Drawing Contests

Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 16:20 | Category : arts
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Drawing Contests
I have been interested in drawing contests ever since I was a little kid. Of course, when you are a kid it is easy to impress people. My children’s art contests were usually of the “everyone wins” kind. Nonetheless, every once in awhile I would accomplish something pretty impressive. There ws a local Free [...]

Color schemes

Monday, 24 November 2008, 22:33 | Category : arts
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Color schemes factor into nearly every visual experience that we have. Integrating the right combination of hues in your life can have a profound impact on your mood as well as your general well being. Determining which color schemes to use in your world can pose some challenges for many of us.
Of course, you want [...]

black and white photography

Friday, 21 November 2008, 21:00 | Category : arts
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Fine art black and white photos
For a while, special effects were the end-all and be-all of photography. People were obsessed with all of the different things they could do with computer touchups, green screens, and the like. Nowadays, we’ve gotten to the end of all that. We can do basically anything we want with an [...]

Affordable art

Friday, 21 November 2008, 15:24 | Category : arts
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Affordable art: a brilliant solution for an economical home makeover!
Whether you’re renting your first apartment, or just want to update your living space, you don’t need to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to execute a stunning makeover. The appeal of your living space depends largely on visual impact, to impart the ambience you wish [...]

Photography Contests

Monday, 6 October 2008, 15:12 | Category : arts
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Photography Contests
When I first became a professional photographer, photography contests were mostly there for pros. After all, back then there was no such thing as digital photography. If you wanted to be a serious photographer, you needed to learn to develop your own pictures. It was a specialized skill which took a lot of equipment, [...]

Art Nouveau

Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 20:52 | Category : arts
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Art Nouveau is a genre that represents a very significant time in history. The turn of the 19th century into the 20th was an era of great change. People were experiencing the wonders of technology and industry for the first time. This change brought on a new style of art that reflects this wonder and [...]