2007-02-09 02:39:37 · 10 answers · asked by hotnitesinturkey 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Spray it with the shower head. If it runs, it's a watercolour. If it just falls apart, it's a print.
2007-02-09 02:55:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If all those other methods ( some of which were wrong ) fail, there is one other option. I'm assuming that you're asking because the paper is making it hard to tell; which tells me that maybe it's printed on art paper.
If you look very closely at the brush strokes, you'll want to look for two characteristics. If it's a print, there won't be any variation of thickness, like there would be with an priginal. Also, if it's a print, you'll be able to see the dots that make up the image, from the printing process. They'll be very tiny, and from viewing distance, unnoticeable. Sometimes these dots are most noticeable in the printed signature. If it's a limited edition, there will probably be a second signature in pencil, as well as number.
2007-02-09 18:30:58 · answer #2 · answered by Hawkster 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
everyone who just told you to touch the paper with your hands is wrong. don't, I assume the paper is white, you'll most likely leave a mark across it. water color is usually painted on special paper so that would be your first hint, if the paper is thicker and more coarse than the paper you put in a printer its probably real, checking if the paper is glossy is a good way to find out. a print on most occasions is just a fancy word for a poster. you've probably had a poster at some point, does it look like poster paper? lastly and this is by no means conclusive, if its from a famous artist it's probably not real because it would have been cataloged and framed and you would most likely have people bothering you all the time to look at it. if you do know who its from then you might be able to track them don't putting their name in a search engine and ask them directly if they've ever made prints.
2007-02-09 03:16:47 · answer #3 · answered by David M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A print is flat with no feeling when you stroke your fingers across it and a original watercolour is a slight rough feeling - a different texture like chalky i think, an oil painting is raised with thickish paint on.
2007-02-09 02:46:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
prints are Totally flat watercolour aren't.
you cant spot it with a naked eye . you should ask an expert to look at your painting. i am an artist my self and i work with watercolours and i cant see the difference.
2007-02-09 02:56:10 · answer #5 · answered by daglas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume you could tell by touching the surface. Prints feel smooth, while watercolour would be slightly textured (though not as much as oils).
2007-02-09 02:43:11 · answer #6 · answered by sallyotas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it should be a real portray. the way you describe it, the artist ought to have wrapped the perimeters of the paper around the hardboard and fastened it down so it would not warp at the same time as they painted. the way in which to inform regardless of the reality it really is to the contact it. If it has a texture, that is a portray. If it purely feels tender or like the paper, that is a print.
2016-12-03 22:57:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at other real water colour painting in your local art gallery, view prints (often artists make post card prints of their paintings). Then it shouldn't be too difficult for you to decide.
2007-02-09 02:47:14 · answer #8 · answered by Jewel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hold it to the light if it's a print the same amount of light will come through the page if it's water color the paint will be uneven. or just look really close and you can tell.
2007-02-09 02:53:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the texture of the paper--if it's at all shiny it's probably a print.....also watercolor tends to make the paper bumpy so you can look at the different spots of color and see if the paper bumps out with them...
hope that makes sense
2007-02-09 02:44:35 · answer #10 · answered by L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋