My Online Purchased Painting Turned out to be Very Small or Very Large!

Buying paintings online is an easy way to bring art into your home but very often we over see the aspect of the size of art purchased. What happens then? you end up either with a very small artwork that gets lost on your wall or a very large painting that covers your whole wall and looks very over bearing!
Why does this happen? and what is the result of such an purchase?

gallery wall combination of paintings displayed

large canvas 50x60 inches in large urban decor living room

Every one knows art does not come cheap. After shelling out precious money for the purchase of an painting of your choice you may get the feeling of dissatisfaction and the artwork may after some time end up in your attic. How can you avoid this? Before making an purchase of painting from an online art gallery or art dealer look at the details of each artwork. Every artist has mentioned the size, year and medium of the artwork below each image of the painting. It is but natural for any individual to first consider the visual impact of the painting. Then comes the price and finally the colours if they match with your decor of the room it has to be displayed in.

Windows of the soul-precious oil paintings

Feng shuii Vaastu energy symbol paintings

Tiny Reiki art cards specific intentions art

We often forget the size aspect and finalize the deal and are happy to own an original artwork. This is one of the most important weak point of online viewing that you do not get the correct representation of the size. You must see below each artwork and calculate in terms of your wall the size of the artwork and how much space it will occupy. Consider any object of the similar size or take a news paper or cloth piece of that size and hang it on that wall. By this you will understand the correct visual impact the size of artwork will give on putting up on that particular wall.

A medium sized painting in large living room will look misfit at times but the same painting as above table art looks great!  So it is very important that you understand where you want to display the chosen painting and measure this size and see how much area of wall you cover when you display the painting in your space. 

medium size nine cho ku rei painting in minimalist zen decor

medium sized nine cho ku rei painting displayed as table art

Certain aspect are better discussed before making the purchase since size is a matter which cannot be changed and however much you may like the painting and works of that artist you cannot create space. So always select paintings which can be of a comfortable to display in your living room or which ever room you want it to. Online purchases are hassle free and will help you appreciate and buy art from within the comforts of your home.

White Airavaata abstract symbolic painting by Rizwana A.Mundewadi

You can also go in for combination of small sized paintings and display as gallery wall. Or choose a larger mount and frame to increase the size of the painting some what. 

Painting with off white mount extra added and large opulent frame for small Feng shuii ship painting

large sized Abstract Airavaata artwork with black frame 

All the Best from Rizwana!

Professional Reiki healing artist India.

my original artworks Reiki healing paintings are available for sale only through my website razarts.com

5 Tips for selection of paintings online

Online art galleries have a wide range of artworks available for sale and the buyer is confused as to which painting to purchase. If the decision of displaying an artwork is done then there are a few important points one must consider before going in for the purchase of paintings online.

Reiki symbol calligraphy painting in progress The Red Pilgrim healing artist India

1) Budget - most important. As paintings are available in different price ranges it is very necessary to fix an budget price you can comfortably spend on buying art works.
2) How many paintings do you require? do you wish to display on your living room wall an exclusive artwork or you are interested in displaying art in every room of your home. Even corporates need to select paintings  for their offices so they can select artworks or prints according to their budget and number of paintings required.
3) Size of paintings - this is the most important point which is very often overseen by the buyers of artworks and they land up with a huge painting or a very small one. It is most important to see the details of the paintings given on the website before purchasing the artwork.
4) Colour scheme in the painting - Think about the colours used in the paintings and then remember the wall on which it has to be displayed. If they are in harmony or contrast well and good but if there is too much clash with the home interior decor then you will end up feeling restless and your artwork however expensive a painting it may be becomes a misfit on your wall.
5) Reliability of the art gallery - again a very important point to consider before buying paintings online. It is advisable to purchase paintings from a reputed and well known art gallery. Here you buy original artworks and also get authentication certificates signed and dated by the artist.
Other sources may sell artworks at a cheaper rate but you may also be at a risk of purchasing an fake artwork.

Hope this helps!

Happy Painting!

The Red Pilgrim