About the Art of Acadie and Sparrow
Original Artwork Prints

These paintings have been created with a computer, but they are not computer generated. A computer generates nothing without input from a person, in this case the artist, using a tablet or mouse and a software program intended for this purpose. Let us explain the process for creating a digital work of art, so that you will know that the piece you are buying is as much an "original" as any other two-dimensional work of art, such as an oil painting, watercolor,or lithograph.To view a small demonstration of how we paint, you may click the play button on the small flash demonstrations below.

When we begin a new piece, we start with a vision of what we want to paint. Just as in any other medium, doing rough sketches or laying our work out directly on the canvas. These may be done traditionally in a sketchbook using a pencil, but most often, is done directly on the computer, but instead of drawing on paper with a pencil, we use a stylus pen to draw on a graphire tablet. The drawing appears on the computer screen as we draw, just as it would if we were working on paper.

Once we have a sketch, we proceed to paint, layering the paint as if we were glazing layers of paint in watercolor or oil. The time involved in creating the artwork is no less than it would be with any other medium. When the work is completed it is saved as a digital file, it is then ready to be made into a form that can be printed, and framed for display.

When we produce our digital art, we may print a small edition. If printing a small edition, once the edition is complete, the digital file is destroyed so that no more copies can be made. We will print only one copy, if the work is commissioned. The digital file is then destroyed and no further copies will be made, unless the customer has given written approval to reproduce the work .That together with the Certificate of Authenticity, is your assurance that you are getting an original work of art.

Most fine art Limited Print editions are limited to 100 prints or less, and come with a Certificate of Authenticity from the printer that lists the print title, how many total prints are in the edition, which number the particular print you have is (expressed as a fraction: 1/100, meaning your print is number ( ) of a total of one hundred), and how many artist's proofs there are which is most generally no more than 10% of the total edition.


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