Yes, Black Friday is fast approaching, and it’s become a marketing strategy that retailers count on to boost 4th quarter sales worldwide. To store employees and shoppers, Black Friday is an exciting event that’s anticipated by some and scorned by …
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You’ve just gotten over the Halloween festivities and put all the ghouls and demons back in their coffins for another year. Thanksgiving is a mere few weeks away, so keep the decorating momentum going with easy and fun crafts to …
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You’ve been working hard at this art thing, and you’ve really been building up a collection of pieces that look pretty good. How do you store the surplus masterpieces that you’ve created? There’s quite a few good ways to store …
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Some beginning artists are so overwhelmed with all the pretty colors in their tabouret that they tend to go overboard with their palette. Too many colors in a painting can be distracting and the overall appearance lacks harmony. Limiting one’s …
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October is one of those months that’s unpredictable. You may have warm, sunny swimsuit weather one day and a snow flurry the next. October’s birthstone is a bit capricious as well. The traditional birthstone is an Opal. However, Tourmaline is …
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Family and friends all rave about your paintings. You find yourself comparing your work to others and realize that your paintings are just as nice as those you see with juicy price tags on them. An associate at work asks …
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If you’ve been to a Halloween store recently, you’ll be amazed with all the choices for costumes for both kids and adults. This fun fall tradition has turned into a zillion-dollar a year industry, and costumes, decorations and trick-or-treat gifts …
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One sure sign of a novice painter is the pale, tentative look their paintings possess. It’s a good beginning to master drawing, perspective and composition. However, when a student begins to add color, light and dark to the design, all …
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Halloween is a fun holiday that can take many guises. And with Halloween coming, Thursday October 31st, you’ll want your house and decorations to be ready! Whether you want to have a ghoulish, macabre manor or a friendly-ghost haunted house, …
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So, you’ve decided you want to take the plunge and learn to paint, but you’re on a limited budget. What should you do? First, you need to decide what medium is right for your lifestyle and come up with a …
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Get out the paint, glue, glitter and other craft supplies this year and let the kids have fun creating their own Halloween costumes. There are loads of great make-it-yourself ideas that children of all ages can use to create fun …
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September’s sapphire is perhaps one of the most popular colors. Everyone seems to like blue, and there are so many shades and tones that an artist could never possibly buy all the hues available. Sapphires can range from very pale …
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Whether you’re a world traveler or a couch potato wanna-be, every artist has the Musee du Louvre on his or her bucket list of places to see. Not only is it one of the most visited museums on the planet, …
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If you have an artist in your life with an upcoming birthday, a gift of art supplies is always appreciated. Artists go through a lot of costly supplies and materials, so paints, brushes, canvases or any other consumables will certainly …
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When you’re selecting your palette, you choose the basic colors you’ll be using to create your painting. However, once you get started putting paint on your paper or canvas, it gets a lot more complex. How bright is that red? …
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The pale green Peridot is the happy birthstone for August, and represents luck, success, courage, dignity, passion and fame. If you’re a lucky painter whose birthday is in August, your stars are in alignment to become a successful, passionate artist …
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If you’re considering ways to make money with your art, it’s a long uphill battle, and the competition is fierce. However, if you’re bound and determined to pursue this crazy quest, you need all the help you can get. If …
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