Abstract
An inkjet image printed onto a absorbable coated releasable carrier, transposed and adhered permanently to a surface designed for oil painting on, the removal of the releasable carrier, the exposure of a muted surface which color may be of a ghosted white, with the printed image being hidden from view and an oil being brushed into the ghosted white color surface to reveal the underlying color image, thereafter creating a finished oil painting.
Claims
1. A method of emulating an oil painting, comprising the steps of: printing an inkjet image onto an absorbable coated releasable carrier sheet construction; transposing the absorbable coated releasable carrier sheet construction so the image is hidden from view and the upper surface is muted and ghosted white; aligning and positioning the absorbable coated releasable carrier sheet construction; pressing and adhering the absorbable coated releasable carrier sheet construction to the adhesive surface of the oil painting surface; removing the releasable carrier sheet; exposing the muted ghosted white surface of the absorbable coating; brushing oil into to absorbable coating surface; and revealing the underlying printed inkjet image thereafter creating a finished oil painting.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0030] In the following description, reference will be made to the attached drawings in which:
[0031] FIG. 1 is a cross section showing the material structure and layer construction of the absorbableink receptive releasable carrier;
[0032] FIG. 2 is a cross section the same as FIG. 1 showing a printed inkjet image absorbed into theabsorbable coating;
[0033] FIG. 3 is a cross section the same as FIG. 2 showing the addition of a texture layer which maybe used to make brush strokes;
[0034] FIG. 4 is a cross section showing a primed oil painting surface coated with an adhesive;
[0035] FIG. 5 is a cross section showing the pressing of the image face of the coated releasable carrieronto the adhesive layer of the oil painted surface;
[0036] FIG. 6 is the same as FIG. 5 only with the removal of the releasable carrier;
[0037] FIG. 7 is a cross section showing droplets of oil being absorbed into the absorbable layer and printed inkjet image; and
[0038] FIG. 8 is a cross section the same as FIG. 7 after the oil has been fully absorbed into the surface air dried and fully reacted by the process of polymerization.
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[0039] In the following description and drawings and for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more complete understanding of the present invention. It will be evident, however, to one with ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. The present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the invention, and is not intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiments illustrated by the figures or to the detailed description of the drawings herein.
[0040] FIG. 1 is a cross section showing a releasable carrier 10 and coating construction that comprise the following; a releasable carrier 10 that may be made from film which material may be a clear non oriented polypropylene of a thickness of between 140-160 microns, corona treated to a surface energy of +/−38 dynes/cm. Material should exhibit excellent lay flat characteristics together with a high elongation at break of +/−600% in both the MD and TD directions. Surface may be textured to aid release characteristics and surface finish; The coated construction of the releasable carrier 10 may be that of an absorbable coating 12 with the appearance of a white opaque liquid, coating should be able to be printed using waterbased pigment inkjet ink, but may be print compatible with other ink technologies. It is a requirement of the absorbable coating 12 to be enabled to absorb oil-based drying mediums of the kind consistent with the use and application of tung or linseed oil 24 a suitable coating may be that of a white matte microporous inkjet coating, coated onto the releasable carrier 10 to a preferred thickness of between 50 and 70 microns. One such suitable coating is a matte inkjet receptive microporous formulation which product name is PrintRite DP 338 commercially available from Lubrizol.
[0041] FIG. 2 is a cross section the same as FIG. 1 showing a printed inkjet image 14 absorbed into the absorbable coating 12 there are many different types of ink that will work with this type of coating, some of which have no absorption characteristics, and some that have the ability to penetrate the entire coating layer, however the present invention uses absorbable waterbased pigment or dye based ink in order to improve the color gamut, maintain the ink density, print contrast, and resolution with fast even drying of the ink.
[0042] FIG. 3 is a cross section the same as FIG. 2 showing the addition of a texture medium 16 which may be used to make brush strokes of the type described herein, can be made from a number of different types of material, the criteria of suitability being that they are able to be applied to the printed inkjet image 14 onto the absorbable coating 12 and adhered to that surface in a permanent way. There are many different types of mediums that may fit the criteria, many of which are commercially available from art and craft suppliers and sold as texture gels or impasto painting mediums. For the purpose of the present invention, the addition of a raised profile enables real brush strokes to be added to the printed inkjet image 14 absorbable coating 12 surface, thereafter, being transposed to be revealed on application as an integral part of the finished oil painting.
[0043] FIG. 4 is a cross section showing a surface used to oil paint on 22 coated with a white pigmented gesso primer 20 coated thereon, with an adhesive 18 which may be of the type herein described as a pressure activated synthetic, that allows material to be positioned and repositioned for accurate alignment, when little or no pressure is applied, yet forms a high strength permanentbond when the required amount of pressure is applied.
[0044] FIG. 5 is a cross section showing the pressing of the image face of the coated releasable carrier 10 onto the adhesive 18 layer of the oil painting surface 22 the action of pressing the image face of the coated release carrier 10 as described is fundamental to the successful outcome of the present invention and the preferred embodiment herein.
[0045] The action may be that of non-apparatus, as would be achieved by pressing or rolling by hand or may be that of using motorized equipment, for example by roll lamination, vacuum application or heat press.
[0046] FIG. 6 is the same as FIG. 5 only with the removal of the releasable carrier 10 the releasable carrier 10 as described, may be removed by the action of hand peeling, given that the peeling process occurs after the material surface has been rubbed down sufficiently as to contact the printed inkjet image 14 absorbable coating 12 layer to full contact and engage the microsphere adhesive 18 coated surface of the oil painting surface 22 the releasable carrier 10 may also be removed by mechanical means, in which case the same conventions of removal of the releasable carrier 10 would apply.
[0047] FIG. 7 is a cross section showing oil 24 droplets being absorbed into the absorbable coating 12 the delivery system used to enable oil absorption to take place is a brush, which may be likenedto a normal artists oil painting brush or may be another type of brush. Artists brushes are used to collect and deliver liquid in the form of paint and mediums to the surface of an oil painting surface, stroke by stroke. The amount of liquid that is collected and delivered to the surface is based on the skill of each individual. When using oil 24 the amount and accurate control of the delivery of the oil to the surface is a feature of the present invention. In this regard, a brush that has the ability to deliver a controlled amount of oil to the surface, may be that of a brush pen, that has liquid loaded into the pen barrel, a brush where the nib would normally be, and a mechanism to adjust the pressure and flow of the droplets that are delivered to the surface and then brushed into the surface using the same brush. These types of brushes are available as water refillable brush pens, but it is a feature of the present invention to use such a brush pen to deliver oil and different liquid-based mediums in the same style pen with or without the ability to refill it when it is empty. Oil 24 is delivered to the oil painting surface 22 which face is muted and the underlying image is hidden from view by a white ghosted effect. As the oil 24 is brushed into the surface it is is absorbed and the printed image 14 is revealed as the ghosting gives way to color and the image gradually becomes fully visible.
[0048] FIG. 8 is a cross section the same as FIG. 7 after the oil 24 has been brushed into the surface and fully absorbed into the surface, air dried and fully reacted by the process of polymerization. Polymerization 26 of the oil 24 occurs when the oil 24 is exposed to air, it is a natural process that both hardens the oil and seals the surface for finishing.
[0049] While the disclosed subject matter has been described in conjunction with a number of embodiments, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations would be, or are, apparent to those of ordinary skill in the applicable arts. Accordingly, applicant intends to embrace all such alternatives, modifications, equivalents and variations that are within the spirit and scope of the disclosed subject matter.
