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		<title>Roses Are Favourite Flower To Paint</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roses are a fascinating flower to study and paint and there are many, many forms that the aspiring decorative painter can learn to paint and over time, master. Stroke roses are the dream of many beginning decorative painters! Roses have been a universally favourite flower to paint &#8211; artisans and fine artists alike have incorporated [...]]]></description>
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Roses are a fascinating flower to study and paint and there are many, many forms that the aspiring decorative painter can learn to paint and over time, master. Stroke roses are the dream of many beginning decorative painters!</p>
<p>Roses have been a universally favourite flower to paint &#8211; artisans and fine artists alike have incorporated the rose in their designs for centuries. They have been the primary subject matter in almost all traditional folk art &#8211; in Bauernmalerei there is the Tolzer rose, in French folk art, the Montpellier rose and the Strasbourg rose. The Rococo rose too is well-known. In some cases such as Hindeloopen, roses were painted naively and in others such as Zhostovo, they looked more realistic.</p>
<p>All of these roses, however, had one thing in common &#8211; they were all painted using round brush strokes.</p>
<p>Over time the flat brush technique for painting roses was developed and the predominant technique used in painting stroke roses in contemporary decorative painting today is double-loading using a flat or angle brush. Some decorative artists have also developed techniques of painting a stroke rose using a triple-loaded flat or angle brush.</p>
<p>    .Reference resource: <a href="http://www.artezan.com/artezan/styles-n-techniques/contemporary/roses.html">Click Here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Gallery of Modern Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Galleries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art galleries are consecrated to the promotion of emerging artists. These galleries provide a platform for them to display their works on with the works of nationally and internationally renowned artists. The U.S. has a wealth of famous art galleries. Many small towns in the U.S. boast of an art gallery. The High Museum of [...]]]></description>
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Art galleries are consecrated to the promotion of emerging artists. These galleries provide a platform for them to display their works on with the works of nationally and internationally renowned artists.</p>
<p>The U.S. has a wealth of famous art galleries. Many small towns in the U.S. boast of an art gallery. The High Museum of Art, Alleged Gallery, Henry Art Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Agora Gallery, Rosalux Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, The Alaska House Gallery, and Anchorage Museum of History and Art are some of the famous art galleries in the United States. Today, there ar online art galleries exhibiting original artwork.</p>
<p>Many famous art galleries display regional pieces of art such as African art, American art, Indian art, and European art, along with folk art, modern and contemporary art, and photography. These galleries collect, exhibit, and preserve the works of art for the coming generations. Many famous art galleries strive to entertain and educate their regional, national, and outside(a) audiences. Some famous art galleries specialize in particular areas such as portraits. A good number of famous art galleries are owned and operated by government.</p>
<p>Most famous art galleries provide an chance for visitors to buy outstanding artwork. Also, they organize several art-related activities such as medicine concerts and verse readings for children and adults. Art galleries organize seminars and workshops conducted by renowned artists. Committed to excellence in both art and service, most famous art galleries offer you a rich, unforgettable experience.</p>
<p>    .Reference resource: <a href="http://textiledesignss.com/2011/07/08/art-galleries/">Click Here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Computer Graphics Tablet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer Graphics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Designers around the world love technology and how it relates to their profession or studies. Part of the technology, the graphic design industry has improved, as graphics tablet known. A graphics tablet allows designers to draw objects on a computer screen without a keyboard or mouse. Instead, designers use a tablet, a computer that is [...]]]></description>
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Designers around the world love technology and how it relates to their profession or studies. Part of the technology, the graphic design industry has improved, as graphics tablet known. A graphics tablet allows designers to draw objects on a computer screen without a keyboard or mouse. Instead, designers use a tablet, a computer that is connected wirelessly or equipment and have a traction device. The drawing device can either write with a pen or stylus, plastic pen object, or draw on a platter. A graphics tablet is also called a graphics tablet or sketchbook.</p>
<p>A major advantage of the graphics tablet that is users avoid the development of the state of stress such as carpal tunnel syndrome known. Carpal tunnel syndrome affects a person’s hands and wrists and can only develop if too much time typing on the computer is past. One tablet should be used not only by designers or other artists. Instead, this type of tablet by almost everyone to purchase the article today, because they do not like the feeling of the mouse or computer keyboard must be used.</p>
<p>The sizes of computer graphics tablets have a long reach and size depends on the person buying the tablet. The smallest size is three inches by four inches, while the largest size is fourteen inches of fourteen inches. The tablets are often used in architecture and design professionals. These tablets are also more expensive to buy on the market because it takes more material to manufacture them and they will have more features than smaller tablets.</p>
<p>    .Reference resource: <a href="http://thehudsonian.com/?p=1514">Click Here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Oil Paint For Beginner</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another thing you need to know about oil paints is they are not all the same price. It depends on the color you want and how rare the substance that makes that color. For example the color COBALT which comes in various colors is more expensive due to the cobalt metal that is used to [...]]]></description>
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Another thing you need to know about oil paints is they are not all the same price. It depends on the color you want and how rare the substance that makes that color. For example the color COBALT which comes in various colors is more expensive due to the cobalt metal that is used to make the color.</p>
<p>You will need to learn how to read the label on the paint tube and understand what the information means. The information on the label will vary according to each paint manufacturer. Artist quality oil paint will have the following information on the label:</p>
<p>* Manufacturer&#8217;s name or name of color</p>
<p>* Name of the pigment used and the color index name or number</p>
<p>* The vehicle the pigment is suspended in such as linseed oil</p>
<p>* The manufacturer&#8217;s lightfastness or permanence rating</p>
<p>* The volume of paint in the tube or what size it is</p>
<p>* Manufacturer name and address</p>
<p>The series the paint belongs to. The manufacturer groups the colors into various price bands. Some manufacturer&#8217;s use letters like Series A, Series B, etc. and others use number series; Series 1, Series 2, etc. The higher the series number or letter, the more expensive the paint.</p>
<p>If the price is higher this usually means the pigments used are more expensive for the manufacturer to purchase therefore they have to charge more for the paints. Also, they put more pigment into the higher price paints. In addition, the processing of these higher price paints is more expensive for the manufacturer therefore adding to the costs of making the paints. They also use a finer, better quality vehicle to suspend the pigment in.</p>
<p>     .Reference resource: <a href="http://www.oil-painting-for-beginners.com/oil-paint.html">Click Here</a>.</p>
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		<title>History Of Water Color</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watercolors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watercolors made their mark in art as far back as 30,000 BC when they were used in cave paintings. Today, they are also the most convenient and approachable painting applications for beginning artists, though it cannot be said that they are the easiest to master. Watercolor paints are easy to apply – just add water [...]]]></description>
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Watercolors made their mark in art as far back as 30,000 BC when they were used in cave paintings. Today, they are also the most convenient and approachable painting applications for beginning artists, though it cannot be said that they are the easiest to master. Watercolor paints are easy to apply – just add water and a bit of creativity. The only other items you really need are brushes and paper.</p>
<p>The pigments used in creating watercolors are similar to those used in oil and acrylics; some are natural and some are synthetic. These pigments are ground and mixed with a natural sap binder called gum Arabic. The most sophisticated watercolors also contain glycerin as a moisturizer. Watercolor paints are sold in grades created for both the student and professional. Student paints offer an economical way to experiment with the media while professional paints are more expensive because they contain a higher concentration of better quality pigments. Watercolor paints can be bought in pans, which offer the most convenience, and tubes are especially useful when mixing large amounts of paint. Watercolors are also available in concentrated liquid form that come in bottles with dropper tops. These are useful for large washes but, because they are essentially dyes, they lack the subtle qualities available with pans or tubes.</p>
<p>     .Reference resource: <a href="http://www.plazaart.com/index.php?page=7511">Click Here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Site of the Month for October 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Site of the Month for October 2011 deals with Art and Art Supplies. Arts and artists Directory &#8211; An international arts web directories: art, artists, music, film, film directors, photography, sculpture, art history, dance, philosophy, art resource, art supplies and more.]]></description>
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Site of the Month for October 2011 deals with <a href="http://www.arts5.com/">Art and Art Supplies</a>. Arts and artists Directory &#8211; An international arts web directories: art, artists, music, film, film directors, photography, sculpture, art history, dance, philosophy, art resource, art supplies and more.</p>
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		<title>How to Find the Best Oil Paintings For Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Oil Painting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sale Oil Painting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depending on one&#8217;s budget and tastes, there are many choices available in today&#8217;s oil painting market. Fine art auction houses exist in most American cities, and may be a good starting point for serious collectors and people buying art as an investment. Some of the most beautiful pieces of art or oil paintings for sale [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Depending on one&#8217;s budget and tastes, there are many choices available in today&#8217;s oil painting market. Fine art auction houses exist in most American cities, and may be a good starting point for serious collectors and people buying art as an investment. Some of the most beautiful pieces of art or <a href="http://www.saleoilpaintings.com">oil paintings</a> for sale in local art studios and major art galleries all across the world. This style of painting is truly an amazing site to see. To see an artist take a blank canvas and armed with nothing but paint, paint brush, and creativity create a masterpiece.</p>
<p>Oil painting is something that is both taught and is also a talent that some or born with. It requires a certain set of skills that can be taught and some passion that you must already be equipped with. A steady hand and a open mind or just two of many abilities some one must possess if the what to be considered a skilled oil painter.</p>
<p>Most all painting done in this style or done on stretched canvases made of either cotton or linen. Choosing the right canvas can be just as important as choosing the right paint. If not done with a careful eye it can be a disaster waiting to happen.</p>
<p>Canvases come in a wide variety of different sizes and designed. Depending on what you are painting you can choose a stapled or spline canvas. You can also choose a less expensive rolled canvas that you have to stretch yourself. Stretching out a canvas also requires skill, it is a tricky process to pull off at first but with enough practice you will be able to pull it off with your eyes blind folded.</p>
<p>When you are looking at oil paintings you can purchase you want to pay close attention to the details that not only went into the painting itself, but also the frame work. Although the frame only hold the painting; if the painting is not placed in the frame correctly with care you could find yourself paying to have your artwork re-stretched and re-framed which could become real costly.</p>
<p>If you are looking for the best way to purchase you oil paintings you have a couple of options to choose from. The traditional method which is going in person to various auctions, art galleries, or your area art shop. This is always a good option to choose because if you buy the painting in person you can take the time to exam and inspect the quality of the art you are buy before you make the purchase.</p>
<p>Another popular method of acquire oil art is buy visiting the information super highway. When you shopping online you may not be able to inspect the product but you get to choose from a much larger selection of galleries and stores. The world wide web allows you to sit in the comfort of your bed room in Miami Florida and shop a exclusive art gallery in Melbourne Australia.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.saleoilpaintings.com">Sale oil paintings</a> gallery have more than 1,000 master oil painting artists, they just offers oil paintings for sale with 100% hand painting oil on canvas at meseum quality, and before shipping, they will show the oil painting pictures to buyer for confirm quality, else they will refund money for buyers lost.</p>
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		<title>Oil Painting for Beginners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supplies are going to be needed when you start painting. That&#8217;s a given. Of course oil paints and then brushes are needed. You&#8217;ll need your canvas as well. Yet, there are other things which you will need as well. Charcoal is sometimes needed for you to begin your sketch. You&#8217;ll also need a palette, palete [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Supplies are going to be needed when you start painting. That&#8217;s a given. Of course oil paints and then brushes are needed. You&#8217;ll need your canvas as well. Yet, there are other things which you will need as well. Charcoal is sometimes needed for you to begin your sketch. You&#8217;ll also need a palette, palete knife, sketch book, painting mediums, and an easel.</p>
<p>Now, you also need to know how to draw. The reason that you need to know how to draw is because you will want to sketch your drawing. Beginners as mentioned, will use charcoal as they draw out their ideas and then use the oil paints to paint in the picture. So, if you aren&#8217;t up on your drawing, we do recommend that you practice this.</p>
<p>When you do oil painting, there are a few basics there. These are things that you really need to focus on. You first focus on the composition. This is where you place items and so forth. That is why you want to plan ahead and so forth. People look at paintings and wonder why artists put things in the places that they put them in. The next thing is color. Bright colors mean cheerful bright energy. Think of the mood you are going for when using your colors. Another is values. This is how you go about getting the three dimensional look. Try overlapping objects. Another one is texture, use the thicker oils for the more important areas on your painting. The last one is edges. This is where you make two paints meet. When you use edges, you will want to make sure that you learn to soften them.</p>
<p>There are many techniques with this as you will find. Due to how extensive it is, it&#8217;s best to get resources that help you to understand just how to do all these different techniques and exactly when you should use them. Many think they can just jump into oil painting as they have been doing this before. However, you will find that that&#8217;s not true. Oil painting is a bit different from other types of painting.</p>
<p>So, where do you go to get art instructions if you are new to oil painting? There are a few ways. Now, some would tell you that taking art instructions live is the best way. Sometimes, your local art museum might have lessons for you. There are always people willing to teach you. However, if you can&#8217;t find someone in your area, there are other ways to learn.</p>
<p>There are many resources out there that teach oil painting for beginners. You just have to look for them. There are books on the topic. There are videos on the topic. Now that the web has taken form, there are even websites that can teach you how to paint with oil paints. You might never know what will help you. Find what works for you.</p>
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		<title>The Beauty of Body Paint Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Serpe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of time, humans have always had the desire to create art. Through this desire body painting was born, making the human body the first canvass. The history of this craft stretches so far back that historians consider it to be the earliest form of art. Compared to other types of body art [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since the beginning of time, humans have always had the desire to create art. Through this desire body painting was born, making the human body the first canvass. The history of this craft stretches so far back that historians consider it to be the earliest form of art. Compared to other types of body art like tattoos or piercing, this is impermanent. It lasts only for a few hours at most. During the ancient times, tribes would often use this during celebrations and important ceremonies. Each color had its own corresponding meaning. Chieftains and warriors commonly had their own styles to indicate their status in the tribe. Around the 12th century, a new kind of body painting known as the Mehendi became popular. The Mehendi is an extremely old ritual that originated from Egypt. It is the art of using henna to paint the body. This type of dye usually lasts a little longer, about a 1-2 weeks before fading.  Natives of South America also had their own methods of ornamenting their bodies. They would use wet charcoal also known as huito. Like henna, huito is also semi-permanent lasting for a few weeks.</p>
<p>In today&#8217;s modern era, this has become a way of self-expression. This has been spurred on by the liberality of modern society. If before nudity was deemed by society as inappropriate and improper, now it is something to be flaunted. In the guise of self-expression and the practice of human freedom, this has become a means of grabbing the public&#8217;s attention. This is especially effective during protests and rallies. Instead of bringing placards and sign boards, the protesters would instead paint on themselves. The art of body painting can morph a human being into a beautiful work of art. It can make a statement that words alone cannot express, create a more appealing presentation, and add meaning and significance to an important occasion. It is used not only for the living, but also to preserve the dead. Truly it has attained world wide significance that will last till the end of time.  </p>
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		<title>Connecting Wax and Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the many paintings in the world today, the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper are the two most recognizable ones. This is because of their magnificence and the perfect combination of media and the style used. Some of the noted painting media are oil, oil pastel, dry pastel, enamel paint, ink, light, water color, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Among the many paintings in the world today, the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper are the two most recognizable ones. This is because of their magnificence and the perfect combination of media and the style used. Some of the noted painting media are oil, oil pastel, dry pastel, enamel paint, ink, light, water color, spray paint, fresco and encaustic. One painting media that is gaining attention now is wax or encaustic. This media makes use of beeswax, resin and pigment and when combined, they form a superb design. Its resurgence in the painting world becomes visible today after dying out sometime when tempera and oil paints became available.</p>
<p>History says that Diego Rivera, a muralist, first used this type of medium in 1920s. It was then revived by Jasper Johns in the mid-1900s and with the evolution of other painting media and style, wax painting become inactive until the 1990s. It was then during the later years that encaustic regained its place in the world of painting. This is because of the emergence of electric equipments that can easily mold and manipulate wax pigments like iron, heat guns and electric griddles.</p>
<p>And today, an exhibit is being shown at the Morro Bay Art Association Gallery. The exhibit is themed &#8220;Hot Color, Hot Wax&#8221; which is a fusion of pastels and encaustic paintings. Flo Bartell, the art association president, has some art pieces on display. Bartlell&#8217;s fascination with art began when she was just ten, but her meeting with encaustic happened only few years ago when she saw handmade paper with a waxy cover. Fascinated by its beauty, she then researched deeply and find out the wonderful art of encaustic. And after two years of concentrating on this media, she is now showing off her creations.</p>
<p>Paintings on display include Bartell&#8217;s nonrepresentational paintings, taken mainly under the influence of Picasso&#8217;s and Kandiski&#8217;s breaking the rules and whimsy contrast. Robert Dodge and Margaret Bertnard&#8217;s art work are also on display with animals and impressionistic themes respectively. Carolyn Braun, on the other hand, provides the pastel-media paintings with shadow-striped cows, old barns, exotic birds and sceneries.</p>
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