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How Does a Pencil Eraser Work?
Have you ever stopped to think about how an eraser (or rubber) works? Is it entirely down to friction, or is it stickiness? About.com Guide to Chemistry, Anne Marie Helmenstine,... Resistance to Art is Futile
The things you find when cleaning up photo files...! The Borg's holding a watercolor brush I bought myself as a treat. It's a Raphael Aqualine squirrel-hair brush, which has a... Artistic Guilt
"I just read your article entitled Creativity: Do You Feel Guilty for Being an Artist? Artists do tend to be stigmatized by doing a job that is perceived as easy... Perspective Rules Destroyed Color?
"Perspective displaced the use of the organic quality of colours, which had previously, in and of themselves, produced the tactile effect of recession and advancement."-- Mark Rothko, "Objective Impressionism", c.1940-1*
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Daler-Rowney is running an open art competition called Make Your Mark with categories for leisure painters, students, under 16s, and under 12s. Entry is free and is done online (submissions... Stop Sending Me Paintings of Magazine Photos!
I've said it before and no doubt will again in the future: Submissions based on magazine photos can't be added to a painting project gallery unless you have the permission... Painting Tip of the Week: Reuse a Canvas as a Board
This week's painting tip is from Pete J and is about reusing a canvas as a painting board. I think it's a great tip because I've invariably got an old... Rothko and The Renaissance
The color-field paintings of Mark Rothko and portraits from the Renaissance are about as different as you get in art styles. The reason I mixed them was that when I... Practical Can be Beautiful
Few would disagree that beauty is part of art, but for me there's also beauty in the materials and tools of painting. Such as a handmade glass muller. I rarely... Discovering Digital Art Papers
The quality of results from home inkjet photo printers combined with the range of digital art papers available opens up all sorts of potential for creating your own prints and... | 