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What is Art?
Nor should you ever... What does this mean? Restriction to paint/sculpture or contained within paint/sculpture? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Get it? I think that people who are too concerned with a ...
Does anyone make there own paints or altering store bought p...
fold a piece of paper in half. spread a nut of tubed oil paint onto the paper. the paper will obsorb the oil after a few minutes. scrape off pigment and mix with a drop or two of medium. i like to use...
an Acrylic Blending technique?
...ut a 45 degree angle to the canvas and, with firm pressure, scrubs the brush back and forth, pushing the paint into the canvas and trying to repeat this movement in every direction until the paint is ...
oh shit
...API.dll?ViewItem& item=184565890 'in today's competitive art world, the crap that you paint just isn't as important as the crap you paint WITH' viva la revolucion, cor...
Most profitable use of art study time?
It depends largely on what you hope to accomplish. Are you painting for your own pleasure? Do you want to sell your paintings? Do you want to make a living at art? Are you interested in competitions? ...
I have heard that plexi glass is useful to have around when ...
There's a few ways to keep the water color paper straight, while and after you paint on it. I think streaching the paper on plexi glass is the best way. You just wet the back of the paper and put...
Watercolor NEWBIE..please help
There are just 3 or 4 basic techniques in watercolor. The 'wash' is thinned out paint brushed smoothly over the paper. The 'dry brush' is removing some of that thinned out paint fr...
Prepping masonite - alternatives to acrylic gesso?
I have, on several occasions, mentioned the substitution of acrylic house paint for acrylic gesso. The products I use is labeled '100 percent acrylic' and not 'acrylic latex.' The ...
Mounting Paper on Canvas
I had a bad experience painting over acrylic gloss medium. I put gloss medium over a painting then left it to do other things. I returned to the painting later and did some more work on it over the gl...
Styrofoam as painting support?!
'8 Painters: New Views' The Nov. 2003, edition of Art in America reviews the paintings of 8 currently working painters. The cover photo is by one of the 8 featured in the article, one Br...
lori's paintings
yes, please be careful unrolling them as several of mine show a cracking of the paint like mud in the desert....having the lacquer coating might have helped protect them, I'm told, but then it ca...
New Nik Painting
I never suggested you should paint anything other than what you desire to paint - and you've stated clearly that you are 'obsessed with faces.' You didn't have to tell ME that - it...
John Marin Paintings
I have recently aquired 2 paintings by John Marin. These works are about 15"x15". One is a sailboat scene and the other one is a cubism style, church scene. Both are signed and the church...
On Canvas Stretching...
Because not everyone likes to paint on the same kind of surfaces.
How long does it take you to get back into the groove after ...
How long does it take you to get back into the groove after not painting for a while? How often do you paint?
Are Amsterdam Oil Colors OK?
...xing.) I don't know what you envision as 'inert filler' (called 'binder' in the paint industry) but if it is some sort of gypsum compound the only colors you would have to beg...
Do you always wet the paper before you start, or does it dep...
Do you always wet the paper before you start, or does it depend on what you want to paint? are there any rules of thumb or is it just a matter of personal preference?
How do you keep the vital look acrilics have when they are s...
How do you keep the vital look acrylics have when they are still wet? I love what I see as I paint, but once it drys, the acrylic looks a bit washed out and faded. Any solutions?
lascaux gouache
I have been buying Lascaux gouache paints for the last few years. Now the art store has dropped the line. It's a Swiss brand and I love them especially for the ease squeezing out the right amount...
I draw fairly well, but have never painted before. I underst...
...t colors you plan to start with. I guess you can try this site: http://ezinearticles.com/?Understanding-Painting-Color- Terms---Learning-to-Paint&id=1996664 ...
Glazing in acrylics
My tip: try to paint very thin layers. I smear a bit retarder on the painting, before I start with the new layer. So I have the guarantee, that I can control my color, change it, take it away unti...
Looking for a step by step tutorial for doing a self portrai...
... a mirror while you sketch and then look in the mirror for reference to tone shape and shadows while you paint. thats pretty much all i can offer, im not sure what tips youre looking for....
I have a problem with acrylics going moldy after I leave the...
...ere stay wet Palette. Does anyone know how this can be avoided, and is it alright to use the part of the paint (from underneath, that isn't moldy?)...
Con one make a living out of art?
I also tried quitting work at 33 to paint full-time, but ended up having to get into graphic design to survive. I was in the advertising industry for 15 years, and hated many aspects of it too. I slow...
European,the joint is diferent than the American, there are ...
...ape = marine. practicaly each type has his own format called figure . the beauty is READY MADE TO PAINT . Both OIL and ACRL. primed...
I am looking of ways to make "quick" money out of painting, ...
That's the way painters used to earn their living before the 20th century, before modern art. Rembrandt, Goya, Tician, in fact, I think all the great artists were paid to paint their paintings. I...
Canada art from Germany
Hi, my name ist Knut from germany. I“have paint 20 pictures about the canadian maple leaf. to see at http://www.mapleleafart.de take a looke and enjoy Greetings Knut
What does the term Frottie mean? I saw a painting in an art ...
...n transparent (or semi- transparent) glaze that was rubbed in with a stiff briste brush with very little paint on, in the last phases of an oil painting....
mix media art question
... sculpture feel to it, sculpey would work (the kind that hardens in the oven), salt dough (which you can paint afterward) or paper mache can be a lot of fun too. (sculpt before you paint, how it will ...
Lets make an artist team
Honey - paint your petudies off and whatever else you wil do the team will come. Trust me it is more important for you to get strong in the business on your own. The rest will have to learn and follow...
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