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Bored in Bed

Bored…perhaps waiting for something or someone? Chalk pastel photo painting with deep resonating blue colors to highlight a blue mood. I think color is important and powerful in any composition. Color can also be fun! Here are some made-up color names. I love Bosefri, the purple of the evening sky and the skin color of deadly […]

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Art Technique

Better Screenshots

Don’t you hate terrible screenshots in PowerPoint presentations? Here are some tips and techniques I have collected from around the Web on how to take better screenshots. First: Get the Screenshot Here’s how to take a screenshot on a Mac. Using Windows? Get a Mac. Next: Make It Look Good 5 Easy Ways to Make […]

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Paintings

Bath of Roses

A beautiful watercolor depicting a stunning woman in a bath of rose petals. I wrote previously about Art, Inc. Such a great book for the artist looking to get out there and turn passion into making a living. One of the concepts in the book is to consider following the path of an illustrator instead […]

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Watercolor by the Window

Sitting the window frame at the end of the day. Been thinking a lot about Art, Inc., a great book I’ve been reading about getting a real career as an artist going. As in a successful one. One of the book’s central premises is that you don’t need to be a starving artist. You just […]

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Paintings

Tipped Hat in Watercolor

A tip of the hat over the eye. Painted in Watercolor.  

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Yoga Stretch in Oil

Yoga stretch in oil on canvas. source: yogasimple.net

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much about nothing

Sunny Day of Yoga

Relaxed and peaceful on a sunny day in Los Angeles.

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Paintings

Smiles in the Tub

I don’t know why, but this picture just makes me smile. Innocent child bath time fun! The photo is a stock photo, treated with the Oil Painting setting in Topaz’s Simplify plug-in.

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Art Technique

Making a Cartoon Girl – Video Art Technique

This is the female version of the cartoon style boy, the trace basics are almost the same but a little more detailed in some parts. This tutorial shows how you can create a vector cartoon girl using Corel Draw — a popular low-cost vector editing program for Windows.

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Art Technique

Nail Art/Marble Technique

Here is a Requested Nail Art Video..im applying The Marble Art Technique..Thanks for watching!. .:) Do you love the soft look of water colors but haven’t yet mastered the technique. You don’t have to be an artist to create a one of a kind masterpiece. On today’s Tip Of The Day we have Kendra… [wpramazon […]