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How to Draw If Your Hands Are Shaking

It appears to be a common problem – both amongst expert and younger artists: shaking hands. My personal opinion: possibly 1 / 2 of us all have encountered issues with their hands shaking too much for painting at least one time. And so i did this number of hints on how to overcome your shaky […]

Antique Lamps – Emeralite Bankers Lamps

The classic blue-green glass shades and unadorned brass bases of Emeralite lamps are easily recognisable. These are often referred to as ‘banker’s lamps and have a stunning visual impact when used in all kinds of interior design schemes. Emeralite lamps are now very collectible. Many people love the simplicity and functionality of these lamps. Their […]

How To Hang Your Canvas Artwork

Hi there you art lovers, now most people have good taste these days so it’s hard to get this wrong, especially if the art you choose fits in well with your home, i.e. the colours and the size of the canvas artwork you choose as you need to make sure that the piece you buy […]

Teaching Kids About Music and the Arts is Important

For many years now, parents have been fighting the school systems that have tried to take the arts out of education. It is just as important now as it was years ago for kids to learn music, art, and drama. It is not fair to the youth of today to deny them the right to […]

How to Display Art Using Your Home Architecture

Every home has architectural features that can be enhanced or diminished by artwork. Knowing how to make the most of your home’s architecture will help you create a stunning art display that brings out the best in your artwork and your room. Staircase Art Display The walls around a staircase are perfect for hanging long […]

Steps For Creating a Photo Memory Wall

Where are your family photos? Do you have them stored in albums, boxes or drawers like most families? Your photos may be safely stored but may not be looked at and enjoyed as they should be. Put your family photos on display by creating a meaningful photo memory wall in your home. If you are […]

Printing Your Artwork On Canvas

First of all you need to make you mind up from all the wonderful photos you have or indeed which piece of artwork you want to create into a canvas print. Once you have done this and if you have the right facilities to print with i.e. an inkjet printer or plotter, ink, inkjet canvas […]

Photography , Artwork And Perfection

Photography in many people’s eyes is classed as artwork,, reason being is because the photographer is trying to perfect that one picture by taking lots of images were as when you have a painting it seems to be the same concept, i.e. trying to perfect the picture but very slowly. I’m an artist myself, I […]

Displaying Your Canvas Artwork

When it comes to decorating your home you want it to look the bee’s knees when showing it off to your friends and family. One brilliant idea is to have canvas artwork on your bare walls which need attention, especially when you have somewhere that is a focal point so that it shows of the […]

Showing Off Your Brilliant Artwork

If you’re an art lover of you have the talent to produce art then you always going to want to show it off as much as you can as we all get the feeling of pride and happiness when doing so. It doesn’t have to be your own artwork but you still get that nice […]