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Is it a dream of yours to redecorate your house to give it the look you like? Adding perfect wall art will do just that, transforming your home into the same environment you enjoy spending time in. Hey hey, don’t confuse wall art with murals or graffiti; I won’t make you do the tedious job of painting or applying murals directly on your walls, or ceiling, nor do I mean to cover them with graffiti.
What I suggest is to hang canvases, framed prints, paintings, or any other art pieces on your house walls, the very things we describe as wall art. However, nothing compares to the beauty, the marvels of photography add to a house.
I also understand that choosing wall art can be quite exhausting and time-consuming. But you’re not alone! Let’s face it: creating symmetry between art pieces and your space can be a daunting task as you will have to pick such artwork that can go well with your room’s theme, color scheme, as well as your own sense of style and personality.
In this Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Perfect Wall Art for Your Home, I run through a few key points that will help you in your choice.
Yes, size does matter! If you add framed prints or canvas prints in your attempt to decorate your room perfectly, you’ll have to choose the right size. After all, you don’t want your art for the wall just hanging there but to pull the entire space together. A too small wall art or a too large wall art will both espouse as if something is out of place in your room.
Moreover, you won’t be able to enjoy your wall art, especially in the case of nature photographs, if they are of the wrong size. Imagine a 2m large print hung on the wall of your 1.5m long living room, how bad it will look and how could you even enjoy that print.
So, whenever you choose wall art, focus on filling about ⅔ to ¾ area of your wall. Follow the same proportions as when hanging a print above a piece of furniture and pick a work ⅔ to ¾ smaller than the furniture. For example, a work to be hung above a headboard of 125 cm wide should be about 80 to 100 cm wide.
It’s safer to go bigger when in doubt: If you’re purchasing a print without measurements, you should go for the bigger size taking into account the size limits of your room as your primary objective of hanging an artwork on your wall is to make it stand out and add to your room’s beauty – a smaller print will not serve this purpose.
When determining the orientation of your wall art, take into account the shape of the targeted wall space. If you want to hang framed images on the vertical space available between two windows, buy photographs having portrait orientation. They will make the space feel more spacious and open. Similarly, if you want an art piece hung on the wide blank wall space over your headboard or dining table, choose landscape, or horizontal images covering 60% to 75% of the wall space to make your art piece stand out.
Again, choosing the right theme from a wide variety of available wall art themes is mind-numbing for many homeowners. However, if you’re fond of an artist, photographer, painter, or even designer, your problem is partially sorted out as you’ll have to choose from the works of a single person. But make sure to choose an art piece that won’t damage your walls. You can read a great overview about your possible options on the page of Redfin featuring the ideas of other artists and me.
Let me give a pro tip: it would be ideal to have nature photographs in your home since nothing can beat the beauty of nature. Also, nothing attracts humans more than nature does. So, not only you but your family members and guests will also admire your wall art.
Another more important benefit of having nature photography in your home is that it serves as a cool shortcut to your mental health, and happiness. When you look at nature photos, your brain has the same reaction as when you are in nature. And who can deny the fact that nature is the best healer? That’s the reason why serious mental illness risks are higher in cities than in rural areas.
If you’re living in a major city, which can be better described as a concrete jungle, you should employ this cool shortcut and choose nature photographs for wall art to prevent anxiety, depression, or any other kind of psychological distress.
If you seek my opinion, I would highly recommend choosing landscape, and animal photography from the broad genre of nature photography, to make you feel more connected to mother nature. You can also go for aerial images taken by drones. This type of photography that involves modern gadgets, is very popular nowadays and serves as a nice feast to our eyes owing to the fact that we cannot see such picturesque scenery with our bare eyes that drone captures.
Colors have power, and color psychology plays a key role in home decor or more specifically wall art. We are influenced by colors; they change our perception and make us feel a certain way even if we’re not always conscious of it. It is, therefore, important to learn a few basic things about colors to choose perfect wall art for your home.
Several studies have found that colors around us have a strong impact on our moods and they trigger arousal states and emotions. For example, warm colors like orange, red, and yellow evoke higher arousal emotions (love, anger, happiness, passion, etc) while cool colors, like green, blue, and purple are connected with feelings like sadness, calmness, and indifference.
You may have noticed that the color tone of the environment sometimes makes you feel warm or cold. This is happening just with you. Colors change everyone’s perception of temperature. That’s why they are categorized as warm and cool colors.
When you are cold, your lips and skin around your eyes turn blue, and blue is a cool color representing winter, rain, ice, water, wind, and freshness. Likewise, warm colors like yellow or red produce images like sun, summer, or fire in your mind, and make you feel warmer.
Emotions strongly influence our decisions, and colors have a strong impact on our emotions. So we can say that colors influence our decisions by exciting emotions in us. Blue and green make us feel relaxed and help in making wiser decisions.
The warm tone of red and orange colors is said to kick in the survival mode, increasing speed and force but reducing creativity and patience. On the other hand, cool colors like blue and green have an opposing calming effect on us. Such colors encourage relaxation and creativity.
Besides affecting our emotional and psychological state, colors also affect our bodies. Warm colors are associated with heightened physiological alertness, so they activate our nervous system, increase our heart rate and flow of adrenaline in our body.
Contrarily, cool colors like green, and blue are relaxing and cause positive physiological changes. In presence of these colors, we are calmed, our respiration slows down, and our blood pressure goes down. That’s the reason why surgeons wear green or blue dresses.
Regardless of all the color theory and what experts say about color combinations, what matters the most in garnering the benefits of colors mentioned above is your personal taste and choice. You should always go for the colors you like to see around. Only then, you’ll be able to draw the benefits.
For example, you may have memories attached to a particular color, which may not go well with your interior in light of the color theory or expert opinion, but you feel good looking at it. You should ignore everything and go for what makes you happy.
After selecting the artworks you like, and determining their size in view of your space, here comes the next step of choosing the right medium. Being a professional, I would advise you to choose the right material for printing your photographs, and frames to give a modern and contemporary finish to your wall art.
To help you out with this step of choosing the right medium, let me inform you what medium I prefer in light of my experience. The list below consists of those finishes which I have found the best after experimenting with almost every kind of medium available in the market. Owing to their quality, I have included them in my service library, which I offer to my valued customers in collaboration with the best fine art printing studio in the country.
I start with one of the most exclusive finishes, the floater box frame. In this frame your beautiful new artwork has a twist – it has a thin space in the edges. By creating a space around the print we let the photograph float by leaving about a 1 cm gap from the edge of the frame. I prefer the floater box frame with a white or black frame with semi-glossy print finish, and I recommend the same to my customers.
Another best option to display art on walls is to use a metal board for mounting. This hanging method is perfect for nature photographs as the metal boards I offer for unframed pictures are flat that creates a floating effect if mounted at a fixed distance from the wall. For these aluminum composite boards, I prefer semi-glossy print finishes.
Acrylic print is a modern way of displaying photography, and other artwork. Since acrylic can create a 3D effect by keeping a beam of light reflected within its surfaces, it’s considered best for displaying nature photos.
One of the most traditional ways of showcasing art. It’s a print canvas stretched over a frame that can be hung straight on the wall. Typically, the canvas print is stapled behind the frame, then covered with a tightening agent for a better fit. Having a classic look of oil painting, the print on canvas enhances the beauty of traditional rooms. I’m offering my canvas wall art photographs on matte material.
In addition to these four finishes that I have found best for the wall art, I also offer paper print and canvas print. Please note that these prints are not finishes, if you select these options, you have to take care of framing. I have made these two types of prints a part of my services after thorough research and my experience with European clients as well as the durability of these prints and the quality look they give to your photos.
A paper print is the most used medium for getting a physical copy of a photograph. Currently I recommend semi-glossy papers for all of my photographs for two reasons: this material strengthens contrast and is less vulnerable than matte.
For getting outstanding semi-glossy prints, I have been laying my trust in one of the outstanding products of the world-renowned paper manufacturing company, Hahnemühle. This allows you to enjoy the sensation of luxurious cotton paper and the calm sensation of a traditional baryta board. Because of its fine and smooth surface texture coated with barium sulfate, Baryta gloss gives photo prints an expressive character. Also, it has a warm white tone, with no added optical brighteners, and gives the feel and touch of genuine art paper.
The canvas print is simply a print on a canvas without stretching. For its finishing, you can either choose matte or semi-glossy finishes. Since the print is not stretched on a frame, you have to take care of the framing, which can be done in any of the framing services.
For these matte canvases, I use a beautiful canvas made by Hahnemühle which is developed from mixed cotton-polyester fabric and matt inkjet coating. With a creamy white tone, this canvas does not contain any optical brighteners. Also, this premium quality canvas is age-resistant and produces distinctive print results, especially for nature photographs and portraits. The colors are rich and vibrant, the depth of black is impressive, and the details are reproduced well.
I can assist you with your quest for having perfect wall art in your home by offering a quality collection of nature and landscape photographs. My collection features the two main categories of my prints: Open Edition and Limited Edition Arts.
These prints are not limited in number and can be ordered anytime without any limitations, and without having any doubts about the quality of the art.
This category includes limited editions of more exclusive and limited in number prints. They all come with authentication and certification from the Print Lab signed by me. Since they’re of exclusive quality, their price is relatively higher. The Limited Editions feature three types of images: Limited of 50; Limited of 20; and Limited of 3.
To create an eye-catching wall art in your home, you can choose images of your choice from my Open Edition and Limited Edition collection. I offer free shipping in Hungary and other countries in Europe. So if you fall in this continent, just order to have the artwork of your choice delivered at your doorsteps. Right now I’m not offering shipping outside of Europe, so I request the interested people from other continents to please contact me, and I’ll see how I can manage their orders.
Let’s simplify the process of choosing the perfect wall art for your home by wrapping up all the steps involved:
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An interview with artists Aude Rech and Lynne Godina It is that time of the year again when we can let ourselves look forward to the coming year and hope for a new beginning, despite the past year being so outlandish. RtistiQ wishes you happy holidays. The art market trends are constantly in flux with the current pandemic. As businesses try to return to normalcy after a tough year, demand for art is bound to increase, though the reason could also be the fact that people have become hopeful with the arrival of vaccines in the market. As more art lovers look to buy art online, RtistiQ interviewed two of the prominent artists featured on our website to ask them what they would do to increase sales during the holiday season. Introduction to the Artists: Aude Rech was born in an artistic family with an art gallery owner mother and a well-known ceramist father. She believes she is lucky to have art in her genes. She studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Nice and at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris where her teachers and mentors were Debré, Alechinsky and Cueco. Aude has been working as a virtual artist for the past 40 years, and she currently works from a studio in the south of France. She has been exhibiting her work in Paris, Berlin, San Francisco and New York and her work is featured in a few private collections. Aude believes her art is a personal journey in terra incognita, full of surprises and discoveries. In her words – “I feel like a director casting a play that I rewrite every day. Art is the only thing that elevates me, giving me the feeling of being positively alive. I depict the world, my world, the forces at play in most live forms. For me it is all a question of energy balance and colors!” Lynne Godina Maybe a new er name in the art scene, but within 2 years, she has had her first solo exhibition and has been a part of three group exhibitions. Her solo exhibition featured over 60 original pieces and she also has to her credit, 50 pieces in private and corporate collections around Australia. Lynne got a breakthrough in international art sale when she sold her art to a private collection in Milan, Italy late 2019. Lynne likes to use a lot of texture and heavy collection of paints in her paintings. She primarily uses stretched canvas, although she has also dabbled in glass framed works. Additionally, she has started using hardboard bases. See below the interview with our featured artists Aude and Lynne. Interview: Read on to find the detailed responses of Aude and Lynne for our questions surrounding their art styles, their motivation, their career paths, challenges and their experience with our platform. You will also find some motivation and some good advice in their responses. Q - How has the art market scenario changed over the past decade? Aude – Over the past decade, the art market has evolved strongly due to the implementation of numerous online platforms dedicated to sell and promote art.Social media have been playing a major role in the exchange of information regarding all matters related to art. Networking, promoting, selling, exhibiting has been so mucheasier than it used to be. Having a worldwide vision of the art world in real-time is now possible. Lynne - The online gallery presence has surged in the past decade. Globally there are hundreds of online sites and platforms to promote your art. Some are better and more professional than others and have been around for a longer time, others are smaller boutique galleries that focus on a closer relationship with the individual artist. There is something for every level of artist to be able to display and promote their art. As you get a higher profile, galleries will come to you, but at the start being part of just one gallery can be very exciting and proactive in getting your works out there. Obviously Covid-19 has had a huge impact on exhibitions and bricks and mortar galleries. Depending on where in the world you live, lockdowns and restrictions vary. Here in Australia we are now very lucky to be able to go out and have large groups again and the galleries and venues are reopening, so I am looking forward to exhibiting and having people come to visit my studio/gallery again in 2021. Q - What are some of the challenges that you faced in your art career? How did you overcome them? Aude - One of the biggest challenges that I have faced in my art career is to be in touch with my personal creativity and to be aware at the same time of my surroundings in time and space, keeping in perspective of where we stand in the history of Art. To create is to give someone the ability to see a piece of the world through someone else’s mind at a certain time and place. You are becoming a witness to our society. In order to feel connected, you need to be able to feel the energy that surrounds you and to harvest it. This is a challenge, practicing self-awareness helps achieve this state of mind. Lynne – The major challenge is to get your art seen. That takes a lot of hours and persistence, it is a fulltime job. I have always said the painting and creating the art is the easy part, it’s the backend that takes time and commitment. I am not very good with social media, but I have to push myself to be consistent with uploading and continually showing what is happening with my art, sales, commissioned works and within my studio. Q - How do you think technology has helped to boost art sales? Aude – In my own experience and especially during this Covid period I have been able to use a virtual environment to showcase my work therefore I have generated some sales. At the moment the use of technology helps me to identify potential art galleries, curators, or art collectors with whom I can start conversations with no time or space barrier. It is quite incredible to be able to reach art connoisseurs worldwide in that manner. Lynne – Everything has gotten faster and sleeker in the last decade. Computers are now so much quicker and more reliable to upload and be part of the web to search and keep in contact with the world. When I first started uploading my art I bought a very expensive Nikon camera with all the best lenses to capture professional shots, now I use my iphone. The cameras within the phones have just been getting better and better with each new version and it is so simple to edit and then connect to the computer and upload. Q - Which feature of RtistiQ do you find the most interesting? And why? Aude – The RtistiQ features I enjoy the most are the blockchain certification, the digital certificate, secure transaction, and shipment methods. The reason why I do enjoy those features is that they gave the potential collector a sense of being secure and it shows a very professional environment. As an artist to know that I can trace my art after it being sold is amazing. It offers many new possibilities, keeping track of its sales record, its location, and ownership. Having these pieces of information can help an artist generating broader interest in his work. As well I came to enjoy the sense of community and the ease of building an online portfolio. I can not wait for the platform to shape up with more artists and to see what we could organize together. Lynne – Since joining the RtistiQ website I have enjoyed finding so many interesting artists from every corner of the world. To be able to go into their galleries and see the amazing quality and diversity of art is something that gives me great pleasure and boundless inspiration. Q - How is RtistiQ different from other sites that you have used? Aude - I have had a better experience with RtistiQ, I found it more engaging I like its design and its simplicity and professionalism. Lynne – Because RtistiQ is a fledgling gallery the one on one interaction with me as an artist is refreshing and new. I feel that the team are really interested and willing to promote my art and find out what and who I am as an artist. Q - What are the prospects the holiday season brings in for art sales? Aude – It is difficult to say, but more potential buyers are going to browse the net in the research of a unique gift. The seasonal aspect is interesting and can generate great opportunities to have someone discover your work, start collecting or simply to enjoy offering a very original, interesting, meaningful gift. Lynne – Traditionally the lead up to Christmas is fairly slow as people are more concerned with celebrations with their families, friends and work colleagues. Money is being spent on gifts, but a piece of art is a very personal purchase and normally people wouldn’t look at making a large decision like that as a surprise. Things get busy in the New Year when people have been given money to ‘buy themselves something they want’ and think about that artwork or sculpture they have been eyeing all year. Q - Could you give an insight into the marketing strategies you use during this season? Aude – I will not use a specific marketing strategy during the holiday season, but I will definitely communicate more and will bring people to the site so that they can discover my newest work and enjoy the RtistiQ key features. Lynne – I have a sale on my website for the first two weeks to see in the New Year. Also, I offer a gift certificate on my site to give to loved ones to prompt them to buy a piece from my gallery. I make sure to keep painting and upload as many new artworks as I can to keep a high presence on all the sites. Q -Your advice to budding artists to promote their artwork this gifting season. Aude - As an artist, I would advise anyone to help potential collectors, either by having a set of work that is financially accessible to be offered as a gift or being an incentive to start maybe a new relationship with collecting a new artist. Lynne - The main thing is to upload, upload, upload. To the online galleries and platforms, you are on, to your own websites if you have them and of course, as much content on social media as you can physically do every day. My aim is to upload at least twice a day, even if it’s giving earlier pieces another upload to refresh people's memory and get them looking at the newer creations. ******** Aude and Lynne are impressed with RtistIQ’s way of working and the diverse art collection. If you are an art enthusiast, browse through our online art gallery to find something you like. Explore all arts for sale which are perfect as a gift for yourself or your loved ones to mark the beginning of a better year. If you are an artist, contact us to showcase your art on our website and use our unique features to reach a larger audience. RtistiQ wishes you all A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ! Author: Manisha Bhati
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