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When was the last time you did a watercolor painting? For many of us, it's probably been decades since we picked up the paint palette and brush. The idea of learning (or, as the case may be, ...
Join me in this simple, step-by-step tutorial as we paint a loose floral bouquet in a charming jam jar! This beginner-friendly painting will guide you through capturing the essence of flowers using ...
See it, simplify it and state it. Those are the three golden rules when it comes to painting, said The Woodlands resident Fred Hulser. And it seems to work for the 59-year-old, a retired lawyer who ...
The first sense activated as you approach Harry A. Nottingham Park to attend the Avon Arts Celebration is, unexpectedly, your hearing; an artist himself, the event’s curator, Darren Skanson, plays the ...
In art history, some decades are defined by a singlular style. In the ‘50s, it was Abstract Expressionism; the 60s, Minimalism; the 70s, Conceptualism. “When we look back at this period of the 2010s, ...
An art technique that is very popular on social media right now is squeegee painting. The videos I see on Instagram are absolutely mesmerizing. Random dots of paint are squeezed onto a white piece of ...
When visiting the Girard apartment of painter Brad Lethaby, you would be struck by what isn't there -- art. His place is surprisingly devoid of pieces from Lethaby's vocation and avocation. Two recent ...
Lately, I’ve been thinking a bit about the “Haunted Painting Effect.” That’s my own name for a certain kind of optical illusion that periodically surfaces online. The most commonly circulated examples ...