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Hand Dyeing Wool Using Advanced Methods -- Equipment Discussion - - Susan Sylvia
This is the second in a series of articles on the subject of dyeing wool, using the three primaries, metric measurement, liquid dyestock, and percentage-based formulas. In the first installment, I described an overview of the methods I use to dye wool, and the reasoning behind them. In this... Submitted 1 year 289 days ago.

Hand Dyeing Wool -- Using Metric, Liquid Dyestock and Percentage Formulas - - Susan Sylvia
This is the third in a series of articles about dyeing wool using liquid dyestock, percentage-based formulas, and the three primaries. As mentioned before, when I first began wool crafting, I decided to to try dyeing my own wool to save on money and time shopping. I didn't see a lot of selection... Submitted 1 year 289 days ago.

How to Create Pen and Ink Art - - Arlene Wright-Correll
There is more to pen & ink art than you think and it is one of the easiest methods of creating art. Creating art with pen & ink is just one more inexpensive way of creating art! One needs very little supplies. Ink, pen and paper and you are in business. There are many kinds of India ink... Submitted 1 year 295 days ago.

Funny Easter Card - cartoon Easter eggs on parade! - LeahG Artist
Happy Easter everyone! This Easter Egg cartoon card was inspired by a fun drawing game myself and some cartoonists have been playing over at the cartoonist forum. We each draw the next cartoon in the series (egghead themed at present!) to create an everlasting comic strip. The current theme is... Submitted 1 year 332 days ago.

How To Draw Cartoon Caricatures Using Free Digital Drawing Software - Pixia - - LeahG Artist
As an artist, illustrator and cartoonist based in the UK, I am continually seeking to update my range of styles, be innovative and learn new drawing skills. With the introduction of digital art and the way it has taken the art world by storm (on the Internet at least) I am looking at ways I... Submitted 2 years 2 days ago.

Freed To Paint - Tex Norman
While I have some baggage I carry around about my father (who doesn 't?) I have to admit to myself that there were times, as a child, that my daddy was my hero. I thought my daddy was the smartest, most talented man that had ever lived. When my father said something I treasured the words, I... Submitted 2 years 6 days ago.

Euthanasia Booth For Old People To Commit Suicide in - Cartoon Euthansia booth- assisted suicide - LeahG Artist
As the assisted suicide debate rages on Martin Amis sticks his size 10 foot in it by saying: "They'll be a population of demented very old people, like an invasion of terrible immigrants, stinking out the restaurants and cafes and shops," he said. "I can imagine a sort of civil war between... Submitted 2 years 10 days ago.

Living My Dream of Being a Children’s Book Illustrator - LeahG Artist
Cartoon of a sleeping crocodile drawn to illustrate a children's poem Cartoon drawn to illustrate a children's poem about spiders At the ripe old age of almost 40 I am finally launching myself towards a dream I had as a child that lady luck saw fit to thwart time and time again. As a... Submitted 2 years 14 days ago.

Singing cows on the Moon, whatever next! - Children's Book Illustrator - - LeahG Artist
This is a very recent illustration of mine created for someone I know rather well who will be self-publishing a book of quirky short stories and poems shortly. As you can see the illustration is very suited to a children's book with it's colourful singing moon cows! However the story is in... Submitted 2 years 14 days ago.

How to write Gag Cartoons that just kill ya! - LeahG Artist
I've enjoyed looking at many great gag cartoons over the years in newspapers and now on the Internet and it seems to me that the best gag cartoons are those that have the least artistic in-put in terms of elaborate art-work and shading etc. Instead the gag cartoons focus entirely on... Submitted 2 years 15 days ago.

Crafts and Fun with Things Around the House - - Gabriella Gometra
Cannot find anything fun for your children to do today? There's always something to make with the simplest stuff lying around your house. You just have to use your imagination to find out what and how to make things. Empty soda pop cans may be used for several things; they aren't just trash.... Submitted 2 years 28 days ago.

Bring Your Wool Dyeing into the 21st Century! Advanced Methods Made Simple - Susan Sylvia
One snowy New Hampshire night, years ago, my friend Marcia invited me over to learn how to hook rugs. I was a seasoned crafter and explained to her that, with three young children, I wanted a project that could be completed quickly. So she showed me how to make a penny rug. For those who are new... Submitted 2 years 38 days ago.

Two Grannies in Cyber Space - Lynda Karanikolas
When I was a young mother, with little money, I found all kinds of ways to entertain my kids. I wasn't driving them to ballet class or karate or tennis lessons. I couldn't afford to. We made rocket ships out of cardboard boxes and Christmas tree ornaments from scraps of fabric and tin can... Submitted 2 years 62 days ago.

What is the Value of Art in Our Society - Dianne Lehmann
" I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his/her vision wherever it takes him/her ." former President of the United... Submitted 2 years 80 days ago.

Flower Power - Patrick Simons
One would think a photographer with over six hundred flower pictures in his catalog would actually know something about flowers. Alas, this is not the case with me. I recognize common blooms, but I'm completely lost when it comes to anything exotic. I've thought a great deal about what it is that... Submitted 2 years 83 days ago.

My Tea Glass Kettle Stovetop - Oh Boon Thong
Happy day to all my dearest friends, In my preceding article, I told you my reason for choosing the glass tea kettle. To refresh your memory, you may click at the title of this article to bring you back to my preceding article. The photos are taken, from different angles, to give an... Submitted 2 years 87 days ago.

Contemporary Paintings, Modern Art, and Abstract Art - What's the Difference? - Jaison Cianelli
"One Verse" Abstract Painting by Jaison Cianelli This is a basic question, and a little confusing to answer because the terms "contemporary," "modern," and "abstract" can be used interchangeably at times. Let us start with "modern art." Modern art is a classification of an art period... Submitted 2 years 119 days ago.

Building a New Record-breaking LEGO Ship a Miniature Noahs Ark - Joel Kontinen
Agroup of 150 children are using LEGOs to build a huge miniature ship. Modelled after Noah's Ark, it is 12 feet (3.7 meters) long, 2 feet (0.6 m) wide and 18 inches (0.45 m) high. They expect the model to be included in the recordholders.org website with other LEGO world records. The children... Submitted 2 years 221 days ago.

Top 10 Tips To Start Oil Painting Like a Pro - - Ralph Serpe
LEARN HOW TO DRAW You will be amazed at how much learning how to draw will help improve your oil paintings. In fact, years ago art students were not permitted to paint until they learned the fundamentals of drawing. Drawing gets you more in touch with value, line and form without the... Submitted 2 years 240 days ago.

Every Painting Has a Story - - Arlene Wright-Correll
I have finally been able to find two reliable 18 and 20 year old helpers who know how to give a good day's work for a good day's pay and at age 74 my gardens are back to looking like they should! It is rough getting old and cricketty, when the knees don't bend or the back gives out before... Submitted 2 years 267 days ago.

Master Works: The Mississippi Photographs of Dorothea Lange, 1937 - - Walter Rhett
4th of July, 1937;Hillhouse,Mississippi Two photographs taken in Mississippi in 1937 by one of America's photography masters lay in the Library of Congress archives for half a century. Today, I am proud to present these two photographs. I am excited about the remarkable story these two... Submitted 2 years 316 days ago.

How To Start Your Own Card Making Business - LeahG Artist
A few years ago, I turned a hobby into a small work from home business and I'd like to share with you what I learned along the way and offer tips and advice on 'how to start your own card making business'. Before you take the decision to revolve a business around what is otherwise a hobby you... Submitted 2 years 320 days ago.

Some Thoughts On Barns - Patrick Simons
From the colonial era, to the industrial revolution, America was mostly rural America . Nothing symbolized this period more than did the great American barn. This image endures, even as we enter the twenty-first century. From New England , the south, the Midwest , the Great Plains and the far... Submitted 3 years 26 days ago.

The Power Of Black And White - Patrick Simons
In sterile, dictionary language, photography might be defined as, "the process, of recording visual images", or words to that effect. I didn't actually look up the definition, but you get the idea. In any event, rigid definitions don't exist when you're talking about art. Which is the superior... Submitted 3 years 26 days ago.

What On Earth Is Polymer Clay? - - Tex Norman
Polymer Clay is not clay. Well, it is man made clay, not that mud-like substance dug from the earthy. Polymer Clay is actually PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plastic. It is similar to that plastic pipe used in plumbing, a pipe referred to as PVC pipe. Polyvinyl chloride is mixed with plasticizers and... Submitted 3 years 51 days ago.