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Make it easy for you to find me

2010, Uncategorized / Linda Germain / January 18, 2012

Today I was thinking that I should make if very easy for you to find me. This means if you want to send an email or check out my YouTube videos or Take a class or Buy some art you should be able to do it with very few clicks of the mouse. So I am going to look over my sites and accounts and see where I can improve. Enjoy!

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Blogs that inspired me today

2010, Uncategorized / Linda Germain / January 17, 2012

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love birds on book page

Do you ever check out a blog and then check out another that was l listed on the first blog and then on and on for an hour or so? I will share my blogging journey – to inspire you.

http://mycuriousteaparty.blogspot.com/ by Julie Howe of the UK with inspiring pins and lots of links to more inspiring artists…….somehow I got to

http://paperponderings.blogspot.com/ by Fiona Dempster Her paper and images just make me want to work with paper and experiment. then I went to

http://missouribendstudio.blogspot.com/ and I was inspired by Patti Roberts-Pizzuto mixed media work and her etsy shop and to

http://wabisabiart.blogspot.com/ and wanting to start the double alphabet project. and then to

Rebecca Crowell’s abstract landscapes http://rebeccacrowellart.blogspot.com/.

The more I wander the web the more I start to believe that the goal really is to be true to myself.

Enjoy the journey!

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9 things I learned from a new buyer

2010, Gelatin plate print / Linda Germain / January 15, 2012

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thinking
screen print on gelatin print
8′ x 10″

I was lucky to have a new buyer come to my studio today. And it was a great opportunity to talk about and present my gelatin prints. I learned:

clean the studio and
create a comfortable place to display the work
ask questions to better understand what the buyer likes and where the art will be displayed
Listen to the answers
Offer matting and framing ideas
yet let the buyer decide
have fun with the conversation
allow the buyer to prepay
give myself a delivery deadline

Happy Printing!

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Tiny screen for printing cards

2010, drawing fluid screen print / Linda Germain / January 14, 2012

I wish I had a thermofax machine, but since I do not I try other ways to make screens for mixed media printmaking. I am getting better at the drawing fluid method. It is good for simple line drawings.

transfer your drawing on to the screen with a pencil
“Paint” the pencil lines with drawing fluid
let the Fluid dry – speed up with hair dryer
With a squeegee, pull a bead of screen filler over the whole drawing. You don’t want to be able to see through your screen. If you can see light through the screen, then allow to dry and pull another thin layer of screen filler over the image.
Allow filler to dry

gently rinse out the blue drawing fluid
The goal is to have screen filler everywhere except when the drawing fluid is. And the blue fluid is water soluble so it starts to dissolve the more you squeegee the screen.

Now you have a screen ready to print with. For more instructions. Or a dick blick video

Happy Printing!

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Paper Art – Exhibit Call for entries @ Lynn Arts

2010, Uncategorized / Linda Germain / January 13, 2012

On or Of Paper @ Lynn Arts

A Curated Show, open to any artist 17 and older

January 31 – March 7

Gallery Opening: Saturday, February 4, 2-4pm

Juror: StacyThomas-Vickory

Entry Fee: $12.00 per entry,
3 for $30, limit of 3 entries.
If no work accepted 1⁄2 of entry fee will be refunded
Cash Award for Best of Show

Drop-off:
January 19, 10am-8pm,
January 20, 10am-4pm, and
January 21, 11am-4pm
at 25 Exchange Street, Lynn, MA.

For the details go to On of Of Paper – call for entries

Call Susan Halter with questions @ 781.598.5244

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