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How to save paint – artists manual

by Daria on September 9, 2009

in Art Tips and Tricks

When you are done with the painting session, you must snap the lid on tightly. Then to save paint – you put it into the freezer. When you want to paint next time, just pull out the container with paints about 20 minutes before you need them. The paint will be soft. I have reused paint like this after 6 months.

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Show me how to paint flowers – Lesson #2 – by Sri Rajes

by Daria on September 1, 2009

in Art Tips and Tricks

Here’s the second lesson in How to Paint Flowers series of lessons by Singaporean artist Sri Rajes who is kind enough to share her art tips and tricks with you. You’re more than welcome to try them out and leave the comments, questions, ideas and let us know about the results you achieve while using Sri Rajes’ technique.

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Show me how to paint flowers – Lesson #1 – by Sri Rajes

by Daria on August 27, 2009

in Art Tips and Tricks

Image via Wikipedia Arted 4 Life art blog is introducing another new category: Art Tips and Tricks. For content in this category we will mostly rely on the artists who are willing to share the secrets of their art creations, show us how they do things and write how-to instructions. All of you artists are [...]

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Oil painting gallery by Christine Hogan

by Daria on August 9, 2009

in Sunday Art Exhibit

Christine Hogan from California makes beautiful gourd art from the gourds, grown in her own garden and uses variety of subject matters and media in her artistic endeavors. Today let’s take a peek at her oil painting gallery. Enjoy!

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“My Winding Road” An Inspirational Story

by Doroteja on August 5, 2009

in Power of art

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Here is another wonderful and inspirational story of an artist. Her name is McKenzie, and I hope you enjoy her story as much as I did. My Winding Road by McKenzie I have achieved much notoriety and attention in the past few months in my artistic career. It hasn’t [...]

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Power of Art Story by Ruth Read

by Daria on July 23, 2009

in Power of art

Image via Wikipedia . Following is the Power of Art story, written by Ruth Read and some of her beautiful tropical flower paintings. When I first started to paint I was asked to paint a client’s dog. This was a gorgeous dog that I saw at least once a week. I did not have any [...]

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Landscape watercolor paintings: Elizabeth Stanley

by Daria on July 21, 2009

in Nature Art

Watercolor paintings of children: Elizabeth Stanley’s watercolor landscape after taking a class in watercolor painting…

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10-Point Plan for Nurturing Your Creative Spirit

by Doroteja on July 14, 2009

in Art is Everywhere

This is a wonderful article by artist Li Gardiner on how to nurture your creativity. She outlines several steps an artist should take to help them become the artist they want be. Great reading for any artist, creator, photographer or writer. Text accompanied by beautiful art pieces from various artists.

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