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Useful Tips for Selling Art Online
2008-03-06 11:57:01
Useful Tips for Selling Art OnlineBy Pam Renovato There are many things that are the same as selling offline. But many are different. Unlike the offline world, a potential buyer does not get to see your work in person. They do not see you in person. But that doesn t mean that selling art online is [...]
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The Ideal Audio Book Player - Individual Suitability
2008-03-04 08:50:41
The Ideal Audio Book Player - Individual SuitabilityBy Madonna Jeffries So you have got the bug and have fallen in love with listening to audio books. Aren t they just brilliant as you can listen to them absolutely anywhere, at home, while doing your gym workout and on the way to and from work. Anyway now [...]
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Advertising Slogan Quiz
2008-03-03 08:50:29
Advertising Slogan QuizBy Gayle Trent See how many companies you know based on their slogans. Answers and scoring are at the bottom. 1. How do you spell relief? 2. Gather round the good stuff. 3. Plop, plop fizz, fizz oh, what a relief it is. 4. Strong enough for a man but made for a woman. 5. Finger lickin [...]
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Those Hopeless Romantics
2008-02-29 19:50:08
Those Hopeless Romantics By Edward Carr The Romantics who wrote poetry in England elevated romantic love above all else. Today s pop culture and music seems to be obsessed with romantic love and all the artists and American society have yet to abandon the influence of Lord Byron and the Romantics who believed that Romantic love [...]


Primitive Art Scandal in Orange County, California
2008-02-27 10:24:26
Primitive Art Scandal in Orange County , California By Rich Dudka It was 1993. This author was enrolled in Art and Anthropology, an upper division general education course at California State University, Long Beach. One of the assignments was to visit an art museum, and lo-and-behold, right there on the approved museum list, was Bowers Museum. The facts [...]
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How To Letter Your Cartoons
2008-02-26 09:43:42
How To Letter Your Cartoons By Chris Haycock The usual term for the spaces in which spoken words are contained in cartoons is a “balloon”. This is so called whatever the actual shape of the space. Lettering in a cartoon is an important feature, and it is well worth studying a few simple rules to make your [...]


Creating Cute Art
2008-02-25 07:47:52
Creating Cute ArtBy Ty Hulse Creating cute works of art can be a very difficult goal because the creation of cute art is attempt to create specific emotional reactions, which requires solid draftsmanship, and a real understanding of what is cute. Generally we all know what s cute when we see it, however this does not [...]
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Gabriel de Saint-Aubin - Paintings and Drawing
2008-02-24 04:28:08
Gabriel de Saint -Aubin - Paintings and DrawingBy Daniel Mendieta Now at the Louvre in Paris for the first time in 80 years, audiences can view the entire collection of Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin was a French artist and painter who lived from 1724 to 1780 during the reign of King Louis XV. His masterful [...]
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A Poem and a Poem - Abu Laith al-Libi and Obama vs Hillary
2008-02-23 01:46:22
A Poem and a Poem - Abu Laith al-Libi and Obama vs Hillary By Dennis Siluk Ed.D. Abu Laith al-Libi Poetic Epitaph Saddam s been waiting I hear, down there down younger in the netherworld, waiting for you Abu Laith, planning a big bash, with lots of whores, booze and cash. They say you worked hard for Allah, up here, on earth, [...]


Purchaseing Abstract Paintings
2008-02-21 08:17:49
Purchaseing and collecting abstract painting can be a labor of love.  I love abstract paintings.  I think that my favorite medium is gouache.  I recently purchased a work from Oscar Bluemner.  The person I bought the abstract painting from had it in storage for over twenty years.  I am going to hang this piece in [...]
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The Hallucinations of Hieronymus Bosch
2008-03-12 06:12:34
The Hallucinations of Hieronymus Bosch By Daniel Kretschmer Hellish Hallucinations Hieronymus Bosch was inspired by literary works such as “The Ship of Fools” and the writings and sermons of monks. He could possibly have been influenced by religious ideas but at the same time one can argue that his religious themes were often sacrilegious. It is difficult for [...]


Britney Spears The Early Years
2008-03-11 06:08:58
Britney Spears The Early Years By Dan Thompson This mega Super Star just finished an unbelievably chaotic year for someone so young and someone that showed so much talented potential so early in her life. Right now, you cannot pick up a newspaper, turn on your TV or check out your Internet browser s home page without seeing [...]
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Drawing With The Help of Visualization
2008-03-09 05:00:12
Drawing With The Help of Visualization By Jan Hackett Most pieces of artwork start with an outline drawing whether you are going to do a watercolor painting, portrait, pet portrait, landscape or seascape. Outline drawings are used as an effective tool to start simple sketching, cartooning, can be used for the beginning stages of a [...]


Purchasing Folk Art Paintings
2008-03-21 00:09:19
Purchasing folk art paintings has become a passion of mine.  I’ve been looking for them everywhere it seems.  I found a bunch of folk art paintings recently and I am having trouble deciding which one to buy. There was a folk art painting by Rev. Howard Finster that is titled Howard in 1944.  This is an [...]
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Purchasing Watercolor Paintings
2008-03-27 14:02:06
I’ve been purchasing watercolor paintings for decorating jobs.  I’ve found some really nice pieces on eBay.  I recently bought a watercolor painting by an artist named Y. Gianni.  The painting was produced in 1890 and depicted an Italian village.  It was very vivid and pleasing to look at. I was trying to find just the right [...]
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Mixed Media Art Auctions
2008-03-26 17:29:11
Mixed media art auctions have a lot to offer. Today I found several seriolithographs. I liked the colors that the Polish artist Zamy Steynovitz used. The fun part of mixed media art auctions is that you just never know what you’ll find. I found a pebble art piece from the 1960’s that featured [...]
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Buying Gothic Art Paintings
2008-03-31 13:29:13
Some of the most valuable early artwork comes from a point of time before the Renaissance had begun, and going on through the early Middle Ages, referred to as the period of Gothic art.  During this particular time in history, the artwork took on telling narrative stories through pictures, and much of these pieces were [...]
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Copywriting Jobs
2008-03-30 08:08:40
There are a great deal of copywriting jobs out there today.  Within this article today, we will look at the future of copywriting jobs as well as where you can find more information. The number of copywriting job is enormous. As of February 10, 2007, if you did a keyword search of “copywriting”, there were 509 [...]


Children’s Art Paintings
2008-03-28 15:52:58
Children’s art paintings are fun to look at.  They bring me good feelings.  I have had a lot of jobs the last couple of years buying children’s art to hang in various places.  I have enjoyed every single job. I bought two children’s art posters for the children’s hospital to hang in one of their waiting [...]
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Modern Oil Paintings
2008-04-06 19:11:34
I have been buying modern oil paintings for a show in my gallery.  I have found many nice pieces.  I found a painting called Village in winter in a private collection in Illinois.  The artist was Fern Isabel Coppedge and she was an American.  I liked the piece because of the snowy scene.  It reminded [...]
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The Craft in Borders and Blocks
2008-04-08 10:32:14
Once you  choose your patterns, templates, blocks, etc, you will need to get ready your fabric. You will need to consider how to organize your blocks, once you gather the necessary amount needed to complete your project. You want to consider your borders as well. You will need graph paper, since you will need to [...]
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Grandma Craft Tips: How To Understand Crochet Basics
2008-04-11 09:07:28
To get started we can begin with crochet abbreviations to help you relate to the process. Crochet experts use the terms beg (Beginning) bet (Between), bk lp (Back loop) ch (chain), ch-(previous chain), cont (Continue), dc (double crochet), dec (decreasing), dtr (double/triple crochet), ft lp (Front loop), hdc (half-double crochet), inc (Increasing), lp (loops), and [...]
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Purchasing Impressionist Cityscapes
2008-04-10 10:47:28
I have been looking for impressionist cityscapes in various mediums to decorate my home.  I prefer to hang art that was created in the last fifteen years.  There are so many great artists to choose from. I have decided that I want to have three impressionist cityscapes painted in acrylic.  I will be purchasing one [...]
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Buying Romanticism Paintings
2008-04-14 09:07:34
Though sometimes referred to as the “anti-classical” movement in art, Romanticism is a style that focuses on the artist’s individualistic and emotionally wrought point of view, and is found to oppose the art movement known as Neoclassicism.  Even though there have been many artists to combine elements of both.  Some of the more renowned names [...]
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Assembling the Top Craft
2008-04-21 10:49:38
Wall hangers are easy to create. The minute size quilts once created will make a nice gift and/or decoration for your home. Once you have your parts together, as well as have your tools you can get started making a wall hanger. If you are new to quilting, do not worry since the hanger we [...]
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Buying Surrealism Paintings
2008-05-01 04:55:07
Surrealists were a group of painters and artists that drew a large amount of inspiration from the potent impact from dreams.  In the beginning, before this artistic movement was fully embraced, many civilized people questioned the value of these works of art.  Though considered some of the more recent ground-breaking artwork yet to date by [...]
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How to Choose Film for Crafting Scrapbooks
2008-05-07 10:34:54
Pictures make up scrapbooks, since the photos is what delivers a story. Of course, you need journals, lettering, titles, captions, dates, names, etc, yet the photos will make up your book. To create photos for scrapbooks it is wise to choose the proper film speed. Film as on its label the marks ISO and ASA. If [...]
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Craft Idea for a Group: Make a Mural
2008-05-14 05:29:54
Most craft ideas are geared to persons.  Sometimes you’d like to have a craft idea that works for a group of kids working together.  Making a mural together is an idea that works for a group. By working together, you are creating something to decorate a shared area.  Individual crafts can be displayed, but one unique [...]
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