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  How to Make a Christmas Wreath

  December 21, 2011 by wilsonevergreens

  With the Christmas season fast approaching everyone loves to have a beautiful wreath in their home. There are a few ways to get that perfect wreath, one is to buy a fresh Christmas wreath from the pro’s...

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  Oil painting Classes

  March 08, 2011 by Athol Fahey

    Oil painting - it’s a lot of fun and it is easer than you think.     There’s lots of misinformation, “it smells, I can’t stand the smell of turpentine, it’s really difficult...

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  3 Easy Steps Towards A Great Drawing

  March 03, 2011 by Reema Sachar

  1. Plan your drawing first before putting it on paper2. Draw lightly always in order to avoid those unwanted lines showing even after you have erased them3. Start off with a rough sketch by making use...

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  PMC Tips and Hints: Keeping Your Metal Clay Fresh and Ready To Use

  February 09, 2011 by Sharon Searles

  Keeping Your PMC and other Metal Clay Fresh and Ready to Use When you've used a partial package of PMC (or PMC3 or Bronzclay or Copperclay), wrap it in the plastic wrap it came in, and before you...

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  Watercolor: Choosing Paints, by Sharon Searles

  February 09, 2011 by Sharon Searles

  Choosing The Best Watercolor Paints I recommend watercolor paints that come in tubes. But there's a catch! The best paints are called "artist's quality" or "professional quality", and they have more...

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  Watercolor Painting Hints and Tips: Using "Too Much" Water

  February 09, 2011 by Sharon Searles

  Using "Enough" Water in Watercolor Painting Using "enough" water means "too much" in watercolor painting. If you make your liquid combination of paint and water "too wet" when you apply it on the...

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  How to Make Your Own Secret-Inside-Valentine

  February 09, 2011 by Judith Westerfield

  Secret Inside Valentine Suggested Stuff • Colored Paper or Printed Paper OR • White paper, painted • Heart shape • Scissors • Paper Towels OR Colored Tissue Paper • Acrylic Craft Paint • Staples or...

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  About Me

  January 31, 2011 by VictoriaCrowdell

  I write articles on family, home & garden and crafting – my passion is decorative candles. I am currently writing about how my partner and I are preparing for the birth of our first daughter with...

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  What Kind of Art Education Do You Want?

  January 02, 2011 by Iris Sandkuhler

  The following is an excerpt (page 9-10) from my book: Wire & Fused Jewelry: Techniques from the Sandkuhler Studio by Schiffer publishing. The book is a unique blend of personal history & philosophy...

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  Words and pictures

  December 24, 2010 by Nils Osmar

  One thing I love about cartooning is the immediacy of the medium, and how effective it is at communication.  The old saw that "a picture is worth a thousand words" applies: it might take several sentences...

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