Vincent would be angry!

[clifpa]

Hi all,

I bought a canvas transfer kit and thought I would try one. Alot easier then I thought just time consuming, but heck, I have had a lot of time.

I had a small Vincent Van Gogh "Starry Night" poster that I had picked up at the museum so thought that would be fun.

When it was done it looked great, just like a painting on canvas, but :confused: the colors really looked muted?

I was thinking, ouch, maybe it has to do with the canvas that was provided, i.e., wheat brown?

Would a white canvas have kept the nice colors or is this just part of the process? Is one for photo's and a different one for posters?

Thanking you in advance

[pamazon]

I just got a new seal press and they provide a canvas tranfer kit with it. It's kind of fussy to do and I also noticed the colour diffrence in the print, but I think it was because of the laminate rather than the canvas.

[Barb Pelton]

Yes, I prefer the white canvas to the natural most of the time.
I keep both, but most prints will have some white places in it that will turn muddy looking once it's transferred to the canvas.
The print will lose a little brightness from the laminate, but it sounds like it's the canvas color coming through.

If you'd like some small pcs to play with, drop me a line. I have lots of scraps of both, so you can compare.