Thursday, March 24, 2016

Caring Tips For Your Watercolor Marine Art Prints

By Walter Murray


Home is the place where we can relax and lie comfortably. Making sure that it looks clean, beautiful and fresh is necessary. We may put up some decorations like curtains, furniture, artworks and many others.

Adding up these stuffs could really make our interior look livelier and prettier. It does not really matter whatever kind of artwork that we would display in our home because all of it are indeed beautiful, especially if they are watercolor marine art prints. We should not disregard these things because aside from the beauty it brings, it also relaxes our eyes.

Paintings are of different kinds and they differ in regards to the medium used. There are paintings like oil painting, pastel, watercolor, charcoal and many others. Having these items are good possessions but whatever these arts are made of, we must give it an utmost care since they are a treasure to the painter. Consider some of these methods in caring for your artworks.

When handling these items, you must make sure that you will no be able to touch the surface of the painting. Remember that your skin produces natural oils and acids, and once you touch these with your bare hands, the oils will transfer and it may affect the color of your art. The best thing to do is to wear gloves when handling these kinds of items.

After you have bought your painting, you would then want to display it. Always remember that when you display them, put them in a spot where there is not sunlight that could strike through it. Direct exposure to sunlight could damage the quality of your art. It could create a discoloration in your painting. Make sure you display it away from the heat of the sun.

Never display these items also to a place in your house where there is an excessive heat, like at the back of refrigerator or near the stove, or anywhere where there is considerable amount of heat. This is actually the best enemy of most artworks. The heat will speed up the chemical reaction and it could cause dryness and degradation of materials.

When storing those paintings which are not displayed, make sure that you keep it in a dry, clean and dark area. Ensure that the room is always clean and that there is no enormous heat that surrounds the room which could possibly destroy these items. Lie flat those which are not framed and see to it that it is not blocking the way so that it would not be stepped on.

When it comes to cleaning these things, make sure you are using the right cleaning materials. Do not use cloth when cleaning those that are not laminated paintings, instead use a feather duster that is of good quality. Just softly dust if off to remove the dirt. For those that are laminated, use the appropriate cleaning agent and do not just use any cleaner as it might leave a blurry texture to the glass.

In case your painting got damage, immediately ask help from experts. These people know how to handle these materials so you have nothing to worry. Do not ever attempt to do the restoration on your own if you are not an expert since it might only cause sever damage.




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