Artist Trading Cards – ATC Art

Want to do something fun and unusual with your art? Get involved with the Artist Trading Card movement. This group began as a means to promote artwork. Originally, artists traded cards face to face at swap meets, and later sent …
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Painting Foliage And Landscapes

With summer upon us, many artists are beguiled by the verdant vistas of forest and field, gardens of flowers and limbs hanging low with fruit and leaves. Painting this lush extravagance of nature’s beauty seems a perfect way to idle …
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Correct Dull Patches In Oil Paintings

Isn’t that just the most irritating thing? You’ve created a perfectly lovely composition, used some great techniques and have assembled a palette of rich and appealing colors. Standing back to admire your work, you are surprised to see dull, lifeless …
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Grandma Moses Happy Paintings

Artists follow many paths to arrive at their calling. For some the road is straight and true. For others it takes a circuitous route, filled with detours and delays. Anna Mary Robertson was born September 7, 1860 in Greenwich, New …
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Sheaffer Calligraphy Maxi Kit

Brides want beautifully penned addresses for their wedding invitations. Scrapbook and journal crafters use calligraphy to add text to the pages of their books and make ornamental embellishments to decorate them. Paper crafters use calligraphy to create special calendars, bookmarks …
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