Articles related to "Paintings"



Painting a Floral Arrangement
Do you want to capture the beauty of the garden at its peak to enjoy all year long? Paint a picture to enjoy long after the garden has faded.
• painting • painting flowers • free painting instructions • free painting directions • craft projects

Painting Prep
Almost anyone can paint and with a little extra effort they can faux finish. But to get a really professional finish you need to prepare the room before you begin.
• prepare • paint • color • faux finish • tape

Finger Painting with Toddlers
Finger painting can provide a wonderful sensory and artistic experience for toddlers.
• toddler finger painting • finger painting with a toddler • toddler art • toddler play • toddler painting activities

Interiors: Painting 101
Get some quick tips on painting your apartment, including picking out your tools, getting the right paint, simple painting techniques, decorative touches, and cleaning hints.
• apartment • home • painting • paint • brush

Jean Simeon Chardin
Biography of 18th-Century French artist Jean Chardin
• chardin • 18th-century • french • painting • still-life

Jell-o Finger Paint
Easy to make finger paint. Kids will spend hours having fun.
• finger paint • finger paint recipe • fingerpaint • finger painting • painting

Rejuvenating an old vase
Many people have a store of old vases that came with a floral delivery but are not a style they will ever use. Here is a way to bring life to those tired old vases.
• kids crafts • stain glass • decorating vases • gallery glass • redi led

Sixteenth-century Art
Renaissance painters from Venice developed their own distinctive style using light and a rich color palette.
• renaissance • oil painting • venice • venetian • italy

Altered Art Project: Painting
This week's altered art project consists of two projects in one: an altered book and a painting.
• altered art • altered book • assemblage painting. altered painting • mixed media • mixed media art

Marbelized Swirly Painted Pencils
Use marbelized painting techniques to design your own pencils.
• painting • marble painting • marbelized painting • school crafts • crafts for kid

Munch Paintings Recovered!
A brief history of the theft and recovery of two very famous paintings by the Norwegian artist, Edvard Munch.
• edvard munch museum • toska • recovery • oslo • norway

Watercolor Paints
Make your own watercolor paints with this recipe.
• watercolor paints • paint recipes • painting with kids • kid's crafts • kids crafts

Landscapes of Venetian Renaissance
The uniquenesses of the city of Venice - its lagoon, its qualities of light, its crowdedness - shaped landscape painting that developed among Renaissance Venetian artists
• landscape art • venetian art • venice • lagoon • giorgione

Classical Landscape Painting
Seventeenth-century Classical Landscape painting was greatly influenced by German artist Adam Elsheimer.
• flight into egypt • landscape art • renaissance • classical landscape • adam elsheimer

Health Issues in Oil Painting
I am more carefree in nature and many times I forego precautions in order to begin a piece, however (and that's a BIG however), no one can deny that there are indeed great health risks associated with oil painting.
• safely • precautions • oil • hazards • pigment

Journal/Painting
Keeping a Journal,learning to paint.
• journal • writing • painting.

Painting
Have you ever searched for just the right wallpaper or border only to have it come close but not quite match? There is nothing to say that you cannot alter it yourself.
• wallpaper • wallpaper border • customizing wallpaper • customizing wallpaper borders • altering wallpaper

Painting 101
Are you tired of your dull walls? Craving some color? Or brightness? Can’t afford professional painters? Well. Do it your self. Even if the only painting you have ever done was with your fingers, you can paint your walls. Just follow some easy rules and you can transform any room in one afternoon.
• painting • decorating • home

Painting a Nighttime Sky
The night is full of color! Here is how to paint a nighttime landscape.
• how to paint a sky • how to draw a sky • how to paint a landscape • how to paint a moon • art

Painting Critique - #1
I am very excited to start off a new series of articles that will appear randomly throughout the upcoming months with such a unique piece. The submission entitled "Light Modulator (Wave)" was sent in by the artist Michael Wells.
• critic • critique • art • submission • oil

Rembrant Painting of a Lady
Color a picture of a painting by Rembrandt.
• rembrandt • artists • arts & crafts • crafts for kids • coloring

Shadow Effects in Painting
Step-by-step drawing demo on how to paint moody portraits with shadows.
• how to paint shadows • how to paint light • how to paint with watercolors • art • paint

Summer Painting and Drawing Ideas
The great warm weather can bring out a host of things to paint or draw. Here are five ideas for summer themed paintings or drawings.
• how to be creative • how to get inspiration for art • how to get ideas • summer • paint

Winter Wonderland Painting
This painting witll sparkle and glitter with "snow."
• science projects • earth science • winter crafts • kids crafts • crafts for kids

Judith Leyster - Lost and Found
Judith Leyster, Haarlem artist whose works were mistaken for those of Frans Hals for over two hundred years, was a great artist in her own right.
• leyster • hals • art • artist • dutch

Piazetta: Venetian Painter
Italian Rococo Era Painter (1683-1754)
• art • artist • graphic arts • etching • drawing

The Wharton Esherick Museum
Utilitarian yet elegant, this museum is an architectural wonder and a treasure trove of unique pieces of art.
• wharton esherick • national historic landmark • world's fair • woodcuts • prints

"When I Can"
This artist once wrote "My beard points to heaven. . . my paintbrush all the day does drop a rich mosaic on my face." What was he talking about?
• michelangelo • sistine chapel • pope julius ii • renaissance • renaissance artists

Book Review: Ultimate T-Shirt Book by Deborah Morgenthal
Create your own unique designs
• t-shirt • tshirt • tee-shirt • fabric painting • batik

Contemporary Australian Artist Maximizes Use of Internet
A contemporary Australian artist, John Lovett, has been doing beautiful drawings and watercolo(u)r paintings for about 25 years. Now he is using the Internet to bring them out into the world, and also to give watercolor painting lessons to anyone, in a very clear and concise way. See: http://www.johnlovett.com
• art • artist • australian • watercolor • watercolour

DG Rossetti: A Brief Biography
DG Rossetti was one of the artistic geniuses of the nineteenth century. This article briefly explores the life of this extraordinary personality.
• dg • rossetti • pre-raphaelite • brotherhood • art

Gourd Art
These bowls can be made in all different shapes and sizes and bring pizzazz to any table
• gourd drying • gourd art • gourd dishes • nature crafts • gourd bowl

Greatest German Artist Of All Time
Albrecht Durer is the most famous artist and masterful printmaker in the history of German art.
• albrecht durer • printmaking • illustration • painting • self portraits

Henna
An introduction to henna and its historical roots, use, as well as its current popularity in the United States.
• henna • mehndi • tattoos • body painting

How to Remove Wallpaper
Removing Wallpaper can be difficult but the end results are well worth the extra effort.
• wallpaper • remove • paste • paint • walls

In Process at the Corcoran
The Willem de Kooning exhibit that has recently opened at the Corcoran Museum of Art offers a unique glimpse into the inner work of the abstract artist.
• corcoran • de kooning • abstract painting • art • washington dc

Introduction to Colour Theory
There's a great mystique surrounding colour theory, but the fundamental principles are actually simple.
• colour • colour theory • quilting • painting • sewing

Landscapes in Italian Renaissance
People's attitudes toward the great outdoors determine the appeal of landscape painting. As civilization became more interested in nature, landscape painting flourished.
• landscape art • renaissance art • pieter brueghel • giovanni bellini • annibale carracci

Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park
The Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park has been functioning as a museum since 1970. It displays the History of the Hungarian people as well as the culture and life-style of people living on the Great Hungarian Plain.
• europe • hungary • hungarian • arpad • árpád

Orthodox Christian Iconography
The article explains the iconography of the Orthodox Church.
• icons • painting • prayer • transcendence • church

PAINTED DOOR SCREENS
This is a technique for painting decorative designs on window or door screens.
• painting • decorating • crafting

PAINTED FLOOR CLOTH TYPE RUGS
Painting beautiful floor cloth type rugs on linoleum.
• painting • decorating • crafting • rugs • floor cloths

Sixteenth-century Venetian Art
Early Renaissance Art may have started in Rome and Tuscany, but Venice was the leading center of art in Northern Italy.
• national gallery • bellini • giovanni bellini • titian • giorgione

Summer Activities - While waiting for school to begin!
Five activities to do while waiting to school to start.
• body art • painting • shampoo • rock • rock pets

The Artist In Me (Won't Come Out)
Reginald once tried his hand at painting. It was then that he decided he would let someone else do the work. He would stick to admiring. This is Reginald's second article on art in a series on home decor.
• shop • buy • shopping • store • online

Venetian Renaissance Masterpieces
D.C.'s National Gallery groups this exhibit by theme (religious subjects, pastoral landscapes, portraits, nudes) to show the innovative treatments by Venetian artists.
• venetian renaissance • masterpieces • national gallery of art • exhibit • show

Vicky Beeching: Review
Listening to Vicky Beeching's "Painting the Invisible" is like throwing back thick, heavy drapes and drinking in glorious rays of sun after a cold, dark week of winter.
• vicky beeching • painting the invisible • sparrow records • christian worship music • ed cash

Winged Messenger: The Art of Raymond Harris Ching
Raymond Harris Ching is a world-renown bird painter and artist's artist. He is also an interesting contrast of wild bohemian and painstaking scientist.
• raymond harris ching • new zealand • art • painting • bird painting. wildlife art

Renaissance Artists of Brescia
Brescia, known in medieval days as Brixia, is a dynamic city in northern Italy. It has a rich artistic heritage that spans ancient times to the Renaissance to today.
• portland art museum • brescia • brixia • giovanni battista moroni • titian

Trophy Art
Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer sells for a record $135 million dollars. What does this mean for the international art world?
• trophy art • ronald s. lauder • gustav klimt • neue galerie • manhattan


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