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Ruth Read

Ruth Read, awarded artist and author started teaching Children’s Art Classes in Arcadia, California. Her students love it – and so does Ruth.

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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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How to make your own color wheel

by Daria on September 2, 2009

in Art Tips and Tricks

How to make a Color wheel: Begin your color study by creating a color wheel. Use a canvas sheet. The paints you will need are: Lemon Yellow, True Red, Not a cadmium Red, but something closer to magenta, and True Blue, Blue like Ultramarine Blue. These colors are called your Primary Colors. Remember, when mixing colors begin…

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Color Black by Ruth Read

by Daria on August 28, 2009

in Art Tips and Tricks

Image via Wikipedia . Ok, I can’t help myself. I have to tell you a little about color black. I am sure that there are a few people that visit this post that might not know black color from my point of view. Some artists like to use color black straight from the tub. That [...]

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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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Wildlife Paintings by Ruth Read

by Doroteja on June 28, 2009

in Sunday Art Exhibit

Ruth Read is an American artist who grew up in Oregon surrounded by animals. In 1971 she married and moved to California, where she still lives. She began taking art lessons in 1999, and began painting beautiful pet portraits…

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