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April 23rd, 2008

Traditional oil painting techniques often begin with the artist sketching the figure onto the canvas with charcoal or a “wash,” which is thinned paint. Oil paint can be mixed with turpentine or artist grade mineral spirits or other lean vehicles to create a thinner, faster drying paint. Then the   ... more

March 10th, 2008

For anyone that enjoys playing computer games, a career and computer game design would be a dream come true. What could possibly the more enjoyable and rewording then designing your own computer game and actually being paid for it? Some designers are paid very, very well indeed. Every fan   ... more

February 13th, 2008

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China’s low wages and hunger for exports are now changing world of art for the masses as more and more skilled artists graduated from Chinese art colleges are willing to come here   ... more

January 12th, 2008

Graphic design is an integral part of website designing aimed at boosting the sales of the client. Web design firm should study the basic design requirements of the client and make use of colors, text, fonts and graphics to create magic through their imaginative designing. It is mandatory to   ... more

November 23rd, 2007

The news is confirmed now. Madonna has entered into a global partnership with the Live Nation and is soon to become the founding artist in LN’s new Artist Nation division. Michael Rapino, the Live Nation president on 16th October made the deal public. The superstar will receive a combination of   ... more

September 7th, 2007

Aside from paintings, photographs have been considered as one of the most interesting visual means of communication there is.

As times pass by, those who were not endowed with the natural knack for drawing or painting were able to shift their “eye for the beautiful” using not brushes and paints but   ... more

September 7th, 2007

So after seeing so many different martial arts movies, you want to see if you can do that kind of stuff? Good luck — it’s not easy to learn. It takes years of discipline and proper schooling to understand how to keep your mind and body in focus long enough   ... more

September 7th, 2007

Zhang Xiaotao was born on 1970 in Hechuan, Chongqing, China, he lives and works in Beijing and Chengdu, China. He is an artist full of enthusiasm and good at argument. He is so talkatively repelling that no one could plunge himself into the conversation You could also be able to   ... more

September 7th, 2007

Learning the principles of design can be rather intriguing. However it really is not all that difficult. Design principles are simply theoretical concepts that guide where design elements are going to be positioned. There are two major steps in the design process. The first step is a selection process. This   ... more

September 7th, 2007

Though the summer season on Chincoteague is in its twilight, this weekend will be bursting with creative energy on Chincoteague and Assateague islands, as painters from throughout the East Coast will come to participate in the fourth annual Plein Air Art Event.

The event is sponsored by the Chincoteague Cultural Alliance   ... more