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Woman With a Mandolin by Georges Braque
Woman with a Mandolin made between 1909 and 1910 was a representative of Braque in the analytical cubism period. In the same period, Picasso paintings had this kind of musical instrument. Reportedly, the Cubist painters' ...
How to Use Derivan Liquid Pencil
Designed and distributed by Matisse Derivan, an art supply company based in Australia, Derivan liquid pencil is a relatively new art medium designed for creating graphite drawing effects with a liquid application (see link in Resources). The result is a drawing with the appearance of being a pencil
How to Apply Gesso Without Brush Marks
When you stretch a canvas, you will have an unfinished surface on which to work. Apply gesso, a white primer paint, to the canvas before painting. The paint has the consistency of acrylic paints; however, it applies much thinner, stiffening and texturizing the surface. When applying gesso, you want
10 Tips to Inspire and Excite Your Art
I have been painting for well over 30 years now and I have definitely had some good times of creativity and some bad times of creativity. This is the case for most artists, as we ...
On Fine Art Paintings: Should You Buy Giclee Prints?
Tastefully designed interiors of homes, offices, and other establishments are not complete until their walls are graced by art. If you have a plain wall begging for a fine art painting, there are now more ...
How to Draw the Solar System Project
Drawing the solar system can be a fun project for kids to learn about our neighboring planets. The solar system is made up of eight planets, 162 moons, several dwarf planets (such as Pluto), comets, and many asteroids. Learning how to draw the solar system can provide a basic understanding of the si
How to Mix Acrylic Paint for Shades of Blue
Two useful and common blues are ultramarine and phthalocyanine. Ultramarine is on the violet and warm side, whereas phthalocyanine is slightly green and on the cooler side. Another blue is cobalt, which is a pure blue and has neither violet nor green. When mixing for a dark blue, do not add black;
How to Draw Animals for Kids
Drawing animals may be easier than you think. If you choose basic animals and separate the different parts of the animals into easy shapes, you can create drawings and help children learn to draw animals as well. Once they see how to use shapes to create the animals they know, they will be excited t
Animated Cartoons
An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn (or created with computers to look something like something hand-drawn) film for the films, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot (even if it is a very short one). Animation itself can be described as the rapid showing of a seq
Weekly Manga Reading List – November 30, 2010
Read a short reviews of manga and graphic novels including One Piece, Detroit Metal City, Rasetsu and Butterflies, Flowers from VIZ Media; Higurashi: When They Cry Beyond Midnight Arc, Not Love But Delicious Foods, Yotsuba, Moyasimon from Del Rey Manga, Endless Comfort from Digital Manga, and Witch
How to Use Water Soluble Oil Paints
Oil paints that are water soluble eliminate the need for solvent mediums. Solvents evaporate into vapors that require open ventilation in large airy rooms. An artist can use water soluble oil paint in a relatively small room with the windows closed if necessary. The oil binders in water soluble pain
WonderCon 2009 - Mark Hamill
Actor Mark Hamill signs a photo of himself as Luke Skywalker from Star Wars at WonderCon 2009. See photos of highlights from WonderCon 2009 at Moscone Center South, San Francisco, CA, including the crowds of fans, comics, toys, games, creative cosplay, special guests and events.
How to Paint a Stainless Steel Exhaust
If you would like to paint a stainless steel exhaust, there are some critical points you should understand before you begin the application process. Stainless steel is a nonporous, durable surface, ill-suited for paint adhesion. If you apply paint directly over under-prepared stainless steel, you wi
How to Use Stucco in Art
Stucco is a decorative material used for coating the walls and ceilings of a building. It is usually made of a mixture of cement, sand, lime and water. Once stucco is mixed, it is applied to a surface with a trowel or spatula to create an authentically rustic facade. However, walls and ceilings aren
How to Color Line Art
Apply color to black and white line art to make the art shine. With the computer technology available today, coloring line art properly is not as difficult as it once was. Photoshop is one of the programs that makes coloring easier. Most line art in comics and other publications these days is colore
How to Draw & Paint the Head
As anyone who has ever attempted to draw a person can attest, drawing a human head is not easy. But, with the proper technique, almost anyone can sketch out a rendering of a human head without much difficulty. Most human heads are very similar, and if you know where to put things and how big to ma
How to Paint a Room Fast
Circumstances may dictate that a room needs to be painted quickly. Perhaps company is coming or a house has to be prepared to sell. Whatever the reason, it is possible to get the job done rapidly by omitting a few steps that would normally be taken. In fact, by leaving out a few typical room paintin