The system of numbering and documentation of fine-art editions is designed to guarantee the authenticity and originality of prints in the art market. Each print is signed by the author (usually, but not always) in the lower right-hand corner or margin. In the opposite corner goes the edition numbering, two numbers divided by a slanted stroke. The bottom number represents the total number of prints in the edition; the top one the order in which the artist has signed that particular print. (more…)
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How to Number Fine-Art Prints
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged estudio obra gráfica, Granada, Maureen Booth, numeración obra gráfica, print numbering, printmaking courses, printmaking lessons, printmaking Spain, printmaking studio, printmaking workshops, taller grabado on July 28, 2011| 2 Comments »
Six Things that Surprise Artists When They Come to Stay in the Gallinero – II/II
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged artist's residence, cursos de grabado, El Gallinero, estudio grabado, Granada, Maureen Booth, printmaking courses, printmaking in Spain, printmaking lessons, printmaking Spain, printmaking studio, printmaking workshops, residencia de artistas, talleres obra gráfica on July 21, 2011| 3 Comments »
4. The Focus—When is the last time you’ve had two or three weeks with nothing to think about, nothing to spend your time on but art? It sounds like a dream, doesn’t it? But that’s what happens to people when they arrive in Granada for one of my printmaking workshops. This is especially true of the artists who come to do one-on-one collaborative work with me. Their involvement here is total, their existence almost monastic. They divide their time between the creative cloister of the Gallinero and my studio. We usually work together for five hours each morning. Then, after lunch, they make their own hours, either working in the studio or sketching glimpses of the village and the surroundings. Some of them stay in the studio past midnight. (more…)
Six Things that Surprise Artists When They Stay in the Gallinero – I/II
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged artist's residence, El Gallinero, estudio de grabado, estudio de obra gráfica, Granada, Maureen Booth, printmaking courses, printmaking lessons, printmaking Spain, printmaking studio, printmaking workshops, residencia de artistas, taller de grabado, taller de obra gráfica on July 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Maureen Booth, Granada, July 18, 2011–I’ve had artists coming to stay in my “Gallinero” artists’ residence and work with me in my printmaking studio for a year and a half now. I’ve welcomed all sorts of people: working artists, advanced beginners, people between the ages of 15 and 82, a Canadian return-to-art person, a couple of delightful veteran artists and art educators from Colorado, a Hungarian sculptor, an Australian painter… All of them have taught me something, and I’d like to think the experience was mutual. And there’s one thing they all agree upon: Printmaking here in Granada and staying in the Gallinero is a unique creative experience. That compels me to try to figure out what makes it so. I’ve made a list of possible factors: (more…)
Burnt by the Spanish Sun
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Granada, Internet para artistas, Internet strategy for artists, Maureen Booth, plancha solar, Printmaking Today, printmaking workshops, solar-plate printmaking, summer printmaking workshops, taller de grabado, taller de obra gráfica, talleres de grabado on July 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
An article by Maureen Booth in the summer 2011 edition of Printmaking Today, the British fine-art-printmaking magazine with subscribers worldwide which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year (more…)
Happy as an Idiot with a Pencil III/III by Maureen Booth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged artists in crisis, artists stop selling, creativity, Granada, Maureen Booth, printmaking courses, printmaking lessons, printmaking Spain, printmaking studio, printmaking workshops, summer printmaking workshops on July 6, 2011| 1 Comment »
The Mother of All Communications Tools
If you’re interested in having mathematical laws work in your favor—and you are—you’re going to have to brush up your Internet skills a bit beyond sending emails and logging onto your Facebook and Twitter accounts. You should at least know how to create and maintain a blog. This is fun and easy, once you surmount a not-too-steep learning curve. I cannot overemphasize the importance of Internet for artists. A dozen years ago, when my husband proposed to make me my first website, I said, “What do I want a website for? I’m an artist.” Today he’s at work on his seventh (Or eighth? I’ve lost count.) printmaking website, some of which are exclusively mine, others in which I participate with other printmakers and studios. Today 90% of my living comes either directly or indirectly via the Web of Webs. (more…)
Lorna Burden Publishes Her Spanish Solar-Plate Experience in Australia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Granada, Lorna Burden, Maureen Booth, NMIT, On the Edge magazine, solar-plate printmaking on July 5, 2011| 1 Comment »
Lorna Burden, the Australian printmaker and art student, who was here working with me in the month of March, has published an account of her experience in On the Edge, a new magazine “a collaborative effort of the Advanced Diploma of Creative Product Development Students of NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of Technical and Further Education.“) The content ranges from original art to art-travel experiences, essays and music commentary.
Lorna’s article is very generous, both with me and with the solar-plate printmaking process, which she took to like a duck to a goldfish bowl. Though she was only here for three days, en route to England to visit family, she took home a portfolio of lovely solar-plate prints with which she took some delight in surprising her fellow NMIT students. She’s promised to come back next year for a longer stay. We’ll see if we can conjure up some more surprises.
Happy as an Idiot with a Pencil II/III by Maureen Booth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged artists survival, artists survive hard times, Granada, hard times for artists, Maureen Booth, printmaking courses, printmaking lessons, printmaking Spain, printmaking studio, printmaking workshops on July 4, 2011| 1 Comment »
A Few Basic Notions to Keep in Mind During Hard Times
Keep Working
Even if you don’t have the time and resources to paint or make prints, keep drawing. Everything and everywhere, at every free moment. This activity will not only hone your hand and eye, it will boost your morale. You know how low you feel after a couple of days without making art. Don’t let that happen. All you need are paper and pencil. The Spanish have a saying: “Feliz como un tonto con un lápiz…” ”Happy as an idiot with a pencil…” (more…)
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