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Portfolio site for emerging Canadian painter Katrina Schaman. Katrina's paintings celebrate the deep connection between abstract and real forms. The artist does not set out to paint specific forms but instead finds them within her work and brings them forward, allowing them to emerge organically with the piece itself dictating its own outcome. Katrina uses many complex layers in her search for the perfect balance between abstract and actual shapes.
Drawing & Painting Crafty Tip
If something doesn't work like you wanted it too don't immediately throw it out even if you hate it! You may be able to use it for something else or learn of a way to fix it later. Some of my best work stems from things that I didn't like at first!
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Art lovers from all over the world can buy acrylic paintings or even commission original, custom art by Veny herself. In offices and homes across the globe, Veny's artwork is an expression of feeling and emotion blended in color and captured forever on canvas.
Acrylic Painting Crafty Tip
I always recommend to artists to use acrylic paints. With practice they can be made to look like gouache, oils, watercolors and virtually every other technique. Acrylic paint carries as much depth as oils and is very strong and resilient.
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All the information you need about your art supplies. Find out about major brands of art materials like Winsor and Newton, Daler Rowney. Cotman, Aquafine Watercolours, Winton, Griffin Alkyd, Artisan Oil Colour, Liquitex, Golden, Atelier, System 3 and Cryla Acrylic Paints and many more!
Graphite Drawings Crafty Tip
A great cheap way to give your graphite drawings an original edge and enhance their tone is to stain the paper lightly with tea and allow to dry before laying pencil on paper.
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Painter Paynter Art & Photography in Southport, UK. Original artwork, paintings, crafts and photography by the artist Paula Hardman.
Painting Crafty Tip
When painting a landscape scene, make sure the colours and tones become darker and more muted as your move towards the back of the painting. i.e. in a hill/mountain scene, the hills at the back (furthest away) should be the darkest of all with the least detail.
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Lovely watercolour paintings and greeting cards by Allan. Choose from a wide selection of affordable paintings and greeting cards for every decor and occasion. All of his lovely pieces are individually painted and often share his view of the world around him.
His site also includes watercolour painting tips and how-to's.
Watercolour Painting Crafty Tip
Use two jars of water when working with watercolours. Use one for rinsing your brush between colours and the other for clean water for painting. The softer your water, the more your paint solubility and flow increases. Overly softened water also acts like a wetting agent.
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Whimsical, nature and story book inspired original paintings by Texas artist Andrea Doss. Affordable one of a kind art, from birds and flowers to characters and animals that look like something from the pages of a fairytale.
Acrylic Painting Crafty Tip
Acrylic paint can be used thick and applied like oil paint, or watered down and used like watercolor paint, making it a very versatile medium. It can be cleaned up with water and is odorless, so it can be used almost anywhere. Because it has good coverage, starting with a large brush and applying the background first is a good place to start. Add details to the foreground with smaller brushes and you're on your way to a masterpiece!
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Watercolor illustration and prints by david scheirer. Watercolor artwork inspired by nature and the seashore.
Watercolor Painting Crafty Tip
A traditional watercolor makes good use of the white of the paper. In this technique all white areas in the painting are left untouched by the watercolor. Sometimes watercolorists will use liquid masking to help with this.
Liquid masking is a rubbery substance that dries when painted on paper. You can paint over it once it is dry and it repels any watercolor paint from the area it's covering. It can then be taken up and a clean white area is left.
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Henna Art Direct U.K. is the sole importer of a new art form from Zanzibar, talented women artists have taken the concept of henna designs and moved them from the body to canvas.
Using the finest silk canvas, each work of art is memorable for the detail and the design.
Only about 500 paintings are produced each year, therefore this makes them an even more attractive buy, you can be assured that no two are identical, these are genuine works of original art for the price of a print.
Crafty Tip
Henna canvas art combines traditional henna motifs such as the bold floral patterns with storming colors the spirit and creativity, and the skills of contemporary arts and design.
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