paintings by 20%!</div>
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Have a look at my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/FrancescaWhetnall?section_id=12578861" target="_blank">sale section</a> for a closer look. <br />
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Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-50485713934191931822012-10-30T07:16:00.000-07:002012-10-30T07:19:51.184-07:00Craft Coffee Cupcakes - Christmas Fairs!Craft Coffee and Cupcakes are an exciting new art & craft venture that are coming to Bournemouth this November! They will be at the Pavilion Dance in Bournemouth Gardens on Sunday 11<sup>th</sup> and 18<sup>th</sup> of November, and the best in local art, craft and design will be on offer. <br />
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The jewellery, clothing, accessories, tasty food, beautiful cards, art and more will be accompanied by a lazy Sunday afternoon feel. The events are being sponsored by local hero’s <a href="http://jimmysicedcoffee.com/" target="_blank" title="http://jimmysicedcoffee.com/">Jimmy’s Iced Coffee</a> and <a href="http://www.lulubellescakes.com/" target="_blank" title="http://www.lulubellescakes.com">Lulubelle’s Cakes</a>, who will be providing the 'Coffee and Cupcakes' of the title.<br />
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I'll be there on the 18th with a stall full of all my latest original prints and cards, check out my page on the Craft Coffee & Cupcakes website <a href="http://craftcoffeecupcakes.co.uk/francesca-whetnall/" target="_blank">http://craftcoffeecupcakes.co.uk/francesca-whetnall/</a>. <br />
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Lisa Berkshire of Cheery Deary - <a href="http://craftcoffeecupcakes.co.uk/cheery-deary/">http://craftcoffeecupcakes.co.uk/cheery-deary/</a><br />
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Jill & Martin from Jilly Bird - <a href="http://craftcoffeecupcakes.co.uk/jilly-bird/">http://craftcoffeecupcakes.co.uk/jilly-bird/</a><br />
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Karen from Print & Repeat - <a href="http://craftcoffeecupcakes.co.uk/print-and-repeat/">http://craftcoffeecupcakes.co.uk/print-and-repeat/</a><br />
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Elanor McBay - <a href="http://www.elanormcbay.co.uk/hand-made-cards.html">http://www.elanormcbay.co.uk/hand-made-cards.html</a><br />
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Craft Coffee and Cupcakes is the baby of Neil and Sarah Leonard. The couple, who together have a wide wealth of experience of craft and design incorporating everything from textiles and print to web and film, are now concentrating on event organising, creating collaborations across the creative sector. <br />
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<br />Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-40007399423480399602012-10-23T03:24:00.001-07:002012-10-23T03:28:59.542-07:00Poole Printmakers Exhibition at Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & MuseumPoole Printmakers next exhibition will be at the beautiful <a href="http://www.russell-cotes.bournemouth.gov.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum</a> from November 6th until Jan 27th 2013. <br />
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After a successful job with the Shaftesbury Arts Centre poster I was asked if I'd like to design the poster for this exhibition too, and I was able to put my latest linocut to good use! It's a 3 block linocut print, on which I've used transparent colours which create additional colours where they overlap. I hope to sort out a blog post with a bit more about how I created the print in the next few weeks.<br />
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The exhibition should be another great selection of original etchings, linocuts, collagraphs, monoprints and more from the talented group that are Poole Printmakers. And Russell-Cotes is always a fantastic gallery to visit, so if you've never been there before, this is a great excuse to get down there! It's also free over the winter, so what could be better!<br />
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Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-70304221997259417482012-08-15T06:33:00.000-07:002012-08-15T06:36:36.427-07:00An overview of Image size and DPI<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've written this mainly to help other artists who may need to produce 300dpi images to create printed versions of their artwork. I hope I've included most of the basics - feel free to skip along to the headings that you are interested in and please leave me any questions in the comments.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: purple;"><strong>What does DPI mean?<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">DPI means how many dots or pixels will be printed per
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">However, a file showing a property of 72dpi might be
better quality than another file that shows 300dpi – the actual image quality
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image showing 300dpi and pixel dimensions of 600 x 600 pixels will print a
300dpi image at 2 x 2 inches. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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image showing 72 dpi and pixel dimensions of 6000 x 6000 pixels will print
a 300dpi image at 20 x 20 inches. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Conversely, changing an image’s dpi will
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resolution, but the image quality will suffer. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Image sizes for the web, also need to be kept relatively low so that the image
size doesn’t slow down your web page or prevent images from loading at all. The
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">For professional printing purposes, an image
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Dimensions<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>1936
x 2592<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Width<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>1936
pixels<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Height<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>2592
pixels<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Horizontal resolution<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>72
dpi<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Vertical resolution<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>72
dpi<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To understand what this means in real terms you need
to divide the pixels by the DPI to see how many inches the image will be. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Formula to
convert pixels to inches: Pixels ÷ DPI = Inches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">So, for the
example image above, at 72 DPI:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The width
is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1936<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>÷ 72 =<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>26.889 inches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The height
is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2592<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>÷ 72 =<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>36 inches<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">However, 72
dpi isn’t high enough quality for printing, so to work out how big your image
will print at 300dpi you just need to divide the image dimensions by 300
instead of 72. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">So, for the
image above, at 300 DPI:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The width
is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1936<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>÷ 300 =<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6.45 inches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The height
is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2592<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>÷ 300 =<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8.64 inches<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So if you print this image at 300 dpi then it would
print out at 6.45 x 8.64 inches.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Photoshop/Adobe
files<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you have Photoshop, you don’t need to get out your
calculator. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Just bring up the image menu and click on Image size. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This window will show the pixel and document
dimensions and the resolution. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If the image is showing a resolution of 72 dpi you can
change this without altering the file, just <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">make sure you untick the box
‘Resample Image’ first.</i></b> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then you can change the resolution number to 300 to
show how that would affect the printed size.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="color: purple;">What are Megapixels (MP)?<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">A camera’s
megapixel (MP) count refers to the number of pixels it can capture by the
million. The MP of a standard compact camera is usually based on the production
of photo’s in 4:3 proportions. If a camera is branded as ‘4 megapixel’ this
means that it will take photos containing approximately 4 million pixels. So, a
photo of 4:3 (adjusted at best quality or highest resolution) has 2304 x 1728
pixels = (rounded off) 4.000.000 pixels = 4 MP.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">If your 4MP
camera is set to take the highest quality photos then you can calculate the
maximum print size by dividing the camera’s pixel dimensions by 300 (the ideal
print DPI):<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">2304/300 =
7.68” width<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">1728/300 =
5.76” height<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">So 7.68 x
5.76” is the maximum print size that the camera is capable of.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><strong><span style="color: purple;">How do I take<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an image with 300
DPI?<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span><br />
<br /><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Taking a
photograph<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Images taken on a digital camera (or phone) usually
display a dpi of 72. These photos will also be printable at 300dpi, you just
need to calculate the final printed size based on the pixel dimensions of the
photo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br /><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The most important thing to remember when
taking a photo with the aim of printing it is that you take as high quality
photo as possible. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A good quality digital photo should be:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<ol start="1" type="a">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">taken with a good quality
digital camera (good optics and digital sensor) <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">a photo that has not been
enlarged either in post-processing or by in-camera digital zoom. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">properly shot with good
lighting and no blur<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">a photo shot within the
camera's ideal ISO range (usually a low ISO such as ISO 100) <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">stored in either a lossless
format (i.e. TIF) or a very low compressed JPEG (highest camera JPEG
quality setting). <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">taken at the
highest quality setting their digital camera allows.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">If your camera is not capable of taking a
photo with a dpi high enough for your required print size, or if you don’t have
the experience or equipment necessary to take a high quality photograph you may
need to consider using a professional photographer, or having your work
scanned.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">
</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Scanning<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">If you're
creating a digital image by scanning you have to set the DPI of the scan to
meet the required DPI at the dimensions it is to be printed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Formula for
calculating the DPI needed:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Scanning
DPI needed = (Required print size* x Print DPI) ÷ Original artwork size*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">*The
required print size and original artwork size is this formula refer to either
the height or width of the image. You should do both calculations and use the
higher result for your final scanning DPI setting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Example:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Required
print size = 60x40”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Print dpi =
300<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Original
artwork size = 10x8”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Pixel
dimensions needed:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Width
=<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>60x300 = 18000<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Height =
40x300 = 12000<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Scan DPI
needed:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Width = 18000
/ 10 = 1800<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Height =
12000 / 8 = 1500<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The two
DPIs are not the same, as the aspect ratio (proportions) of the two print sizes are different.
The rule is to simply pick the largest DPI number, in this case 1800dpi. </span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Some more simple examples: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">To print a photo originally sized 4 by 5 in</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">ch</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> the same size - scan it at 300 dpi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">To print a photo originally sized 4 by 5
inches at 8 by 10 - scan it at 600 dpi so that the final print size will be 300
dpi. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">N.B Scanning at high resolutions makes great
demands on your scanner’s memory, so if you need to scan at very high
resolutions you may need to go to a printer with a higher spec scanner. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br /><br />
<strong>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;">Can I increase the DPI of my image?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></strong><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ideally you should start
with an image that’s high enough resolution at the required print size. But, as
a last resort you can increase the dpi of an image using photoshop (other
programs are probably available). Increasing the DPI of your image whilst
keeping the width and height the same (or increasing the width and height
whilst keeping the dpi the same) is known as <b>resampling</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">D</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">on't
resample an image unless you have no other option. The image will not be as
high quality as it would be if you took a high enough resolution photograph/scan
originally. Never resample the same image more than once as this will degrade
the quality.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">There are two ways to increase the size of an
image in Photoshop, you can either resize the image, or you can resample it.
These are not the same thing! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The difference between resizing and
resampling:</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<br />
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Enlarge
by resizing – Increases the size of the image whilst reducing the dpi
(untick ‘resample image’ box)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Enlarge
by resampling – Increases the size of the image whilst maintaining (or
increasing) the dpi (tick ‘resample image’ box). This will physically
increase the number of pixels in the image! <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">To resize OR resample within Photoshop </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">go
to ‘Image’ and click on ‘Image size’. This window will show the pixel and
document dimensions and the resolution. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">To increase the DPI of your image you just
need to tick the ‘Resample Image’ box and increase the resolution from 72 to
300 – your document size settings will remain the same, whilst the DPI is
increased. It is as quick and simple as that, but you need to consider that
enlarging your image and creating new pixels where they didn’t previously exist
is bound to affect your image quality and will not improve it! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Photoshop has a number of ‘interpolation
algorithms’ which control how it handles adding pixels when you resample an
image to a larger size. There are three main options to choose from:</span></div>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Bicubic Sharper</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> –
Use this option when resampling your image smaller for best image quality<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Bicubic Smoother –</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">
Use this option when resampling your image larger for best image quality<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Bicubic</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> – Not
really used much now that the other options are available.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Just
remember, i</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ncreasing resolution in
Photoshop WILL NOT increase the quality of the image. It should only be used as
a last resort to create images that will print slightly more successfully than
lower resolution ones. You will never be able to create a really high quality
image from a low dpi file. </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">This post
was put together with lots of help from the following websites and forums, thank you!: <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/digital-processing-software-printing/36091-how-take-images-300-dpi.html#ixzz23bnXI7bC" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399;">Pentax Forums - How to take images 300dpi</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/printshop.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">What Printshops really want</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.dpiphoto.eu/dpi.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Misunderstandings about DPI</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/scanning.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Scanning</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-6470392350330189542012-06-29T05:33:00.000-07:002012-06-30T15:09:26.088-07:00Summer Art & Craft Workshops 2012The Arlington Arts Cafe in Bournemouth is running an exciting series of art and craft workshops this summer. There will be friendly tuition provided in the beautiful setting of the café terrace, overlooking Bournemouth’s Lower gardens. <br />
<br />Ever fancied learning how to crochet, sculpt or print? Are you a keen amateur painter or a complete beginner looking to improve your skills? Then these are the workshops for you! <br />
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The workshops run from late June right through into September. Each session will be for 2 hours in the morning or afternoon and will require no previous experience. Adults and children welcome! (all children must be accompanied by an adult ).<br />
<br />I will be running a number of Relief Printmaking workshops as part of the summer season. From potato prints to wood engraving, relief printing is a great way to create exciting and repeatable printed images. On my workshops you will be taken through the steps to create your own original, handmade prints using simple equipment including <br />
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The price for each 2 hour workshop is just £7.50 per person and includes a free drink!<br />
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Booking is not essential, but recommended to avoid disappointment. All paper, paints and equipment will be provided, so you are welcome to just turn up on the day.<br />
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This series of Summer Art workshops have been arranged and co-ordinated by Ruth Kelvin of the <a href="http://www.artinbournemouth.com/page19.htm" target="_blank">RK Collection</a>. <br />
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<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">The workshop will be open from 26th May till 8th June, with loads of beautiful affordable prints to buy & the opportunity to have a good look round the workshop and see artists at work. </span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">Prices for framed original prints range from just £25 to £300. </span><br />
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Snap of the print after the 1st two colours have been printed, a pale yellow and quite a bold blue:<br />
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After all the prints have had the blue printed I cut away the Lino ready to print the next colour, green. The thing to remember is that you need to cut away everything that you want to remain the previous colour, i.e blue in this case.<br />
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After cutting away again the next colour was brown, here is a shot of the roller & glass slab where I'm preparing the ink:<br />
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And here is the Lino block ready to print the brown, you can see the card template I'm using for registration in this shot. It's got strips of card to line up the Lino with, and pen lines to mark where I should place the paper. This is how I manage to print each colour in the right place on top of the previous colour. Registration is a tricky business & there is always some slight difference in each colour - which adds to the handmade quality of the prints, and makes each one unique!<br />
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Here is the print with the brown added, looking almost finished!<br />
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Just one more colour to go, here is the Lino being cut down for the last colour:<br />
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It's always a bit scary cutting away each time, there's no going back!<br />
<br />At the moment I'm still waiting for the brown to dry before I can print the last layer.... watch this space.<br />
<br />You can also <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrancescaWhetnall" target="_blank">Follow me on Facebook</a> to see all my latest work in progress.<br />
And have a look at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/FrancescaWhetnall" target="_blank">my Etsy store</a> for all my available original prints.<br />Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-86116480121402972002012-05-01T05:28:00.000-07:002012-05-01T05:28:30.057-07:00Tiger tea time - edition of 33 linoprintsYey, I've completed my first ever <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_print" target="_blank">relief print</a> edition! <br />
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I decided to base the print on a quick sketch I'd made using 'MS Paint' a number of years ago:<br />
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After redrawing the design I thought it might be nice to stick him in a jungle setting (I didn't realise how much work that would mean at the time!). I used 3 lino blocks for the image - one for orange, one for black and one for yellow & green (I used a reduction technique to cut into the background yellow block to create the green block). Here are a couple of images of the print in progress:<br />
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With a handful of slightly imperfect prints, I ended up with just 33 finished prints in the edition. Not too bad for a first attempt and I've learnt a lot along the way. Here are some of the things I'll be trying to remember for my next print:<br />
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<li><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">Reduction should improve registration (i.e. all the colours will line up more easily if each colour is printed from the same lino block.</span></li>
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<li><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">Use paper cut outs to mask big areas of the lino that shouldn't be printing (i.e sometimes the cut sections of lino pick up ink that you don't want to print, cover these up with clean pieces of paper before printing).</span></li>
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I'm hoping to enter my little tiger into a couple of printmaking exhibitions later in the year, but until then he's available to buy online from my Etsy shop: <br />
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A waxy acid-resist, known as a ground, is applied to a metal plate, usually copper or zine but steel can also be used. There are two common types of ground: hard ground and soft ground. I used hard ground from a tube, which was spread on my zinc plate with a roller, coating it evenly and thinly. The ground was then heated to harden it. </div>
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Once hardened, I used a basic etching needle (you can use anything including a nail) to scratch into the ground, exposing the metal (but not scratching into it). I had already drawn my design out (in reverse) and a roughly traced it onto the ground as a starting point before etching. Once my design was completed I then submerged it in a solution of copper sulphate (much safer than other etching acids) which eats away at all of the exposed parts of the metal. To test the strength of the solution I had already created a test plate and tried out various etching times. My plate was exposed to the copper sulphate solution for about 9 minutes, which resulted in a good strong bite (the lines were etched deep enough so that they will hold enough ink when printed, and not too deep, so that they are too wide).</div>
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I used a piece of mount board to push ink into the etched lines of the plate. The next bit was the most time consuming - cleaning the plate with scrim and tissue, to remove all of the excess ink from the surface of the plate. This wiping leaves ink only in the incisions. Once the plate is fully inked and carefully wiped clean it's ready to be printed from. I used heavy, somerset paper which had been soaked and patted dry. The zinc plate was placed face up on the etching press bed, and the damp paper laid over the top (being careful to leave an even edge around the plate). The press blankets are then placed over the paper (usually with some newsprint between paper and blankets to prevent getting any marks on the blankets), and the print run through the press.</div>
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'Lost Star' - Box set overview<br />
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The Private View is on 12th April 2012 5pm - 7pm. </div>
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The exhibition continues until 22nd May 2012.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">The Private View is on Thursday 5 July 6pm - 8pm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">The exhibition runs from the 2 July – 6 August. opening hours 9am - 5pm every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Here is a sneak preview of one of the other beautiful prints that is part of the set:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Save our Souls (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em;">Collagraph)</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em;"> - </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em;">Ruth Barrett-Danes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em;">For more info on the Lost Star project and the Red Hot Press see <a href="http://www.redhotpress.org.uk/rhpexhibitions.html" target="_blank">their website</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div>Ceccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324152950303305431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416592420719546810.post-33541062329957483072012-02-07T12:32:00.000-08:002012-02-07T12:32:37.371-08:00RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2012Since going full time as an artist at the beginning of 2012, one of my main aims was to get a painting accepted into the Royal Watercolour Society's annual open exhibition. The subject guidelines for the exhibition are completely open, with the only guidance being:<br />
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<i>(The competition) aims to encourage innovation and experimentation in watercolour painting, spanning work on paper in watercolour, acrylic, gouache, pen & ink and watercolour mixed media.</i><br />
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With only a few weeks to prepare for the deadline I worked on several new paintings (see my earlier blog <a href="http://whetnallwatercolours.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-new-career-new-paintings.html" target="_blank">New year, New career, New paintings!</a>). But, when I finally managed to make a decision on what to submit I selected 2 of the new paintings, and a portrait I painted over a year ago, an enduring favourite of mine, from the portraits I've painted for JKPP (see my earlier blog <a href="http://whetnallwatercolours.blogspot.com/2010/05/julia-kays-portrait-party.html" target="_blank">Julia Kay's Portrait Party</a>). After some almost catastrophic hiccups with the online submission, my entries were in and I only had a few days to wait for the results...<br />
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I'm very excited to announce that my portrait has been accepted! <br />
The exhibition will be held at <a href="http://www.banksidegallery.com/default.aspx" target="_blank">Bankside Gallery</a> between 24th February - 14th March 2012. If you haven't been to Bankside Gallery before, I thoroughly recommend it. The home of the <a href="http://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/" target="_blank">Royal Watercolour Society (RWS)</a> and <a href="http://re-printmakers.com/" target="_blank">The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE),</a> it's a lovely little gallery, right beside Tate Modern, on the Southbank. It generally shows small - medium sized, affordable and beautiful art, and I'm a huge fan of many of the artists who show work there.<br />
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The accepted painting:<br />
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Portrait of a Man (titled 'Straw Herring' in a previous life)</div>
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For more information on the RWS exhibition and the other successful artists have a look at Katherine Tyrrell's great <a href="http://makingamark.blogspot.com/2012/02/rws-contemporary-watercolour.html" target="_blank">blogpost</a><br />
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