Category: Art

Christmas is right around the corner, and you know what that means time to start thinking about holiday gift ideas. This is the time for you to shower all your love on your family and relatives. This is also the time when it might get overwhelming to find a perfect gift for

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Oil painting is an effective way to bring a beautiful portrait to life. It is considered to be a challenging medium, with a multitude of brush types, colors, and mediums to choose from. It is even more difficult to master than acrylics since the colors are not as opaque as

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Painting is a beautiful art form that involves many mediums, although most mediums (paint, canvas, and paper) have an innate tendency to yellow over time. Worse yet, the finishing steps can be a bit tricky, making finishing an old painting a big challenge. Luckily, there are

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The art of drawing can be simple or complex, depending on how you approach it. Beginners may find that creating a simple sketch on a piece of paper is the easiest way to start drawing. For the more advanced, pencil shading can be a complex and time-consuming process. This is

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We are now going to look at charcoal and why it is something you should know. Charcoal is a type of carbon — a very important, specific type of carbon, to be sure, but still a carbon. There are many types of carbon. But to get a better understanding of all carbon types,

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As a photographer, it is important to consider spontaneity as much as the composition of the final image. To satisfy both these, it is good to be ready with your equipment at all times. Finer adjustments may need to come later by way of computer software, rather than miss

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It is a photographer’s job, or mission if an amateur, to get the best out of their subject, whether a human, animal or an object. So, let’s have a look at how problematic all three could be to a photographer when their final image is at stake, and at the same time, come up

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Perspective is the art of drawing a figure or object the same size as it would appear if it were in the distance and from the viewpoint of an observer standing a given distance from the object or figure. It is ‘perspective’ because the drawing is viewed from a

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As artists, we are forever trying to understand paper. Paper is a common material found in many products and conditions. It is used by people all around the world and, thanks to places like office monster, is constantly available for businesses and individuals to purchase

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For starters, a lot of what is needed to get started is a good art supply store. You can find hundreds of art supplies at a good art supply store that allows you to get the supplies you need by a variety of means. If you are going to be a pastellist, you will need […]

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