New ways of printing are available today that have brought about immense changes. The art world is one area that has been affected by the ability to make copies of original artworks that are hard to distinguish from the originals. Finding giclee prints for sale is not difficult today with many of them being sold from online stores. These copies retain the hues and tones of the originals and are sold for far less. This means that the works of important artists are far more widely available than ever before.

The printer resembles an ordinary inkjet printer but it is far larger and more expensive. The original artwork is scanned and the digital image can be scaled up or down. It can then be printed out on just about any type of substrate.

Special inks are used in this process that are pigment based and not as subject to fading. The print quality is excellent and the colors retain their quality for years. Watercolors are reproduced particularly well on watercolor paper as the ink sinks into the paper easily. Canvas is also often chosen as a substrate due to its durability and the fact that it does not crease when rolled up.

An increasing number of artists are familiarizing themselves with digital art. This may consist of reproducing their original works but others are also experimenting with entirely digitally produced artworks which are then printed or images which are a combination of both. With the advent of so many digital types of art, it is extremely important for a buyer to know exactly what he or she is buying.

Artists will often go the route of producing limited editions. This helps to reassure buyers that they are still purchasing something of value that a limited number of buyers will be able to purchase. Artists are happy to make their work available to more collectors and the buyers are happy to pay a little more if they know that production of a print is limited.

There are a number of methods used by artists to make such copies more valuable to the buyer. They will sign them, number them and even add a certain number of brushstrokes to each copy. The more they personalize the copies, the more collectors are willing to pay.

Any dishonesty with regard to the number of copies produced can seriously affect the reputation of a seller. A buyer does not want to spend money on a personalized, limited edition print and then find many more in circulation than stated. The confidence of the buyer in the artist will be destroyed as a result of this.

An art print may not quite capture the energy of the original. However, the process gives artists control over the final product and a number of them even own their own equipment so as to give them total control over the end product. They can check the colors, for example, to make sure that they match as closely as possible. This means that even though an artwork may be a copy, it still has quality and value.