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How do you decide one of your photographs is fine art? Do you ask your friends? Read on...

Great advice for those aspiring to become an exhibiting photographer.

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Here's an article on how to use LinkedIn to grow your business.

Here's an interesting article on coverting your fonts for web use.

The mouth is the second most expressive feature of the face. The shape of the mouth is largely determined by the curvature of the bone and teeth. The most forvard part of this curve is at the center of the mouth, and then it curves back tovard the cheeks. Correspondingly, the lips are fullest in front and become thinner as they ...

When editing people often want to creat vivid depth and detail in their work, but time is of essence as well. some images can take minutes, others hours or days. This is a tutorial for those with some knowledge of photoshop already that will help to make your editing a little quicker and also bring out a lot more in your ...

This is a great article by Bob Lansky, he is a great photographer and give some good tips. Hope you enjoy.

I continue to work with glass etching equipment through the artistic sandblaster method.  This allows you to: Etch glass deep to create elegant looking art. Use shading techniques when blasting similar to airbrushing for grayscale effects. Lightly etch glass with high stresses. Etch around a curve unlike the majority of laser engravers. Create 3 dimensinal carved glass works. Sandcarve with a ...

You can have the most technically perfect drawig, and use the purest of colors, but you will not make a good painting if the tonal values are all wrong. You must learn about tonal values regardless of what style you are painting. Tonal values go from light to dark. But in color you have to familierize yourself othe hues of the ...

I always make a preliminary drawing with a 4B pencil because its soft tip gives a nice, indefinite line, does not damage the surface of the paper. It is erases easily when the job is done and gives a paiterly feel to the drawing before I even brgin to paint.

All watercolor wahes will dry at least half the value lighter than you think. So remember the old adage, " If it looks right when it is wet, it is wrong." It is a good practise to get the wet piece a little darker, Oruse an instant dryer, like a hair dryer to ses how it looks, so you can adjust ...

The old saying: "A tradesman is only as good as his tools", still holds true today. But it is no good having the best tools and materials if you do not know how to use them, and you do not understand their qualities and characteristics in order to derive the most benefit from the products.

To Succeed, the artist must possess the courageous soul, the soul that dares and defies. And indeed, it takes a special form of courage to brave the heartaches and challenges of putting one's soul out to view. Artists feel compelled to express their visions of beauty, their quirky humor, and even their darkest drams, no matter what the cost. Why do ...

If you need to brush up on your art history (Lord knows I do) -- this is a straight forward way to do it. About.com has an article that lists the history of art in a chronological timeline that will give you a wonderful perspective of how art has changed and matured throughout the years ...

If you're looking for an article that can give you some basics in the use of contrasts to create impact in your paintings, this is a wonderful article. Learn how to use contrast to bring the best out in your work ...

If you're bored with canvas and looking for a new twist on your artwork, don't forget the obvious -- think outside of the box and find other materials to paint on -- go green! "Upcycled" materials can make a terrific new base for your favorite subjects -- bottles, old fence wood, flooring or barn board -- discarded dishes and vessels of ...

Some photo editing software is extremely expensive -- others are just too lightweight.  Here's a free photo editing software program that is worth paying for -- but, SURPRISE, it's free ...