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You Can’t Paint What You See, and Here’s Why
One of the most common myths surrounding art is that anyone can learn how to paint what they see. Do you know anyone who has learned this skill? What sort of training did they go through? How long did they spend “learning” it? How many hours of the day do they work on it? Have […]
DIY Mosaic Art
I am a mosaic artist and mosaic teacher. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. I teach classes at Joan Starr Mosaic Studio in San Francisco. I blog about my art and share with you some of my favorite mosaic projects. You can learn to make beautiful mosaic art too! Mosaic art has […]
High Dynamic Range Photography
HDR or High Dynamic Range photography is a technique that allows you to take images of scenes with very bright and very dark areas in the same photo. It uses several different exposures of the same scene to create one image. Basically what you do is put your camera on a tripod and take pictures […]
10 Best Framed Warhol Prints
10 Best Framed Warhol Prints: A blog around warhol’s work. Depth into the art and where the originals are located. Warhol did not invent Pop Art, but he certainly made it famous. He was a master at using mass-production techniques to create something that felt as if it were a part of popular culture. Lichtenstein […]
Making Things Look Weird Is A Skill
From the blog: Making Things Look Weird Is A Skill. That’s what I want to talk about today. The basic idea is that weirding up the world makes the characters and their actions stand out more starkly. Their behavior becomes more meaningful because we’re paying attention to everything else, too–we’re seeing it through a lens […]
Art and Design are Interactable
The wall art and design blog has been created to provide articles, exclusive tips and tricks to hang your art in the best way. There are many ways to hang a wall art, but not all of them could be right for you. This is why we have created this blog and will help you […]
A Guide to Taking Home Decor Pictures
This blog is a collection of tips and tricks for taking better photos of your home decor. Here you will find the best camera settings, how to achieve the right lighting, composition information and more. Trying to take good pictures of your home decor is not necessarily easy, but it is possible. All it takes […]
The Privacy of Your Artwork is Our Business
Hi there. I’m running a blog about buying art online and have found your website thanks to Google. Do you know that you can opt out of the Google Image indexing? That is, if you don’t want to be visible on searches with images, you can let Google know that this is so. You can […]
Flower Arranging Tips For The Perfect Arrangement
This is a list of flower arranging tips that I have accumulated over the years of working with flowers. While I do not consider myself to be an expert at flower arranging, I am able to create flower arrangements that are pleasing to the eye. What makes a good flower arrangement? The key to a […]
18 Tips for Better Portraits
18 Tips for Better Portraits: A blog with photography tips. Want more attention? Try a simple head-and-shoulders shot. This is the most flattering angle because it minimizes flaws and maximizes your good points. It’s also the easiest to take. Look straight into the lens and hold still. No smiling, no monkey faces, no mugging. Hold […]
Art Makes the World Go Round, Any Platform
I’ve been a writer since I was ten, and an artist since I was twelve. When I was fifteen, I made a personal decision to make art my career, because even at that age I knew in my heart it would be what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Since then, […]
Top 10 Tips To Help You Remember New Information
We all have things to remember. It’s hard to remember new information. When you hear a new word, try to use it as soon as possible in your speaking or writing. Use it in a sentence. This will help to fix the word in your memory. Here are ten tips to help you remember new […]