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Here is artist Ben Zoltak preparing a custom stretched canvas painting with gesso.92

How To Prepare A Painting With Gesso

Here is artist Ben Zoltak preparing a custom stretched canvas painting with gesso. You must prepare a canvas or any other painting surface first, before you begin to paint. If you don't an art historian will...

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Easels, Paint Sets & Brushes: Christmas Gifts For Your Budding Artist

One year, though, my sister received a paint box. The small wooden suitcase contained a set of tiny, wonderful tubes of color, a real wood palette complete with thumb-hole, several finely pointed brushes, and a small bottle of very smelly turpentine. As well as holding a further treasure of three blank canvas boards already prepared for painting, the miraculous suitcase folded backwards to become a table easel.

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A sample project using water soluble oil pastels.80

Color Theory Made Easy - An Art Class For Kids

I've been teaching oil painting classes for about six years now. Every student has their strengths, but one thing that most of them have in common is they get stumped when it comes to which colors to use. ...

2 comments    education kids school
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Fake Rock Instructional

Fake rock can be a great decorative piece or pieces that you can add to your reptiles enclosure. I've composed an instruction of how to make fake rock, using the pictures from my fake from background that I put in my leopard gecko enclosure (20 gallon long).

46 comments    pet reptile acrylic paint
collect and clean small pieces of driftwood for this handcrafted pendant project84

How to Make A Driftwood Jewelry Pendant

Going green, Mother Nature, Back to Basics and this idea for making a wooden jewelry pendant seem to go hand in hand. One popular style for fashion jewelry has it's hand in the wooden bead jar. That prompted...

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Student work.  If you look closely, you'll see a piece of the thumbnail sketch under the painting on the left side.72

Create A Fauvist Masterpiece- A "Wild Beast" Art Project for Kids

Fauvism is a term used to describe an art movement that lasted from 1905-1907. The term Fauvist, translates to "Wild Beast", referring to the artists wildly expressive brushwork and brilliant colors.   A...

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A simple design by me..72

How to paint your canvas shoe to make it look cool.

Make your shoe look cool and fashionable without spending much. For all the people who love to do craft works and hobby works,this is going to be intresting work.MATERIALS REQUIRED: * A white canvas...

1 comment    shoes paint colors acrylic paints
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How to make climbing holds and grips

Here is my step-by-step guide of how I made my very own climbing holds, they really aren’t that difficult to make, and depending on what you have lying around it can be done for less than you probably...

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I didn't paint this En Plein Air. But if I lived near the ocean, I would have. "Waves on Rocks" by Robert A. Sloan78

How to Paint En Plein Air (Outdoors)

I didn't paint this En Plein Air. But if I lived near the ocean, I would have. "Waves on Rocks" by Robert A. Sloan  Especially if you are the kind of person who gets bored with exercise for its own sake,...

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bisque ceramic witch with skull and cat in an Adirondack chair. Her face and hands are sealed with clear varnish. Next time, I'll use a bit of color in it and not paint her skin. 71

How to Paint Acrylic on Ceramic Figurines

When I start to paint a figurine for myself, I generally don't have a clear idea of the end product, but I let it evolve. I really liked this figure for her sassy attitude and knowing look, and I wanted to...

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