FAQ

You’ve got watercolours, lino prints, fine art 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…

• 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 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:
  Then I colour the lino print, by hand, with watercolour paints. The lino prints are 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.)
• Fine art digital prints are created by taking a high quality digital scan of the watercolour or lino print and then printing the image on heavyweight (167gsm matte) paper with 200 year archival grade inks.
• The lush Greeting Cards, Sumptuous Calendars, and Splendid Tshirts are also produced using a high quality digital scan of my artwork.

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

Oh yes, except even more so!

The original art (watercolour paintings and lino prints) are made on gorgeous watercolour paper and are much 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, so that you can send these little messages of joy to all your family and friends.

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 museum 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 printing either using an old letterpress machine or simply by hand. 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!

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

You can browse my wall artwork by going to the Juicy Wall Art page.

When you see the watercolour or lino print that you must have, simply click the ‘Add To Cart’ button. You’ll be taken to a shopping cart page 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). All the payments are handled super-securely by PayPal – I don’t see any of your payment details.
If the original artwork has already been sold, there will still be buttons through which you can buy Greeting Card or Digital Fine Art Print versions.

Postage anywhere in the world is included in the cost of one-of-a-kind watercolours, limited edition lino prints and all orders valued over $45.

How will I receive my wall art?

Each piece of artwork is so precious to me, and I hope it will be precious to you too! First I’ll have it custom mounted with museum grade mount and backing. To make sure it gets to you safely I pack with double corrugated cardboard and waterproofing. Then it’s over to the fine people at the post office and onto your doorstep as soon as possible.

What about the art cards?

The Greeting Cards are digitally printed and I carefully pack them myself with hand-picked coloured envelopes. (Though in the future I may get the help of a parcelling elf for this process!) Then it’s into a protective, non-bendy cardboard envelope and off to the post office so they can begin zooming to you as soon as possible. Postage is $8, unless your order is over $45, in which case it’s free!

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 4^th 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, and to the right is the artist’s name (that’s me!) and the date of printing.

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

I will take care of the mounting and backing boards – all acid-free museum grade, all you need to do is choose a frame that suits both the artwork and your home (or your friend’s home) and have it put together with clear glass.

Art Conservators recommend minimising exposure of artwork to humidity and sunlight.

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?

Calendars and t-shirts are handled by a third-party digital art company – redbubble.

When you click on Sumptuous Calendars or Splendid T-shirts on my site you will be taken through to my shop at redbubble.com where you can pay securely via PayPal or credit card (I do not see your payment details). The helpful redbubble elves take care of printing and postage and they even seem have an ongoing sale – buy four t-shirts and get free shipping! Hooray for free shipping! If you receive a damaged or incorrect order from redbubble, they have the most wonderful customer service who will make it right.

I’ve personally tried both the men’s and women’s t-shirt styles from redbubble. The t-shirt cotton is of good quality – fine, not thick. The men’s style doesn’t have side seams – the body is formed from a tube of cloth. They’re longish t-shirts with generous ‘short’ sleeves.

The women’s (or ‘girly’) style is slightly more shaped – including shaped side seams. I find I need two sizes bigger when choosing the women’s style. The girly, long-sleeved t-shirts, v-neck t-shirts and hoodies have limited colour and size ranges – the available options will be shown when ordering. They easily machine wash with no particular care needed. Instructions are provided.

Helpful information about redbubble tshirts:
Guide to t-shirt sizing and other info
An independent review of redbubble t-shirt service

The legal bit…

© All rights reserved. Margie Goodchild owns copyright on imagery created under her own name and the moniker Tangerine Meg