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October 6, 2020 By Dave Nevue

Reproduction Print And Original Print – What’s The Difference

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Reproduction Printing Or Print

Multiple revenue streams help artists generate extra income when original art sales are down. NFAM has numerous articles that talk about the different ways an artist can generate money from their creative side.

One of the easiest ways an artist can earn extra money is by selling reproductions of an original painting or drawing, but what do you call it, a reproduction print or an original print?

In this post, we will explain the difference between reproduction printing and printmaking so you can title your art correctly.

The Word Print

When referring to artwork, the word print could describe individual prints made by hand (printmaking) or digital reproduction (fine art prints, giclee prints). The word “print” used for photography is a digital reproduction of a photograph.

What is Printmaking

Printmaking is an art form. 

Printmaking involves an artist transferring an image from a template onto another surface. Popular surfaces used for printmaking are paper and fabric.

Printmaking techniques include engraving, etching, lithography, and woodcut.

An artist creates the template on wood, glass, or metal, then inks and presses it on another surface to create the print.

The artist can sell the prints as an open or a limited edition.

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 Edward Calvert

The Brook 1829

Wood engraving print image Courtesy of Tate

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Frontispiece, etchecd by F.C. Lewis published 1820

Courtesy of Tate

You might be familiar with Pablo Picasso’s 1946 lithograph Jug and Scull.

These are all examples of printmaking and are sold as prints.

What Is A Reproduction Print

A reproduction is a copy of a type of artwork, including paintings, drawings, and digital art. Unlike printmaking, there are no creative prosses for creating art on a matrix.

The only creative process is the creation of painting, drawing, or digital art.

Reproductions are created with a printing machine, usually with archival ink on fine art paper from a digital image of the original art.

Reproductions are commonly called fine art prints or giclee prints.

Giclee and fine art prints can also be sold as open-edition and limited editions. 

Here is an example of a giclee print of one of my pastel paintings created in 2019.

giclee print

Southern Belle Dog Pastel Painting Giclee Print

Dave Nevue 2019

What Is The Difference Between Reproduction Print And Original Print

An original print (printmaking) is a form of art. An art reproduction print is a copy of original art.

Final Thoughts On Prints

Oscar- Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) is a famous French painter who created beautiful landscape paintings by studying how light reacts to colors caused by daily and seasonal changes.  

Reproduction Prints are available at clauremonergallery.org

Pablo Picasso (1838 – 1913) is a well-known artist who created some fantastic lithograph artwork.  Picasso is more known for his paintings and drawings. View his masterpieces at pablopicasso.org.

Monet created original paintings that are now being reproduced, and Picasso created prints with lithographs and original paintings and drawings.

Both well-known artists build a name by creating art with different mediums.

When selling your artwork, use the title that best describes your products.

If you are creating prints with lithographs. Woodcutting, engraving, or etching, name them as prints.

If you are reproducing original paintings, drawings, or digital art, call them giclee prints or fine art prints.

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About Dave Nevue

Dave Nevue is a Professional Pastel Wildlife Artist and the founder and CEO of Nevue Fine Art Marketing. He also authored the eBook The Productive Artist How to Live Your Dreams, and provides courses on art marketing at Nevue Fine Art Marketing Courses.

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