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25 Photos To Inspire Your Flower Art Prints – In Full Color!

Arthur — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:00:18 +0000

Floral themes have long been a recurring part of our artistic heritage. Cultures all over the world have since time immemorial recognized the beauty intrinsic to flowers. Countless works of art depict flowers in stylized and realistic forms. They symbolize hope, life, love, femininity, renewal, and even death. There seems to be something about them that’s difficult to ignore. Flower art prints something in our minds that is impossible to separate from our very existence as human beings.

Artwork with floral themes remain popular the world over. These enduring depictions of Mother Nature at her most vibrant are a popular choice for canvas prints. Here are a 25 great pieces of flower photography to enjoy.

25 Vibrant Floral Photography Samples

Click on Pics for Image Sources

By naruo0720

By Prof Dr Kamarudin Mat-Salleh

By Emilines

by *Bonavista-Tim

by Benoit Jenny Schecter

by Gavin Ritchie

by Mauro Maestri

by floralgal

by AnyMotion

by tin G

by Dragan Todorovic

by Brian Auer

by Caroline O’Hagan

by Chun-Chih Fan

by ~Alliec

by ~missy75

by ~not-in-my-lifetime

by `WaitingForTheWorms

We hope you enjoyed these photos as much as we enjoyed them! Inspired to create your own flower art prints yet? Have any comments? Feel free to drop us a line! We’d be more than happy to help you with your floral canvas prints – all at prices that won’t break the bank. Call us toll free at 1-888-55-POSTER for more details!

101 Biting Canine Images for Your Canvas Print Art Inspiration

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:08:13 +0000

Every dog has its day, so they say. In honor of our ever faithful four-legged friends, we present you an epic assemblage of the most scintillating canine artworks culled from the worldwide web.

Get rabidly inspired and creative with our showcase of one hundred and one images geared to supercharge your canvas print art design ideas. Awooo!

Canine Images That Will Make Your Imagination Jump, Roll Over and Fetch Fresh Canvas Print Art Ideas

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Can’t wait to display your artwork on canvas? For high quality yet affordable canvas print art services please visit Online Poster Printing.com.

Giving Canvas Prints as a Personalized Gift

Jennifer Silverman — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:01:16 +0000

We have all come to value photographs as souvenirs of special memories, but canvas printing can make these memories last longer and look better. Surprise your friends or family by printing their favorite memories on canvas posters. Online Poster Printing has a few ideas for your canvas printing needs.

Ideas For Photo Canvas Prints

Baby Baptisms

Most people are baptized during infancy. So, they usually have no memories of their baptism aside from a certificate and some snapshots. But you can give your godchild a precious memory of his/her baptism through photo canvas prints.

The high-quality texture of our canvas material makes it the best choice for printing portraits. Your godchild will be able to enjoy your personalized gift for many years to come.

Débutante Balls/Coming-Out Parties

Début or coming-out parties are usually held for girls, though boys may have their own coming-of-age parties as well. This occasion is a special milestone for young people as they are formally acknowledged as full-fledged adults. A canvas portrait of the debutante will make for a very special souvenir of this happy event.

Weddings

Defy the trend of practical wedding gifts and give a newlywed couple canvas portraits of their wedding day. Capture the special moments of the ceremony yourself, or hire a professional photographer to assist you. You can also present your canvas print gift so it is ready to hang with our convenient mounting options. Visit our canvas prints product page today to see what mounting options we have available for you.

Creating Canvas Art without a Brush

Jennifer Silverman — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:01:02 +0000

You don’t need to take a painting class to create beautiful canvas art of your own. All you need is your computer, your creativity, and Online Poster Printing’s affordable canvas printing. With these, you’re well on your way to building a wonderful canvas art gallery right in your own home.

Digital Canvas Printing Benefits

Enhance

Digital image manipulation has become popular because it gives artists more freedom of expression. Chances of drastic errors are significantly less, and the artist can even modify their artwork during post-production to enhance the image even further.

Thanks to digital software, you can create wonderful works of art worthy of printing on canvas with minimal skill or knowledge. Our prepress team also checks your files with digital software to ensure your canvas prints are of the highest quality when printed.

Enlarge

With traditional painting on canvas, the size of your artwork is limited once you first apply your brush to its surface. With printing digital art on canvas, Online Poster Printing can enlarge your artwork to any size, as long as your file’s image resolution can handle it.

This is why we recommend customers to keep a minimum of 150 dpi resolution when they submit their digital files, and aim for 300 dpi for best results. Please read the File Setup Guide on Online Poster Printing’s FAQ page for more information.

Extremely Convenient

Purchasing all the materials for traditional painting can be a hassle. Spending money for paint, brushes, canvases, and other equipment can be quite costly. Even more so if you make a mistake.

At Online Poster Printing, we make sure your canvas prints come out perfect. Just upload your design, enter your specifications, and we’ll do the rest of the work for you.

Obtain Free Art for Your Canvas Prints

Jennifer Silverman — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:43:21 +0000

At Online Poster Printing, you can print more than just your own photos or artwork on canvas. You can print other artists’ work for your personal use. That is, if you can obtain the rights to do so.

You can either buy these works of art in an art gallery, or get the rights to them yourself. You can obtain the rights to artwork for free as we will explain below.

Free Artwork for Canvas Printing

Public Domain

If a work of art is said to be in the public domain, it means they are no longer protected under patent or copyright, and anyone can use them. You can tell if a piece of art is in the public domain just by the date. If it was created before 1923, or if the artist has been dead for more than 70 years, it’s free to use. These American art pieces are some examples that fall into either of the two public domain specifications.

Creative Commons

The Creative Commons allows artists to share their work using free licenses. These licenses tell end users what they can or can’t do with the artwork. They dictate whether or not you can use the artwork for commercial purposes or if you can modify, adapt, or build on the work. But if you’re only looking for artwork to print on canvas, you will have an easier time. The only stipulation is that you must acknowledge the original creator.

With these possibilities, you can turn your home into a fine art gallery without spending a fortune. We can help by printing your art canvases at affordable prices. To see just how affordable, visit our Canvas Prints product page today to see what convenient options we’ve got in store for you.

Giclée Printing: What It Is and How You’re Already Doing It

Jennifer Silverman — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:40:19 +0000

You may have come across the term “giclée” before if you’ve done some research on canvas printing. But if you haven’t, you’d best know what it is sooner than later. Because believe it or not, chances are that you’ve already done giclée printing without even knowing it!

Giclée Printing 101

The Basics

Pronounced as “zhee-clay,” giclée is the process of making fine art prints from a digital file using inkjet printers. The term comes from a French word that means “to spray”.

Artists use giclée printing to duplicate their original paintings. They can also reproduce photographs or computer generated art from digital files to canvas prints. Printing digitally allows artists to modify all aspects of their giclée canvas prints, from custom sizes to finer design details.

OnlinePosterPrinting.com Does Giclée Printing

When you go to the Online Poster Printing website and upload your files for printing, you’ll be ordering a giclée print. You can print your favorite photos or designs from digital files; this is what giclée printing is all about. We recognize your photographs and digital designs as artwork from the moment we receive your file; so we handle your print jobs as such, from start to finish.

Giclée Printing Benefits at OPP

At Online Poster Printing, your giclée canvas printing jobs come with great printing bonuses. You get highly affordable pricing, free press-ready proofs, convenient mounting options, and even a money-back guarantee. You’ll also get free next day service if you opt for our rolled canvas prints! Visit our site and try our giclée printing services today.

Feed Kids’ Knowledge with Educational Poster Designs

Jennifer Silverman — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:07:08 +0000

Children learn best when you let their imaginations explore with new ideas. Stoke their imaginations even more with vivid canvas prints. They’re sturdier than other illustration types and last even longer. Excite your kids to explore the world around them with these fun and creative ideas.

Fun and Creative Poster Designs for Kids

Fantasy

Bring a storybook scene to life, from gallant knights in the Medieval Ages to desert caravans’ nomadic lives. Print lavish underwater landscapes or swashbuckling pirates on treasure hunts. Fantastic canvas art prints like these not just feed their imaginations, but also make them curious about how other people live in different times and places around the world.

Holidays

Make a holiday last all year round with canvas prints. Tell them interesting back stories about their favorite holidays, like Christmas or Halloween, through pictures of the holidays’ histories. This will help them understand why these holidays are celebrated and get them more in the spirit when these events arrive.

City Scenes

Give your children the inside scoop about city goings-on and tourist spots. Print pictures or artwork of firefighter stations, police headquarters, and television network offices. Show them what they’ll find in zoos and museums before visiting them. Who knows? Your children may find out what they want to do when they grow up from these prints on canvas.

Nature Scenes

Go green with your kids; use nature scenes in your digital canvas posters. Print images of the Amazon River or lions in sweeping grasslands. This can be an excuse for you and the kids to learn more about the topic and find a new appreciation for the natural world.

Have a Classy 4th of July with American Art Canvas Prints

Jennifer Silverman — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:30:27 +0000

It’s the 4th of July tomorrow. A lot of people are hanging star-spangled banners and getting ready for BBQ parties. But here’s a different, classy way to celebrate: with art. American Art style canvas prints can add culture to your home, and stay on your walls all year round. Here are some great ideas.

Sophisticated Poster Prints for the 4th of July

Luminism

Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Albert Bierstadt. 1868. Oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

Luminism is a landscape painting style from the 1850s – 1870s. Artists in this genre try to hide their brushstrokes, because they’re going for a luminous effect. The light effects and aerial views make these art pieces just glow with tranquility. Luminist art usually has reflective water and a soft, hazy sky.

American Realism

McSorley’s Bar . John Sloan. 1912. Detroit Institute of the Arts.

American Realism was a turn of the century trend in art, music and literature. Artists during this time recorded the current periods’ viewpoints through art and focused on describing what was real. This art style is great for gritty, down-to-earth prints on canvas with a real urban feel.

Synchromism

Airplane Synchromy in Yellow-Orange. Stanton MacDonald-Wright. 1920. Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

An art movement back in 1912, synchronism says that color and sound are similar. Colors in a painting can be arranged like notes in a symphony, and painting in color scales can make you hear or feel music. This style can go great with pastel walls or bright and sunny rooms.

**There are more American art styles out there you can make gorgeous canvas prints of. But remember to check if they’re in the public domain; that is, if they’ve been published before January 1, 1923, or the artist has been dead for more than 70 years. Choose well, happy canvas art printing, and have a classically fantastic Fourth of July!

Large Canvas Prints in Small Apartments

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:40:28 +0000

Decorating a small apartment in the city can be tedious because one has to maximize the space and at the same time create the illusion of a bigger space. Before, decorators used mirrors to make the space look more spacious but now there is a new trend in decorating which is called canvas printing. You do not need to purchase expensive oil canvas paintings to brighten up your home. By printing your digital photos on canvas, it can show the depth of space and create a focal point to deceive visual space. Here are 3 things you need to know about canvas printing for your apartment.

3 Tips for Canvas Printing

1. Picture Perfect!
The standard orientation of the photograph is rectangular so that it would be easy to crop the unnecessary edges. The resolution of your photo should at least be 100 dpi or else it will appear blurry if blown up. Using a photo editing software, edit the imperfections in your photo like red eyes, dark lighting, etc. Remember that you will be hanging this in your wall and you wouldn’t want to have a portrait with red eyes staring at you right?

2. Choose a Good Online Printer Company
You may have the best photo but if your printer is not of high standards then you’ll end up with a disastrous artwork. There are a lot of online printers that offer canvas printing services but you need to be careful in choosing one. Aside from shipping and handling, you also need to consider if your printer offer stretching services. It would be easier for you if your online printer already have that service so that you don’t have to do the stretching of the canvas yourself.

3. Protect your Canvas
You can protect your canvas by not exposing it to direct sunlight and heat. Hang your canvas print in a wall away from pointed objects because scratches may occur. Also, make sure that your canvas is coated so that your canvas’s colors won’t easily fade. If dust occurs, do not wipe it off with a damp towel because it will destroy your work of art. Instead, blow them off the surface.

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sam — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:29:13 +0000

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