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How to Damage or Destroy a Diamond

By cclough

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Diamond are extremely hard, but as with many hard objects, can break upon a strong impact. The question is, why would you want to do this?!.. more »

How to Distinguish Spotlight Consciousness from Floodlight Consciousness

By Larry Fike, M.Phil.

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Are you awake? Not, "not sleeping," but "awake" awake? Read on..... more »

How to Draw Smooth Tonal Layers in Colored Pencils

By robertsloan2

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Smooth tonal layers are important in pencil drawing and especially colored pencil drawing, where smudging isn't going to help smooth out shading. It's easier to fill an area with hard strokes covering it completely than to fill it with a light ... more »

How to Draw with Good Composition

By robertsloan2

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Composition is an important part of creating any artwork. It's possible to get very skilled at realistic drawing and still get artworks that look bad on the page. Composition means "where to put your subject in the drawing." Here are ... more »

How to Fake an Interest in Art

By RockOnRockL

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With the emergence of new talent each year, the roster of accomplished artists grows faster than most people can track. Fortunately, you don’t need to know every detail about art if you find yourself in a crowd of enthusiasts and want to make a ... more »

How to Get The Best Abstract Art in South Florida

By Donella Debesa

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If you want it just read the article... more »

How to Live With an Artist

By starnami

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Living with an artist is not easy. They can be moody and eccentric to say the least. They are also usually very passionate about the things they care about, one of which is the person they love. This article is for those of you who have chosen to ... more »

How to Make a Collage

By BrokenGirl

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Have you ever heard of a collage before? It is basically the mix and match of images and flat papers like napkins or wrapping paper...... more »

How to Make Scratch 'n Sniff Watercolors / Paint

By joyful327

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Art activities will stimulate your child's imaginations and enhance their creativity. Scratch 'n Sniff Watercolor paint is an entertaining activity that will leave them with a unique keepsake... more »

How to Make the Best of an Art Opening

By AFrieske

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Art openings can be great if you are a big time art fan or a scenester but for the everyday guy who gets dragged along it can be an excruciating night. There are a few ways to help make the best of it... more »

How to Minimize Pain From a Tattoo

By christinevand

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Ask a tattoo artist whether it hurts to get inked and he'll tell you: Yes, of course it hurts. It's a needle. Jabbing into your skin. Over and over. Once you get past this ringing endorsement for tattooing, keep in mind there are things you can ... more »

How to Preserve and Store Framed Portraits

By robertsloan2

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Preserving and storing framed portraits, or any artwork, takes some effort and expense -- but the results are important to posterity and well worth pursuing... more »

How to produce a body of textile work to show at a museum

By Sharon Neth

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This is an article for all of those fabric crafters out there that want to take their sewing skills to the next level of creativity and professionalism. There are so many wonderful gifted quilters out there that should have their work show all ... more »

How to use different painting mediums in the same painting

By derbyka

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Artists recognize that different painting mediums achieve different visual effects. However, if you take a good look at a photograph, or the scenery around you, you will notice that different aspects resemble different light and color sensations. ... more »

How to Appreciate Alberto Giacometti

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Alberto Giacometti was born in Borgonovo, now part of Stampa, a municipality of Switzerland near the Italian border. He first studied art in Geneva at the School of Fine Arts. He had a unique outlook on the world and believed that "to render what ... more »

How to Appreciate Joan Miro

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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The most popular word used to describe Joan Miro's art is playful. Miro was a popular artist during the first half of the 1900s. But he never confined his work to just one art movement. Here's what you need to know to appreciate art by Joan Miro... more »

How to Become a Freelance Artist

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Whether you are a talented artist stuck in a boring graphics job, or you draw as a hobby and want to change your career, becoming a freelance artist is the way to spend every day your way. Here are some ideas for selling your talent and turning ... more »

How to Discover Your Creative Voice

By David Snyder

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Artistic creativity has been a source of inspiration for our race since the classical period. Each artist, the true creative spirit, like our physical bodies, is born, matures and learns to communicate through language. The artist is uniquely ... more »

How to Distinguish Representational Art From Nonrepresentational Art

By Michael Motta

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It was partly by gaining some toehold on the difference between representational art and nonrepresentational art that I was able to increase my understanding of the term "postmodernism." Postmodernism is very difficult, if not impossible to ... more »

How to do a color study

By Pixie1976

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Appreciate color? Enjoy painting? Try this color study... more »

How to Draw from Negative Space

By robertsloan2

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Drawing from negative space is a trick to draw more realistically, and it can help with any art medium or style. It's not that hard once you get the idea, but once negative space understood it'll make drawing anything easier. Like using zero in ... more »

How to Get to Know Vincent Van Gogh

By Michael Motta

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I can't remember exactly what turned me on to Van Gogh, but he sure grabbed my attention at some point in my student days. It may have been the color and motion in Van Gogh's work that drew me, as I was enthralled with the 19th Century German ... more »

How to make a jack o lantern

By juenz

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A jack o lantern is a famouse icon for halloween. making one is fun. try making one in these easy steps... more »

How to Make an Abstract Painting

By CCrock

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Have you always wanted to paint something abstract, but didn't know where to start? here is a great and easy way to get an started... more »

How to Make Computerized Book Covers

By Cazembe

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For graphics artists, making computerized book covers is what they do and is at the forefront of their passion as an artist. As a youngster, I grew up with that same passion to be a graphics artist. Being in the public eye is the key behind ... more »

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