i recommend a sign-painting brush and thinned oil paint. even those “pigment” markers have not exhibited permanence in my experience.

why do you sign your paintings? i don’t unless someone is taking the painting and specifically requests that i sign it.also, i generally sign on the back (or on a stretcher if its a canvas) where it won’t matter if its archival or not.

I can’t comment on using any markers because I know very little about their permanence or bleeding characteristics.

But I always sign my oil paintings, on the bottom right. After completing a successful painting that I concieved myself and worked hard on, I can’t imagine not signing it.

I usually sign in a different color, I try to choose the color that will best work with the colors of the painting. But I learned through experience not to sign in too flashy a color, or when you look at the picture, the signature will stand out and get all the attention (obviously not what you want).

Definately a brush. Don’t put anything that is not oil paint over oil paint – except damar. If you don’t want the sig to attract too much attention, do it one value higher or lower than the area you are signing it in. It will be almost invisible until you get right up on it.

I always sign my paintings. It usually takes a great deal of thought to figure out just where to put the signature, though.

The signature is a mark of pride, you have earned the right to put your name on this collection of sweat and toil!!!!

Like a previous post above said, you don’t want to put something in there that distracts from the composition or color. It is best to plan ahead.

I usually use a color that blends in with the passage the signature is ajacent to. There have been paintings where the signature actually helps to balance the overall composition.

I would never use those paint markers to sign something. They aren’t made to last, no matter what they claim. Better to learn to use a brush, which is traditional. Do it on a dried part and wipe it off if it doesn’t look just right. Keep it up until you like it.

I almost always use a small kolinski-series 7.

I only date the ones I really like.

I also number the back in graphite example 054-0701 (#54 july 2001)

Signed,
Scott

Right now I use a very small sable brush (00). But I am thinking of having a stamp pad made from my signature. It costs about $15. Then I would just press it onto my palette, to get paint on it, and stamp the lower corner of the painting.

[i]Originally posted by Midwest Painter [/i]
[B]But I am thinking of having a stamp pad made from my signature. It costs about $15. Then I would just press it onto my palette, to get paint on it, and stamp the lower corner of the painting. [/B]

If there is any texture at all in your painting, a rubber stamp wouldn’t work. But even if your surface is perfectly smooth, oil paint, being a lot thicker than stamp-pad ink, would be squeezed out the sides as you were pressing on it.

You know, if you’re more comfortable with a pen and ink, you could get a speedball pen and some good india ink and use that. Then go over it with some linseed oil for durability. It will last a long time, you bet.