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What a loving and lovely thing to do. I don't know that I can offer much in the way of advice you seem to have plenty of good thoughts yourself. Yes photograph and catalouge your grandfathers work . Approach every gallery and newspaper also art magazines they may be very interested. Start by sending the resume you have already posted here with some photographs . <div>Eventually when the time is right aim for a retrospective exhibition Theatre foyers , churches , local libraries and obviously commercial galleries . </div><div> This was done for a lovely friend of mine and his family organised an evening in a local library with gallery space . They advertised , they invited , they noted all publications. Then they provided small nibbles and drinks . With all the relevant information. It made for a lovely evening of rememberance. <div>From there you might find a more permament place to exhibit his paintings . It's about publicity and contact.</div><div>I do hope there is a grain of usefulness here and all your hopes happen. </div><div>He sounds a very interesting man. </div></div>
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Have you perhaps thought about doing a video diary sort of thing, talking to your Grandfather about his work, the inspiration for a particular piece, chatting about his reminiscences. That could also make an interesting addition to your project.
Any good amateur photographer should be able to photograph his work for you, an enquiry on a photography forum could elicit some help in that direction, http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/ for example. Whereabouts are you?
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Thanks for both taking the time to respond.
Actually, i had thought about doing a video diary type thing, and have been working on it for a month or so already. I wrote to a BAFTA award winning film maker who wanted to come around and meet him, with the aim of making a documentary about his life. But as i mentioned previously, he's a very reclusive hermit, so sadly he had no interest in meeting new people. This will have to be a solo project.
For the last month i have been recording our conversations together in the hope of editing them myself into a short promo film. I have his consent to do this, so long as he never appears on film, he doesn't see a recorder in front of him, and so long as i bring him no attention in life.
This has been tough. I have lots of great material but due to having to keep the recorder out of sight, sometimes the sound quality isn't so good, which makes editing together the conversations tough. Furthermore, i have no experience in this sort of thing, so i'm having to learn how to use all the software from scratch. I'm a bit of a luddite and don't even know how to operate a smartphone, so this isn't easy.
I'm not sure how viable an addition to this project the minifilm/promo thing will be. Perhaps im setting myself too much to do. I had planned to edit our conversations over video footage of his flat. I think it could be quite poignant just to hear him speaking (his passion for art in general and his work is quite inspiring to hear) while showing his working environment and place of living. It's like a museum here, with every wall decorated with his work, which nobody beyond the family has seen.
I'm ranting a bit now, sorry.
I guess i'm just so enthusiastic to make this work, but equally a bit nervous about my ability to deliver to the standards i have set myself. It can be quite daunting.
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Hello, I hope someone is able to help.
I have pencil drawings that I need to get into digital format ready to be printed as an illustration. I'm just not sure who to go about doing this as I've not done it before. The lines need to be made stronger so that if they are printed for example on fabric they don't get lost. Is there a way of doing this using software like Photoshop or something similar?
Any help greatly appreciated.
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Yes, that can be done.
This is how I would do it:
- Scan or photograph the drawings.
- Acquire suitable software: either pay for Photoshop or download the respectable, free, slightly idiosycratic, GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/downloads/).
- Desaturate the image (remove all colour). Do maintain the greyscale.
- Adjust the contrast and brightness of the image until satisfied.
The numbers will depend on your image and the desired effect. You are not likely to end up with sharp black lines, no matter what you do.