What is a giclee print? Why do I use them?

This article explains what a giclee print is, preparing a high quality digital asset (file) for printing, the quality of the fine art papers that are available, and considers how much to charge (pay) for a giclee. It also outlines the investment value of purchasing a giclee.

The use of sketching to explore shapes, colours, composition, techniques and so forth. Using sketching to experiment more freely without the pressure of trying to ‘complete’ a painting.

Some examples of working towards a painting of a Swiss cheese plant by using sketching to develop ideas.

New painting. This gives a little bit of detail behind my latest painting of a Scottish croft on Eilean Shona, a small island in the inner Hebrides.