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 I first discovered scratchboard art by accident. It was at the clearance aisle in an art store. Here was a little kit that had the scratch pen missing. As a consumer I could not resist the bargain price and as an artist I could not hold back my curiosity and now I am an addict. Scratchboard art or scraperboard art is ...

Taking a sketchbook on one's travels is a stimulating way for an artist to add another dimension to the trip as shown in this article I wrote and a trip to the Mediterranean. It gave me the ability to not only keep a daily journal, but to create watercolor sketches that became illustrations once I added pen and ink to them.  ...

How to Do Ukrainian Egg Painting©  by Arlene Wright-Correll This past week I read how my Pen Pal Leonie, in Australia, had a miserable failure coloring her Easter eggs with a wax process. Well, the Calvary has arrived, Leonie. I decorate eggs using the Ukrainian Egg Painting method. Now this is a lot of work, dear heart, so if you intend to do an ...

How to Use Your Arts and Crafts as Currency to Buy What You Need© By Arlene Wright-Correll Long before there was cash, barter was civilization’s main currency. Aztec Culture was the follower of the tradition inherited by the Mayas, who a long time before, used chocolate as currency and food Barter is often regarded as an old-fashioned means of exchange ...

How to Paint Without Knowing How to Draw a Staight Line  by Arlene Wright-Correll If I have heard this once, I have heard this a thousand times, "I can't even draw a straight line". I hear it every time someone looks at one of my paintings. I basically feel one can paint or create art in any painting or drawing medium ...

Painting a Siberian Tiger  by Arlene Wright-Correll Most times, when I get up in the morning, I usually know what I want to paint or what kind of painting I want to start. Often it is about a place I have been or a flower I have grown or a still life of the fruits and vegetables that grow in my ...

How to Paint a White Tiger by Arlene Wright-Correll     Though I call this painting "The Snow Tiger" there really is no such thing as a snow tiger and I think some people get a white tiger mixed up with snow leopards. When I painted my first tiger painting I did a lot a research as was amazed to find ...

How to Choose the Correct Watercolor Paper  by Arlene Wright-Correll Choosing the correct watercolor paper is half the battle when one starts a painting and it helps to know a little bit about paper because once you walk into an arts and crafts store or go to an on-line art supply store you will find so many makes, brands and types ...

Every Painting has a Story  by Arlene Wright-Correll I have finally been able to find two reliable 18 and 20 year old helpers who know how to give a good day's work for a good day's pay and at age 74 my gardens are back to looking like they should!   It is rough getting old and cricketty, when the knees ...

An Artist’s Different Point of View©  by Arlene Wright-Correll   I rarely paint the same thing twice as my mind is too eclectic or weird as some members of my family labels. However, a bright, blue sky day brought me out into my gardens early today when it was chilly and eventually my old friendly, faded gardening jacket got removed and hung ...

Palm Desert, CA – Artist, Lauretta Lowell, has utilized her whimsical outlook of life to discover an unusual assemblage style in creating her newest series of whimsical dolls. The style, which she said she discovered less than a year ago, is based on the process of lovingly bringing her memorable assemblage sculptures to life with a mixture of humor, antiques, vintage ...

The all time high abd most common question; "When do I know my work is done finished?" Most artist do not want to over work his or her art, on the other hand they do not want to let a painting go out looking haf or unfinished. When you reached that point and you made that final tweak and you are ...

every body and especilly every body hwo feel artistic have a great amount of creative flow. Unfortunately some do not  know how to go about developing it. Most every person inpatient, they doodling aroun and if it noy comming out right they stop. As an artist you always have to challenge yourself and never give up.Find new and more difficult subjects ...

There is as many ways to start a painting, as there are artists. But the golden rule says: Before you start, understand what you are setting out to achieve. Picture the finished painting and think about how you are going to render each element. You can only grt there if you know where you are going and which roads you will ...

  To Whom It May Concern: A Biography of an American Artist living in the Pacific Islands of Hawaii. My Art Career started as a youth of 7 years of age in the community of West Allis, Wisconsin where I was attending school at Washington Elementary on 64th and Lapham Street. The District had a juried Art Show for every ...

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 ...

The use of some form of pencil (graphite, prismacolor, etc.) has always been considered "natural" in realms of art, especially, architecture. It is of course, absolutely fundamental to the idea of drawing. The versatility of the pencil is legend, as it can be used rapidly for a quick thumbnail sketch or more meticulously to create finished work of art that can ...

Looking for an inexpensive way to preserve all those expensive art brushes you've collected over the years?  Here's a tip ... Visit your local dollar store and purchase a "conditioning shampoo" and fingernail scrubber -- it's that simple.  I've tried so many different types of expense paint brush cleaners and none of them seem to clean and preserve as well as ...

Acquisition Tips     Collecting in General:   Spend time learning about art and individual artists instead of following the latest art trends or styles of the moment.  Popularity does not insure an artist will go up in value over the years. Educating yourself about up and coming artists can help you purchase wonderful work that you can afford before ...

The Business of Freelancing Everyone wants to be their own boss. Artists generally disdain the business aspects of their careers and find themselves getting ripped off by galleries, resellers and clients. This is why a bit of business knowledge is very important if you expect to earn a living at your art without a regular paycheck. I've been my own boss ...