Tag: ARTIST
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How to Clean Your Paint Brushes
Your brushes are an investment. By cleaning them thoroughly and properly at the end of a painting session, they will last longer. Here’s How: Wipe off any excess paint using a cloth or soft tissue. Gently squeezing the bristles from the ferrule edge outwards with your fingers, or with a cloth, will help remove paint […]
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Before You Buy a Painting Easel
There’s nothing to beat an easel for keeping a painting in place while you’re working on it. Working vertically also means you’re working in the same plane as the painting will finally be hung, reduces the risk of spilling anything on it, or dust collecting on it. You can work sitting on a stool or […]
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Learn to Paint: Your First Ever Painting
When you decide you’d like to paint, you will likely encounter the art myth that it takes talent. Don’t believe it. The desire to learn to paint and enthusiasm are what you need more than anything else. Having decided you’d like to learn to paint, you need to decide what paint you’re going to use. The four […]
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Oil Painting Tips for Beginners
Oil paints are extremely versatile. They can be used thickly inimpasto or extremely thinly in glazes; they can be opaque or transparent. Here are a few tips to help you get the most from your oils. Tip 1: Always lay your oil paints out on your palette in the same order so that, with time, you’ll be […]
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10 Acrylic Painting Tips for Beginners
Acrylics are extremely versatile, fast-drying paints, and can be used straight from the tube like oils or thinned with water or a medium and used like watercolors. And a lot in-between. Here are a few tips to help you get started painting with acrylics. Tip 1: Keeping Acrylic Paints Workable Because acrylics dry so fast, squeeze only a little […]
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How to Varnish an Acrylic or Oil Painting
Varnish is more than simply a layer to protect your painting from pollution in the atmosphere and abrasion. It will also bring out the colors to the brilliance they had when you applied them. Difficulty: Average Time Required: Depends on size of painting Here’s How: Ensure your painting is completely dry. Allow several months for an oil […]
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Abstract Art: An Introduction
“Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colours, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential.” — Wassily Kandinsky. In its purest form in Western art, an abstract art is one without […]
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How to Draw
Learning how to draw like an artist is a lot easier than you might think. Any drawing can be broken down into smaller pieces. If you follow the smaller pieces (or steps) one by one, you’ll be amazed at how quickly you’ll learn how to draw everything from animals and plants to buildings, cars, trains, and even dinosaurs! To begin learning how to […]
