Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Most Easy Kids Crafts ideas are geared to individual kids. Sometimes you’d like to have an Easy Kids Crafts idea that works for a group of children working together. Making a mural together is an idea that works for a group. By working together, you are creating something to decorate a [...]
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
I am sure we have all found ourselves at some time in our lives madly scribbling all various sizes as well as shapes on top of bits of paper. It might be on an old bus ticket, shopping list, proof of purchase or newspaper, you name it and we seem to do it. I suppose [...]
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Here we are in 2009 amid the credit crisis, which is a grim outlook worldwide. Hence any small thing that we can achieve to jazz up our lives in the present situation can only be a good thing. Being an artist I can lose myself by doing abstract art where I can put across my [...]
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Sunday, May 24th, 2009
papercraft pattern that is also called Origami by Nipponese is a Unusual craft. In the first time origami is made; it is purposed as a kind of toys by Japanese kids. It is made in a simple way so the children can invent it by themselves. The simple form actually becomes interesting and there [...]
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
Currently there are so many crafts to choose from, we like canvas art, or you only have to to glance at a a small number of abstract paintings to realise this. Nevertheless, herbs too, are ever increasingly sold in our supermarkets, garden centres etc.
I personally love the different aromas that fresh, aromatic flowers along with [...]
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
Nearly all of us at one point or another, find ourselves wanting to brighten up a wall. At times we put up art prints, on the contrary it can what’s more be rather a test to design your very own canvas artwork. Using canvas art you may well, in fact, do this in one or [...]
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
Handicrafts now seem to be becoming more popular every day. Whether it is cnavas artworks, candle making, scrap booking, or even decoupage, you name it, we appear to be attracted to it, all through to art prints.
As a contemporary artist I am forever intrigued by the many different aspects of art we can embrace. I [...]
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Oil painting itself dates back to ancient times in Europe. It was discovered in caves where men mixed together soot, earth and animal fats to generate the first oil paints. These were then used to create their imagery on the actual cave walls.
Later on it was discovered that, if oils were taken from nuts and [...]
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Fundamentally there are two kinds of paints for glass that you can use. There is water based and non-water based paint.
You are most likely used to this terminology by now if you have been following previous articles by myself on other art subjects ranging from abstract art all the way through to realism.
Therefore if [...]
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
More than just beauty, art prints on canvas can serve as a function in our homes. It’s not hard to understand that the art we choose can make us feel more energetic, relaxed, more hopeful or ambitious. So, what type of art makes sense for these trying times? It’s such a personal decision as to [...]
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