tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post7170947398369899472..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: How to sign your artworkJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-43700078148421687362020-11-01T12:40:11.021-05:002020-11-01T12:40:11.021-05:00Thank you James for this thorough post and likewis...Thank you James for this thorough post and likewise all comments.CerverGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17763787357097204649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-25953840725208598592018-08-10T10:07:53.844-04:002018-08-10T10:07:53.844-04:00Wow, this is really rare information! The fact is ...Wow, this is really rare information! The fact is that I work as a writer at <a href="https://coolessay.net/" rel="nofollow">https://coolessay.net/</a>, and I have a hobby that I make for a living. It's drawing pictures. I have long wanted to come up with an original signature, which would be remembered to a people who look on my paintings. But the fact is that there is really little information on the Internet about how to make your signature for paintings to make it look great and memorable. Very good that I found your article, thank you very much for sharing these!Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12612131634812849917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-15234741237353665602016-12-14T16:04:34.403-05:002016-12-14T16:04:34.403-05:00Johanne, yes, that's exactly how to do it.Johanne, yes, that's exactly how to do it. James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-13777580010968487162016-12-14T15:49:51.022-05:002016-12-14T15:49:51.022-05:00I've read through the comments but I failed to...I've read through the comments but I failed to see the original person's question about how to sign work that is done as a study. My son was commissioned to do a painting based on another artist's work and I've seen both my son's and the original artist's and they look quite similar, almost identical but he doesn't know how to sign it. Would it be okay to sign it with your own name and then say something like "after such and such an artist"?Johannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268938524825566125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-79927693620066859932014-02-03T17:28:24.201-05:002014-02-03T17:28:24.201-05:00Carmen, I would say you might want to test the Sha...Carmen, I would say you might want to test the Sharpie first for a few months in sunlight before using it for a signature. It might tend to fade.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-71672770846247978002014-02-03T17:10:54.040-05:002014-02-03T17:10:54.040-05:00I want to use a Sharpie to sign my paintings so th...I want to use a Sharpie to sign my paintings so that I can sign my usual signature which is illegible so I would write it clearly on the back of the painting. Some say to sign in the medium that you're creating the work in but I wouldn't be able to sign with a paintbrush and paint, what do you think? Sharpie?carmenloofahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737729049327274001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-64380291784729478592013-07-17T09:32:46.162-04:002013-07-17T09:32:46.162-04:00My favorite artist signatures are the monogram sty...My favorite artist signatures are the monogram style signatures of <a href="http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/hare-1502/NgGmZAZW17zfhw?projectId=art-project&hl=en" rel="nofollow">Albrecht Durer</a> and <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kOjxrzylmQM/Tq_nu5jYHkI/AAAAAAAABXM/ObqUkd6NytY/s1600/PrincessandthePigeonsWEB.jpg" rel="nofollow">Howard Pyle</a>, which are, in effect, logoforms. Pyle's was of course based on Durer's.Charley Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224073381783904301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-12809515650851646052013-07-12T18:15:05.498-04:002013-07-12T18:15:05.498-04:00An old favorite of mine form Calgary artist Cris C...An old favorite of mine form Calgary artist Cris Cran: "Self-Portrait Practicing Signatures"<br />http://static.squarespace.com/static/511e975de4b03cdbfe508c7a/5126a19de4b0d6185f3f2110/512bc2bae4b01fa6749190ef/1363123575763/Chris-Cran-Self-Portrait-Practicing-Signatures-1989.jpgOff the Coast of Utopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025320647237757184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-83275714416378623442013-07-10T17:46:43.557-04:002013-07-10T17:46:43.557-04:00Thanks, Joyce and Meltemi. You're absolutely r...Thanks, Joyce and Meltemi. You're absolutely right—sticking to the same signature makes sense for curators someday, but also for your artistic image, kind of like a logo is for a company.<br /><br />Tabasco, regardless of whether some people think signing is outdated, it remains standard way of recognizing and affirming work made by hand for many centuries. Not signing the front presents many problems. A person's work is usually known only by a jpeg of the front side. The hard truth is that people tend to underestimate how quickly their work gets forgotten or disassociated from the details of its creation. That said, the back of the piece is really important, too. I added some helpful comments to the post from Greg Shea on the topic of what to put on the back. Keep in mind that the back of the panel or canvas may be covered up by paper in the framing, so it may not be visible later.<br /><br />Eric, glad you enjoyed the post, and thanks, Tom for all your comments along the way!James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-33616400716163403152013-07-10T09:55:01.096-04:002013-07-10T09:55:01.096-04:00As Joyce said: Be consistent from the very first p...As Joyce said: Be consistent from the very first painting. It's your art. It's your signature. It's your marque. It's your Trade mark. Always use the same colour. mine is in silver...see...http://artofphilkendall.com/page12.htmMeltemi.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03022947964556588212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-34319713124767569692013-07-10T07:56:33.556-04:002013-07-10T07:56:33.556-04:00This from a museum curator: please be consistent w...This from a museum curator: please be consistent with your signature. Using the same formation of your signature and/or your monogram will allow future collectors and curators to be fairly certain that the work is yours.<br /><br />When artists like Howard Pyle changed his signature and monogram over the course of his life, it forces those of us working in the collecting part of the field to have to learn all his forms of signature and monograms.<br /><br />Thanks, Joyce Schiller<br />Curator, Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, Norman Rockwell MuseumJoycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12842860906627601448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-79377540988455445462013-07-09T19:11:21.301-04:002013-07-09T19:11:21.301-04:00I second your thought about signature size. For w...I second your thought about signature size. For what it's worth, I notice that paintings with large, intrusive signatures often aren't very good. I think that a good painting should do the talking, not the artist's name on the canvas.<br /><br />On the other hand... There are some signatures that are so modest and/or stylized (especially the latter) that they are indecipherable. Not so good, either.Donald Pittengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-29757199556285547302013-07-09T17:46:54.925-04:002013-07-09T17:46:54.925-04:00This is interesting because some artists are adama...This is interesting because some artists are adamant that you don't sign the front but the back of the piece. They say signing the front detracts from the surface and image but that you should sign it, date it and put the title on the back. They go on to say that signing the front is "outdated". <br /><br />I haven't formed an opinion yet but I have been thinking about signing the back. <br /><br />Any other comments/opinions on back vs front signing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-26027570282484589702013-07-09T17:02:26.787-04:002013-07-09T17:02:26.787-04:00Great article, thanks! I always sign mine, for var...Great article, thanks! I always sign mine, for various reasons. Images go everywhere on the web, and I like that it's on there for recognition. But the most important part for me is that the signature is the very last thing I do. It's for me to call something "final", and walk away from it before I do something awful. But I do have different signatures for different media, and I've changed them all periodically over the years. Russell Dickersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854569325129096817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-47224476143519074142013-07-09T14:51:47.662-04:002013-07-09T14:51:47.662-04:00Good topic. Katherine over there on 'Making a ...Good topic. Katherine over there on 'Making a Mark' had a good post and poll on this some time back.<br /><br />I personally and date the front with a legible but subtle or not distracting signature. I don't usually care for loud signatures and often find them distracting.<br />Other info on the back.<br /><br />ArtBusiness.com had a good article on it too. Much of the same advice you give here, worth a read.<br />http://www.artbusiness.com/signart.htmlDavid Teterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747334525619423349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-72303041401573878292013-07-09T11:51:28.116-04:002013-07-09T11:51:28.116-04:00Great information and insight. This is just the so...Great information and insight. This is just the sort of thing that, if treated at all in an art book or class, is given the slightest of treatments. But, for sure, it's on every artist's mind on some level.Tom Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770238579550226268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-50641588883188681042013-07-09T10:52:04.404-04:002013-07-09T10:52:04.404-04:00Really great info! I do fine art landscape photog...Really great info! I do fine art landscape photography but this is just as relevant for that medium. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450116982366085235noreply@blogger.com