Should you really dedicate time and effort to learn how to frame your own paintings?

If you paint ocassionally, learning picture framing may not be your cup of tea. Instead, you can go to any art shop and purchase ready made picture frames and matting kits, frame your paintings, and hang your masterpieces on the wall. This approach will save you time and money, as you won’t have to purchase tools and materials.

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Of all the arts, sculpture, with its three-dimensional power, presented the greatest challenge to the supremacy of painting. Leonardo claims that he has the right to argue for painting because he is “equally well-versed in both arts”. Firstly, the demands placed on the painter were infinitely greater than those required of the sculptor. While the painter had no less than 10 considerations in the creation of his works, namely “light, shade, colour, body, shape, position, distance, nearness, motion and rest”, the sculptor had only to consider “body, shape, position motion, and rest.” Sculpture demands less talent or ingegno than painting.
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