How are giclees made?
Since a giclee is printed by a computer printer, it always goes through a stage of being a digital file. The most common method of making this file is first to create a conventional artwork – a watercolor, drawing, or whatever – and then scan it. Some artists use software to create their works directly, using a mouse and keyboard, but they more often call them “digital art” than “giclees”. Some draw directly on an electronic pad to enter their work directly into the computer, a method which some claim has more in common with conventional drawing. I would also be tempted to compare it to traditional stone lithography. Some giclees have additions made by hand, sometimes by the artist and sometimes by a hack whom he has never met. This is usually done to make them seem more artistic and original and thus jack up the price, but some artists have written to me saying that they intended to make such changes with true artistic intent, and that they think of each of these works as a slightly d
