FAQ

You’ve got watercolours, lino prints, giclee prints – it’s so confusing! How do I know which one is right for me?

Eep! Sorry if you’re confuzzled but never fear, we’ll get this all straightened out. Here’s the cheat sheet to Tangerine Meg art…

  • I make limited edition lino prints by first carving a design into a piece of linoleum, then rolling the lino with ink, and then pressing this onto paper. The inked lino block and initial print look like this:

  • The lino prints are known as ‘limited edition’ because I only make a limited number of them, usually between 5 and 20 prints and then no more, ever again! (You can tell how many I have made of your print by looking for the number written in the bottom left of the print. Read more below.) Then I colour the lino print, by hand, with archival grade Artists’ Watercolour paints
  • One of a Kind watercolours are 100% original and unique paintings. If you love owning and/or gifting bold art pieces that you know for sure no one else will have, these are for you. I create the hand-drawn lines with light-fast water-resistant Art Spectrum ink and an old-fashioned ‘dip pen’. Once I’ve created the lines, I do all my colouring with Winsor and Newton archival grade Artists’ Watercolours
  • When creating my original art, I use acid free, 100% cotton watercolour paper – usually Arches brand from France
  • Fine Art Prints are superb reproductions of my artwork, in strictly limited editions, printed with archival pigment ink on gorgeous acid free paper, and hand-numbered and signed by yours truly
  • The Lush Greeting Cards and Sumptuous Calendars, are made from a high quality scan of the original and then digitally printing the image on great quality ‘silk’ stock (paper), which is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified, carbon neutral and 55% recycled

me_painting-Katie-skyOn the screen your images look bright and boldly coloured, are they the same in-person?

Oh yes … even more so, but without the screen glow that keeps you awake!

The original art – One of a Kind Watercolour paintings and Limited Edition Lino Prints – are made on gorgeous watercolour paper and are more textured and tactile then can be shown through a computer screen. They exude an incredible energy.
Each piece of original artwork is hand-worked by me, lavished with my care and attention, and born of absolute love and devotion. And each piece is truly unique – you may see a small fingerprint or drop of paint water – this is all part of the beauty of art created by hand!

The vibrancy of the original art is wonderfully captured and reproduced in the Digital Fine Art Prints and Greeting Cards, Sumptuous Calendars and Splendid Tshirts so that you can send these little messages of joy to all your family and friends.

NB The colours are not neon or fluorescent even though they may look that way on your screen! Most pieces seem to show up fairly true on screen.

Tell me more about your process – I want to know all the details!

Really? How exciting, I looove that you want to hear about my art :)
When creating my original art I use archive quality watercolour paper, usually 100% cotton Arches paper from France.
For the initial printing of the linocuts I use senior quality printing ink – and I do the pressing either using a printmaking friend’s nice old letterpress machine or simply by hand with a high-tech (not) old wooden spoon. For the watercolor paintings I create the hand-drawn lines with light-fast water-resistant Art Spectrum ink.

Once I’ve created the lines, I colour with Winsor and Newton Artists’ Watercolours. I love the clear vibrancy of watercolours. No, I don’t use inks or gouache paints to colour my pieces! #icantbelieveitsawatercolour

I’m so excited! How can I get a piece of your art into my life right now?

You can browse my artwork online… Click this to go to my Gallery Shop.

When you see the One of a Kind Watercolour or Limited Edition Lino Print that you simply must have, go ahead and click the Learn More or Add to Cart button. There will appear a shopping cart, listing your purchase and from there you can choose to Continue Shopping or Checkout.
When you Checkout (meaning proceed to payment) you can pay via PayPal or credit card (Visa or Mastercard). Payments are handled securely by PayPal or Shopify payments – I don’t see any of your payment details.
If somebody ‘pipped you at the post’ and the original artwork or edition has already been sold, an out of stock message will appear.

Do you offer Bold Art in American dollars?

The prices are in Australian Dollars. For Aussie Bold Souls this means the amounts are exactly as they appear. For US customers this means the equivalent amount debited is usually a slightly lower number – it depends on the exchange rate. When you are at the Your Order Summary stage of checkout you can click an icon to display the amount in your preferred currency to check.

How will I receive my original wall art (Lino Print or Watercolour)?

When ordering from my website, prints and paintings are priced and offered unframed.

Contact me if you’d like me to arrange framing for you, currently around $120. Note that this almost triples if we need to ship the painting to you.

I recommend we ship your artwork to you Unframed! When your painting or print arrives you’ll unpack from its parcel or mailing tube, and unfurl to reveal it snug in its packaging. When you’re ready, take your artwork to your preferred local framer for framing.

Are you new to getting original artworks on paper framed? Join my mailing list for access to the Secret Library of downloads including “How do I frame my lino print? (Or one-of-a-kind watercolour or other artwork on paper?)” – my leaflet of framing basics for first time art collectors.

Once you check your order out with the Gallery Shop ‘shopping cart’, allow a couple of days to handle and pack your unique piece of art, then it’s over to the fine postal/courier people and onto your doorstep as soon as possible. On that day, you may need to sign for the parcel – so make sure the delivery address you enter is suitable for this!

What about the lush greeting cards and digital fine art prints?

The Artist Greeting Cards are digitally printed and I pair them with selected pretty coloured envelopes. (Though in the future I may enlist the help of a parcelling elf for this process!) Then it’s into a rigid envelope or bubble wrapped parcel and off to the post office so your parcel can begin winging its way to you as soon as possible. Postage is automatically calculated by weight at check out.

What does the writing on the bottom of my limited edition lino print mean?

As is custom, I write the details of your original artwork, in pencil, at the bottom of every print.

The first detail, written in the bottom left, is a number such as 4/5. This means it is the 4th print in a series of only 5 prints made. This is a promise that no more than 5 prints will ever be made and that you are holding a rare piece of art!
In the centre I write the title of the print. To the right is the artist’s name – that’s me!

How can I make sure my bold wall art stays bold forever?

Art Conservators recommend minimising exposure of artwork to humidity, sunlight and extremes of temperature … keep it near the piano and you’ve got it sorted!

What happens if my items get damaged in the post?

As I mentioned earlier, I take extra-special care with every package to ensure your artwork arrives safely at your good home. Unfortunately, I cannot control what happens to our pride and joy once it’s out of my hands, and so I cannot be responsible for damage that may occur during transit.

Having said that, I do not like to leave any friends unhappy (and giving a Tangerine Meg artwork a good home counts you as one of my friends!) so please email me if you receive damaged items and I will do my best to make it right.

What about ordering digital prints or t-shirts?

Splendid T-shirts are handled by a wonderful third-party digital art company – RedBubble.

You can go direct (whoosh!) to my Tangerine Meg Red Bubble shop to check out the Splendid T-shirts! You can pay there securely via PayPal or credit card – I do not see your payment or contact details.

Red Bubble elves take care of printing and postage and seem have ongoing and frequent random sales – keep an eye out for those at the top of your screen! You can subscribe to their newsletter to keep informed if you like! If you receive a damaged or incorrect order from Red Bubble, they have excellent customer service people who will make it right.

I’ve personally tried several of the t-shirt styles from Red Bubble. The t-shirts are of good quality and so is the print. You can find out more detail about the many styles whilst choosing, and they’re adding items all the time.

Here’s An independent review of redbubble t-shirt service

Note: I don’t get *any* of your details from RedBubble, so if you want to go on my mailing list and keep in touch, I’d love if you signed up for my eNewsletter list here :)

The legal bits …

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