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The Job of a Professional Make-Up Artist

Make up is used on celebrities, in different industries and fields to the purpose of changing the overall appearance of an individual. The need and importance of make-up is increasing with high demands in films, ...

Photography - Tricks On Taking Full Portrait in Studio

Taking full-length portraits inside studio ought to pay attention into the lighting because the studio lacks natural lights. Because of this, lots of source of light is needed. This requirement is normally met utilizing large ...

Materials Artists Use for Oil Painting Reproductions

The following are some tools artists uses for art reproductions: The Canvas Canvas is the most popular surface used in oil painting. It is traditional flax, but because it is relatively expensive, and cotton. fabric ...

Modernism - Defying the Norm

Modern ideas about what art is, began in the 20th century. Before that, usually paintings were commissioned by someone and were created to represent a story or an event. Of course, not all those stories or events had to be true, but they usually represented a human doing something that seemed natura

The Basics of Writing Online Memoirs

Writing online memoirs is a more convenient way of recording interesting and valuable experiences of your life. Even the so called 'ordinary' life may have something interesting that can be passed on to others. More ...

Art Vs Crafts - A Debate With a New Twist

Many say that "craft" is a technique, static, possibly a repeated pattern of steps to achieve an outcome. Let's pick apart some examples and see what you think.

Handy Tips and advices for Illustrators

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5 Famous Art Heists to Talk About at Parties

Everyone knows that talking about art makes you look more sophisticated. So, the next time you're stuck making small talk just bring up one of these famous art heists. Such stimulating conversation is sure to make you a hit at the next dinner party.

What Is Image Masking?

What is the art of image masking? Image masking, as the name suggests, is the art of separating a certain part from an image where the edges cannot be clearly defined, such as isolating a girl with curly hair from a photo. If you are familiar with a good image-editing app and you have got it install

Constable Prints

John Constable in a very important British painter who helped bring landscape painting into the forefront art the art world, when previously it had lagged behind portrait and religious painting in terms of popularity of critical acceptance. This article examines Constable prints and considers why th

The Essence of Metal Art Sculpture

Metal, as is, is lifeless and is just another pile of dump. But when the hands of an artist mould it, an excellent art metal sculpture is born, giving meaning to the artistry for everyone ...

The New Versus Old Debate

Many designers feel it is okay to use a template instead of building a website from the ground up for their clients. I disagree. What is your opinion?

How to Draw Cartoon Santa

We all love Santa Clause with his Christmas presents and gifts, yet when it comes to drawing cartoon Santa not everyone is so much in for the excitement. The main difficulty most people experience in trying to create Santa cartoons is that they don't know where to start or what kind of costume

Art Value of Canvas Wrapping Methods

Now, my dear reader, I do not want to go deep into the inside of the various canvas technologies, printers, the ways and methods or the like that allow producing of a qualitative canvas art product. Currently I would like to discuss the artistic or visual aspect of canvas stretching as well as shari