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welzie-art · 5 months

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Maui Prep Academy Art Class Studio Field Trip

Last week we hosted the Maui Prep Academy at our art studio in South Maui. It was so much fun to share what I do here in the studio with the next generation of Maui artists. These past few months I have been trying to get more involved with the local Maui high school art programs to share what I do as a professional artist and to help inspire students to follow their creative passions.

The Maui Prep students drove all the way from the Westside of Maui and brought along their engineering students as well. This turned out to be a great addition to the field trip as the engineering students had currently finished up a project of building a surfboard. Since my artwork is built just like a surfboard, these students were really interested in the process. Whenever someone is interested in what I do I get very excited to share my knowledge and try and help as much as I can. It was so much fun to see some of the students eyes light up when seeing the process and ask amazing questions.

Once I gave the tour of my studio, explained my process and how my art career came about, we jumped write into a screen printing project where each student could print their own “Love Maui Love” silkscreen print. The students really enjoyed this process as they were also going into a silkscreen portion of their art program. I love sharing my projects with people so they can see how much fun it is to pull ink and print a cool piece of art.

After everyone got a turn on the silkscreen press some of the art students had some questions about their current art project and how they could adapt their artwork for the screen printing assignment. I was so honored to be able to give feedback and teach them the process of reworking their artwork over and over again to get their desired design. The students were so receptive to my feedback and you could tell they have so much fun creating artwork.

We had some sketchbooks and art supplies that were donated to us that we were able to gift the students. It is so much fun to give out art supplies to help encourage art. When I was in high school I loved having sketchbooks to fill up with doodles and its fun to share that with these Maui students.

The Maui Prep field trip to the art studio was such a blast and hopefully inspired some of the students to start creating more and more. I am so thankful to be able to share my creative space and show the future artists that it is possible to become a professional artist and do what you love to do. I look forward to working more with these students as well as the other art students here on Maui.

Aloha, Welzie

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welzie-art · 6 months

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What is the difference between a canvas giclee, aluminum and paper giclee?

Aluminum Vs Canvas Vs Paper Giclee Art Prints, what’s the Difference?

If you’re looking to buy an art reproduction there are a couple options available and the more you know about the different giclee options the better you will be able to make a decision on what style of reproductions you will enjoy for your home or office. In this article we will discuss the three fine art reproductions you can collect: Canvas giclee, aluminum giclee and paper giclee. Lets dive in…

First, let's talk about the word giclee and what it means, and how to pronounce it… G-clay.

Giclee simply means the highest quality fine art print using the best ink jet printers to make art reproductions. The word was adopted in 1990 by Jack Duganne when he was producing new prints on a modified Iris high resolution printer. Giclee prints use fade-resistant archival inks that are pigment based. Basically giclee means the highest quality inks and resolution available. This is why so many artist use giclee printing for their fine art print reproductions.

What is a Canvas Art Reproduction or Print?

Canvas Giclees by definition is a fine art print on canvas. These reproductions are more traditional looking and fit a lot of artist styles as they are stretched over stretcher bars and look just like a canvas that an artist would paint on. One of the great aspects of the canvas giclee is that the artwork can stretch around the edges providing a wrap around look. This style allows for the collector to bypass the frame process if they choose and hang their artwork directly on the wall. These canvas giclees can be framed as well, which is great to have options. Another great aspect to the canvas giclee is that they can be ordered un-stretched, meaning they can be rolled up and not tightened over stretcher bars. This allows for easier shipping and or storage. It also allows the artist to order more prints at a time to save money without having to fork out the extra cost of stretching until the art piece has sold.

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What is an Aluminum Giclee Art Reproduction Print?

Aluminum Giclee is a fine art print on aluminum panels. This medium allows for a very modern look and has the highest resolution of 300 dpi. Most often photos will be printed on Aluminum. This format has a shiny finish and is most often frameless. These aluminum giclees can be hung traditionally with wire and hook, or with a more stable french cleat that allows for the painting to always stays level. Here in Maui we have lots of wind so we like to use french cleats on all our artwork. Aluminum giclees will hang about 1" off the wall. They have a 1" square frame on the backside which can accept screws to attach your hanging mechanism.

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Paper Giclee is a fine art print on your paper of choice. Paper comes in so many options and colors, but these fine art prints can be a lot cheaper to reproduce than an aluminum giclee. All our matted prints and paper giclees and printed on acid free archival paper which help make sure the quality of the print can last decades. When you are creating paper gicless make sure to use paper that will help translate your art and colors in the best way. The paper I use for my prints helps make the bright colors really pop off the paper.

Wether you are a collector looking to find the right type of print for your wall or a young artist trying to figure out what type of fine art reproduction to start experimenting with, feel free to reach out and ask a question. We are here to help.

Stay inspired, Aloha

Welzie

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welzie-art · 7 months

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How To Price Your Artwork and When To Raise Your Art Prices

So I get asked this question a lot, "How much should I sell my artwork for? and When should I raise my prices?" Now, this is a pretty tricky little topic, but I think for beginners this article might really help you out and get you through the first couple of years when trying to sell your artwork and for how much.

These are 12 things to consider about the prices of your art and when and how to raise prices.

MAKE A QUALITY ART PRODUCT

UNDERSTAND THE COST TO MAKE YOUR ART

HOW MUCH EXPOSURE YOU HAVE CREATED

HOW MANY ART PIECES YOU MAKE AND SHOW

YOUR AUDIENCE DETERMINES YOUR PRICES

RAISE YOUR PRICES EVERY YEAR

YOU CAN ALWAYS RAISE PRICES BUT NEVER LOWER PRICES

OK TO BE A STARVING ARTIST... FOR A LITTLE BIT

SHOW YOUR COLLECTORS WHY YOUR PRICES ARE GOING UP

PRICE YOUR ART TO BE ABLE TO BE IN AN ART GALLERY

ITS NOT YOUR MONEY

ADDING PRINTS AND REPRODUCTIONS

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MAKE A QUALITY ART PRODUCT

You can't charge a ton of money for a piece if it's not really finished that well or, it's just kind of in that beginner stage or poor craftsmanship. So, you know, you need to have your name on there, title of the piece written on the back, ready to hang a finished quality, something that you just something that you ran out of time on. This is going to play a big role in what the buyer is going to see and how they're going to value your artwork.

UNDERSTAND THE COST TO MAKE YOUR ART

The cost to make your art is important. If it costs you $100 to make it, you don't want to sell for $80. You also might not be able to sell it for $3,000. So you kind of have to figure out where a little happy medium is. If you spend $50 in paint/materials, selling at $100 is great. Yeah, you might get not that much money for your time, but we're talking about those early steps of getting out there, start establishing prices and figuring out what it costs you to make it and what the collector will pay for it.

For me, my work is really expensive to make and it's very time consuming. So in the beginning when I was charging not very much, maybe $80 for an 18 x 24" original, I was losing money or barely breaking even. But I was able to sell a lot of pieces, gain experience from practicing sales, and getting exposure. I was also getting feedback from collectors, I was able to keep the art business moving forward, even though I was making very little profit. But the knowledge I gained from that time and confidence i got was priceless.

(R) Retail: cost of art online, in galleries, at art markets and festivals

(W) Wholesale: The amount of money the gallery will give you for your art.

(M) Manufacturing Material Cost: How much it costs to make art, cost of materials, studio space, etc

(L) Labor in Hours Making art: How many hours to paint your artwork

(CL) Cost of Labor: Up to you but be real and start as low as possible.

(S) Selling Labor: How much time do you spend on selling your work, art festivals, galleries, online, instagram

(P) How Much you would like to profit. Its ok to not profit for a little bit while you grow your business. Don't quite your day job

R = W x 2

W = (2M +10%) + (L x CL) + S + P

Use this equation or one like it (I'm not a math expert) to figure out your prices. You will see your retail goes up real quick the more you cost per hour gets as well as when you start having to wholesale to the art galleries.

HOW MUCH EXPOSURE YOU HAVE CREATED

Another thing to consider is how much exposure you've received. If you've gotten articles written about you, if you've done a lot of art shows, if you're showing your artwork in galleries, art festivals, coffee shops etc, all these things help contribute to how much you can sell your art for.

It always goes up in slow steps. So don't think that you got one article you can triple your prices, you really want to inch your way up. How much exposure you have does play in to how much you can charge for your art, but at the end of the day, if you're not selling, your art is bad and or your prices are too high. Slow and steady wins the race. Exposure is great but also be careful. If someone asks you to do a project for free, but the "Exposure will be great for you" I would say that is often not the case. Exposure for you is only good if it can result in sales, traffic to your website, or get new collectors emails.

HOW MANY ART PIECES YOU MAKE AND SHOW

How many pieces do you make? if you only make one or two pieces a year because you're kind of just a hobbyist, you're going to have a hard time raising your prices, or getting the prices you think you deserve. People want to collect from an artist who is committed to the art game.

The more art pieces you make, the more you're going to be able to show, get feedback on them, sell them. All of this is going to help you raise your prices. If you only make ten pieces total, it can be really hard to charge a lot for them. Make more art. Get more experience. Show more art. Slowly raise your prices.

If you're making hundreds and hundreds of art pieces, it becomes easier to charge higher prices for them. And a lot of it just comes from confidence of having experience, being written up in magazines, doing art shows, selling art, and doing all the stuff that helps give you the confidence to raise your prices. You get more the more you make. The more you make the better you get at it. The better you get at it the more you can charge, the more you charge the more you can spend on making better art. It fuels itself.

YOUR AUDIENCE DETERMINES YOUR PRICES

It's not just how much your artwork cost to make, it's if collectors are buying it. Your audience and the people collecting your work determine how much your artwork is worth. You may think it's worth $10,000 and your mom does too, but that's not what people are willing to spend on your art, at least not yet. The collectors determine how much your art is. If you start selling your artwork at a price point where no one's buying it, then your cost is probably too high. The audience really gives you the feedback of what you're able to charge. That is why you need to get out there and start showing and selling your work. Start low, start humble. Slowly raise your prices when you can t keep your art in stock. Selling out means that you're doing something right. Don't raise your prices the second you sell out. Be busy, stay busy, get over whelmed with too much demand. Be back ordered for 6 months to a year. Then raise your prices 10% then stay busy for 6 months then raise them again 10%. Slow and steady if you are busy.

RAISE YOUR PRICES EVERY YEAR

I generally raise my prices every year. Every six months we kind of increment our way up to higher prices. Now you don't have to double or triple your artwork price every time. Doing small increments along the way can help you get confidence and raising prices your prices at a steady rate like 5% or 10% is a safe number that wont discourage collectors. Try 10$, try 25$ a little bit can make all the difference. Now you can buy that expensive brush, or buy 2 canvases for everyone you sell. Every penny helps move the needle forward.

YOU CAN ALWAYS RAISE PRICES BUT NEVER LOWER PRICES

You always can raise your prices, but it's really difficult to lower your prices. Spend a year not making much money on your artwork, but able to grow from there, versus trying to come in hot and being like, "This piece is $700", but no one buys it. Then next time you're at a show, you're like, "This is $600" and then no one buys it or the people that are looking at your work and having interest but your prices going down. This is not a good sign in my opinion.

I think you should start low, sell your artwork, get it moving, get practice selling it, get practice with the collector, closing the sale, doing all that and then you can raise your prices. People often overestimate what they can do in a year and they underestimate what they can do in ten years. So don't think of this as a short term thing. If you want to be a professional artist, you're going to be doing this the rest of your life.

OK TO BE A STARVING ARTIST... FOR A LITTLE BIT

It's okay to spend a year in that sort of starving artist situation, but remember, that's just a phase of being an artist, and it's usually in the very beginning when you're figuring out how much to sell your artwork and you might not be making very much money or just breaking even. But you can grow from there. The more artwork you do, the more shows you do, the better you're going to get at it. Don't let the starving artist persona define you. People want to see their favorite up and coming artist succeed. They will be happy for your success because it will confirm what they believed. That you are a talented artist and they made the right choice in rooting for you.

SHOW YOUR COLLECTORS WHY YOUR PRICES ARE GOING UP

It's going to be hard for collectors to see the value in new higher prices if you don't improve. Always be improving your work, getting better at it, making a better product for collectors and the art galleries. If your art is improving, getting better, quality is going up, more exposure, better art booths, your confidence is growing, you are becoming a better all around artist, the collectors who have been watching you will take notice and see the value in your art prices increasing.

PRICE YOUR ART TO BE ABLE TO BE IN AN ART GALLERY

Art galleries generally take around 50% of the total sale. So if you get into a gallery, you will want to raise your prices up. And you also don't want to compete with the gallery, you don't want to go to an art festival or art market and sell your prices at wholesale, or less than the art gallery is selling them for. If you do, you're going to burn that bridge real quick with the art gallery and probably not get into any other art galleries in that area, why? because all the art galleries talk to each other. It's a small art community, so play it safe. be cool, the only person who is going to get short changed is you.

You'll have to sell all you artwork at. the same retail price as the art gallery, no matter where your art is, even online. Getting into galleries is a good way to help you raise your prices and help you gain more confidence when you're selling at those higher prices.

Now, you won't be making the retail price of $300 out of the gallery, you'll be making $150 from the gallery. So it' might be a little pay cut from what you're used to making at the art markets, but you're in a good position to grow and start raising your prices. Now more people will see your art and getting more collectors interested in your work.

ITS NOT YOUR MONEY

When you are pricing your artwork, it's important to price your artwork in a way that it doesn't deter people from buying it. Remember that it's your not your money that's being spent. Often when you're starting out as an artist, you're often pretty broke. So $500 can seem like a fortune to you. But for someone else who owns their home and has a steady income and they want it, art makes them happy and they love looking at it on the wall. $500 isn't that much. Remember it's not your money that is being spent on your artwork. Collectors have a different relationship with money than you do.

A good way to price artwork is going to Art Fair and look around and see what other artists are charging. If you're going to go do an art festival, it's great to have seen that art festival before. Find out the prices of other people. Try to figure out where you sit in as a new artist. It's it's really good to have an understanding of what people are selling around you. It's going to give you a really good baseline of where you should start out. It's okay to go to your first show and sell your artwork for rock bottom prices and sell out your work. You're going to be so stoked.

Yeah, you might just break even, but when you're a beginning artist it is a huge win. It is going to give you confidence and motivation to keep going and to get better at it and work on it and make more artwork.

ADDING PRINTS AND REPRODUCTIONS

Adding reproductions to your your line of artwork is a great way to increase how much money you're making. Start raising your prices is when you have another product to come in behind it and help support those lower, more affordable price points. If you start selling matted prints, you can raise you original prices. If you add aluminum or canvas giclee, you can raise your originals. It’s great to have artwork in all the price points for collectors to become fans no matter what their budget is.

FINAL THOUGHTS

If you dedicate yourself and work your butt off and get out there and start showing your work, start low, work your way up, you'll be as surprised of what you can achieve. And it doesn't happen overnight. It doesn't happen in a year. It takes a couple of years to get to a point where you're starting to be confident in your shows. But you have to start somewhere. Start now, find out the closest and cheapest art craft fair, art market you can get into and sign up. You’d be amazed how quickly you can go from your first art fair to making $50,000 a year selling your artwork.

If you dedicate yourself and have a lot of discipline in how you approach your shows, your artwork and just learning about the business in general, you're going to find that it goes really quick. Be prepared for that. It's super fun and I wish you the most of luck.

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welzie-art · 7 months

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What's It Like To Be An Artist On Maui

What Its Like to be an Artist on Maui

Maui is a magical place where artist from all over the world come to visit and absorb the inspirational and creative energy. The Valley Isle offers everything a creative person needs to express theirselves through art. You will find every type of fine artist here on Maui from painters of all mediums, like myself, ceramics, glass, muralists, wood, traditional Hawaiian mediums, sculpture, photographers, reclaimed art, and so much more.

I want to dive into what its like to be an artist here on Maui and why so many artists choose Maui as their place of creativity and refuge. For myself, being an artist here on Maui is a relatively new experience. I spent all of my professional art career on Oahu, Hawaii, where I went to UH Manoa, started out in the art markets and developed my career with other amazing Oahu artists. In 2010 I had my first experience showing my work here on Maui and got a little glimpse into the Maui Art world. Read more about that experience here.

In June of 2019 we opened our first Maui art gallery at the Andaz Resort Wailea, The Welzie Art Gallery. This was a giant step for me as an artist and changed the course of my art career. After 3 months of being here on Maui, my wife and I fell in love with the slower pace and the bustling art scene. Running our gallery from Oahu just didn’t seem like the way to go. Once we found a warehouse space to create my studio, We were ready to make the move to an outer island.

Its been 4 years since making the transition to Maui and I have come to realize Maui is an amazing place to be an artist.

Here Are My 5 Reasons Why Being an Artist on Maui is Amazing

Reason 1

The pace of Maui is slow, which makes everything not stressful, but at the same time it is not so slow that time seems to stand still. For me, I need a little tempo to life and Maui Has the perfect balance. Its so convenient to be able to get to all the art stores, hardware stores, galleries and everything you need all within a short 20 min drive. With no traffic. The mellow pace of the island just reinforces a mellow and happy artist, which is exactly what I need to create my happy art.

Reason 2

There are so many galleries on the island with so many towns being little creative hot spots. This is great for any artist because it allows them to show their work in multiple areas close to home.

Hana, which is out on the east side of the island is very secluded and lush, where you will find the artists who need to get away from it all and create in their own little jungle world.

Paia is the small surf town on Maui’s north shore where you will find the surfing artist from all over the world who balance their creativity with their passion for riding waves in the world class surf surrounding the area. Yogis and hippies help contribute to the art scene in Paia, giving the area a very rootsy vibe.

Wailuku is getting brighter and brighter everyday as the small town nestled around Iao valley has created Small Town Big Art, an organized effort to seeing the community grow through art installations and outreach. STBA brings artist from around the islands and around the world to show their work and inspire the local community.

South Maui, where my studio and art gallery are, seems to be quickly becoming a major arts center on the island. In Kihei near my studio you will find artist, photographers, framers and creators starting to gather. There are now over 5 art galleries in South Maui, as well as a 3rd Friday event which shows artist works. The Four Seasons has artists showing their work daily in the lobby, The Andaz Wailea has created the Artist in Residence Program where I am the resident artist (I don’t live on site) It’s safe to say South Maui is definitely becoming another strong art hub in the Maui art community.

Makawow/Upcountry

In this upcountry town you will find a handfull of galleries with a country vibe. Nestled on the slopes of Haleakala, you can look out over the island while wearing a jacket and cowboy boots. You will find beautiful landscape painters such as Jordanne Gallery and others. It's such a different vibe up on the mountain and is a great example of the diversity in culture on Maui.

Lahaina,

The art Mecca of the Hawaiian islands, The gathering place for all Hawaii artists. With so many galleries and art culture in Lahaina, its hard to say there is a more artsy town than Lahaina. As Lahaina rebuilds I think and hope that all of us Maui artists know how important it will be to make sure the art scene of Lahaina town comes back and shows more local artists than ever before.

Reason 3

Like all the Hawaiian islands Maui is absolutely beautiful. If you’re an artist that gets a recharge from nature and getting away from it all, then Maui is like a constant reset button. Jumping into the clear, warm blue waters or looking out over the edge of a massive cliff on a hike, Maui can recharge your soul every single day. For myself as a creator, the ocean has always been a big source of inspiration. A good surf, snorkel or ocean swim would always get me in the right head space to create something happy and fun in the art studio.

Reason 4

Now this may be a controversial topic but one of the reasons why Maui is great to be an artist isa because so many people come to visit Maui every year and Maui is known for its art culture. As an artist you always want more people to see your artwork, and having new people come and visit every week allows for the artist to spend more time creating artwork and less time having to travel around showing their work. It is more like a “If you build it they will come” mentality. We as Maui artist get to make what we want to make then have the ability to show it to lots of new people right on our door step.

Reason 5

Maui has so many programs embedded into the Maui community to help facilitate the Arts. For example the Maui Arts and Cultural Center that shows artwork, theater and music. The Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center in Makawow which has art programs and gallery space. Maui Open Studios which organizes Maui artist to open their studios for art collectors to visit their creative space. Small Town Big Art, which I have mentioned before that brings artists of all kinds from all over the world to help bring creativity and inspiration to the Wailuku area. Maui truly is truly an art island paradise.

There are so many reason why Maui is an amazing place to be an artist. For myself, anywhere in the Hawaiian islands is an amazing place to be an artist. Hawaii breaths energy and mana and for someone who needs some creative energy, Hawaii is the place to thrive. Any artist in Hawaii with the ability to make a living here is truly fortunate. I am so fortunate to call Maui my home and to be a part of this Maui Art Community.

Aloha,

Welzie

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welzie-art · 7 months

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10 tips for using Posca Paint Pens

Acrylic paint markers are a wonderful tool to create artwork. I have been using the Posca paint pens for over 25 years and have developed my entire art style around these markers. Acrylic paint pens can be used on many surfaces and come in a variety of colors and brands. In this post I will share with you my top 10 tips and tricks for using Posca paint pens, my acrylic paint marker of choice, due to their opacity and their range of colors.

Tip# 1 SHAKE UP YOUR PAINT PENS FIRST

This may seem like a pretty redundant tip but so many problems can be avoided when the paint inside the marker is mixed correctly. You’ll get less spills (too much paint out of the tip), you’ll get more life out of the paint markers. There is so many benefits you’ll get from just making sure your paint in your pen is all mixed together properly. I generally shake a new pen for 1 min before opening and starting the paint. Once a paint pen has been started I will shake the pen for at least 5 seconds before each use.

Tip# 2 STARTING YOUR PAINT PENS

Your Paint marker does not come ready to use, you will have to get the paint inside the marker to flow down into the pen tip in order to use it. So make sure your pen is shaken up (tip1) then you can begin this process. Press firmly down on your paint pen and you will notice the tip of the pen receding back into the pen. This is allowing your tip to accept paint into it. There is usually about 1/8” that the tip will recede. I don’t recommend pressing the tip all the way in till it bottoms out. This may result in too much paint coming out at once or dulling your pen tip. If you do bottom out your tip don’t stress, it should be fine, just try to avoid pressing the pen tip down so far. This may take 20-40 presses to get the paint fully flowing in the tip. You will see the paint start to fill your pen tip as you do this. The pen tip does not have to be fully filled with paint to start working. As soon as the pen can start drawing its good to go. The entire tip will get filled shortly.

Tip #3 STORE YOUR PAINT PENS HORIZONTALLY

The best way to store your paint markers is to store them horizontally. Storing your pens vertically will pool the paint to the bottom, paint can dry and get crackly in the corner of the pen tube. Storing your pens horizontally will increase the lifespan of you pens significantly. It will also make it easier to get your pen started again if you haven’t used it in a while.

Tip #4 PUT THE CAP ON TILL YOU HEAR A CLICK

This seems like a tip for a child but I cant tell you how many pens I have lost over the years just from not getting the cap on correctly. If the cap doesn’t click you’re not done with it. Some pens might not get an audible click but thats ok. Do your best to make sure the paint marker pen cap is on correctly.

Tip #5 HOW TO FIX PAINT PEN OVERFLOWS AND SPILLS

Some times you may be drawing on an art piece and you’ll get a “spill” or “overflow” where too much paint seems to come out of the paint pen. This can happen for a few reasons: pushing too hard down on the tip of the pen, paint pen is too hot, paint pen may not be shaken up enough. So if your paint pen does a spill, the best trick I have learned is to stop drawing, get a paper towel or toilet paper, and use the thin edge to pull the paint away from your art piece. Don’t try to blotch out the paint until you’ve sucked up most of it into the paper towel. The paint marker paint can spread easily so you want to get the majority or all the paint sucked off your piece before you start to blotch out the rest. Doing this correctly you will see the paint suck up into the paper towel and away from you art. You will have to do this a few times until most the paint is removed. Don’t get frustrated when this happens. It happens to everyone. Just make sure to get as much paint off your piece and try not to spread it around and make it worse.

Tip #6 DON’T SMEAR YOUR ARTWORK

If your right handed, work left to right and away to near. If you're left handed work right to left and away to near. The paint in these paint pens does take a little time to dry even out here in the hot Maui weather. Working on your piece you need to be consciences that you're not dragging your arm through your artwork and ruining it. You can rotate your artwork or object to make sure your drawing arm doesn’t smear you paint, but just make sure you are paying attention. Still to this day I will sometimes smear a little. It's not often but it does happen. Pay attention and don’t get disappointed when it does happen.

Tip #7 MAKE SURE YOUR DRAWING SURFACE IS CLEAN

Weather you’re drawing on glass, a surfboard or object, make sure the area is clean. Acrylic paint markers need a good clean surface to adhere too. If the area isn’t clean you’re not going to get a good bond between the paint and the object.

Tip #8 REMOVING OR REPLACING YOUR PEN TIP

If you get something in your pen tip, it wears out, or the paint dries a little in the tip, you can replace it with a new tip. To remove your old tip just use two fingers and pull the tip straight up and out while the pen is vertical. Do not tip the pen when the tip is out. The paint shouldn’t come out of the top while the pen tip is out but its best to be safe and keep the pen vertical. You can replace your pen tip with a new tip from a new pen, or from a pen of the same color. If you do not have either of those options you can use another color pen tip but it may take a fair bit of paint to completely saturate the old color in the tip.

Tip #9 REMOVING YOUR PEN’S HEAD

Removing the head of the pen to mix colors, refill or check paint levels in your paint markers.

If you need to remove the head of the Paint marker on a Posca paint pen you will do opposite to what you’re used to. Posca Paint markers heads can be removed by twisting clockwise and tightened counter clockwise. Righty loosey - Lefty tighty. The head of the Posca paint marker is the colored part and the tube is the black part. Hold firmly on the head and tube and twist. Sometimes these ca not be loosened with just a tight grip and may need to use vise grips or pliers.

Tip #10 CLEANING YOU PEN TIP

Sometimes softer paper can get pulled up into the pen tip and you might see little clumps of paper in the tip. You may also notice your pen tip clogging if your using a pen over an area which you have already worked on. Earthier way you will need to get the debris off your pen tip. For me, and it may not be the best idea, I usually just use the back of my opposite drawing hand to wipe the pen tip off of. A little spin of the pen while pulling away from the tip can relieve your paint marker’s tip from any unwanted debris that is messing up your line work.

If you have any questions please leave a comment below and I will get back to you as quickly as possible.

Here is a video I made for my YouTube channel where you can see in a little more detail these tips for Posca paint pen use.

Check out all my artwork using acrylic paint markers on my website at www.welzie-art.com

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Visit my Art Gallery at the Andaz Resort in Wailea Maui where you can take an art class and use the same process I use in all my artwork.

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welzie-art · 10 months

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Wine and Welzie - Fun Art Night at the Welzie Art Gallery, Wailea Maui

Art and wine is a favorite combination of ours, they belong together the same way beach sunsets, rainbows and aloha are just part of Hawaii. This type of experience blends a feeling of whimsical with culture, it is no wonder Wine + Welzie has become an exceedingly popular monthly event at The Welzie Art Gallery.

As you walk through the Andaz Resort at Wailea, you are greeted by a mesmerizing ocean view, chill music blended with an upscale aloha vibe. You turn down the hallway and begin to hear people chatting and laughing as you enter the Welzie Art Gallery. This time your eyes see bright, fun and colorful artwork, pictures of Maui, turtles, sharks and goats snorkeling. The view of the ocean and sunset encompass a table filled with wine glasses and beverages. You are greeted by a Gallery host with a big smile and she hands you a fresh glass of white wine as you begin to make your tour through the Welzie Art Gallery. Everytime you look at an art piece you can’t help but smile at the light hearted and whimsical nature of Welzie Art.

Welzie Art is such a unique medium created from surfboard foam, fiberglass and resin. Each piece is hand sculpted just like a surfboard. The artwork has a cool and trendy vibe to it and the gloss on each piece makes you want to run your hand across it like a surfer grabbing their favorite surfboard. The designs and imagery are playful and feel fresh, even the sculptures make you want to touch them.

Welzie hosts a monthly Art + Wine event in his Gallery to showcase new art, sculptures and to socialize with other friends who appreciate the nature of creativity and fine art. The Gallery is pulsing with happy energy as people gather around Welzie’s table watching him paint, dedicate and artist proof art piece for the new and seasoned collectors. You can feel the excitement as one of the guests walks up with a huge smile and shakes Welzie’s hand. He has just purchased a Silk Screen print and Welzie begins to hand paint this piece in front of the audience, we find out later this is called artist proofing and is one of the highlights that a live art night can offer. The line of collectors is growing as each waits patiently for Welzie to sign their artwork and document their purchase and meeting the artist.

A couple walks up and meets Welzie, they share that they are on their honeymoon and have bought their first piece of art as a married couple. Welzie’s Team lays out the large Aluminum Reproduction and Welzie turns it over and begins to sign the back. As the couple is talking about their honeymoon adventure we begin to see Welzie drawing what they are telling him they did on their trip. There are turtles, sharks and shave ice on the back of their art piece. The couple thanks Wellzie and says “We don’t know which side should face the front now!”

Wine + Welzie is such a unique and fun evening that encourages socializing with the artist and other collectors while appreciating delicious wine and beautiful views in Maui. This event is a complimentary offering to the resort guests in Wailea and the community of Maui. Through the love of art we can all find connection and appreciation for vibrant color, creativity and socializing. You are invited to join us for an evening of art and wine appreciation each month at the Welzie Art Gallery located at The Andaz Resort, Wailea. Find our calendar dates on our website under Wine + Welzie.

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