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9 February 2010
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In Pictures: Kinetica Art Fair

              
With a day that started off with a talk from East London collective ‘Robots and Avatars‘ where we learned about the Uncanny Valley, EmotionA.I, pogoing robots and the sheer scope of what the future holds for our virtual selves and the mechanical company we’ll be keeping, we were truly set …

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8 February 2010
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Tips On Oil Painting

There are various types of paintings available today but one of the most common would be oil paintings. Oil paintings have been used for hundreds of years as there are various advantages that come by using this method. There are various colors available and they are also practically gorgeous to …

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8 February 2010
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Interior Design With Canvas Prints – Colour Matching Tips

There is no element more important than colour, when it comes to creating a mood for your room. Canvas prints are often a beautifully vivid way to help build a colour scheme in your home, making it all the more critical that the colours within your artwork are carefully chosen. …

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8 February 2010
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Modern Art Painting – How To Do It

Art paintings are almost everywhere nowadays, from living rooms, to hospitals and museums. They are practically beautiful to look at, and some might even make you wonder on how they were possible to be done. Artists have incorporated various techniques in painting and the art has been popular for hundreds …

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7 February 2010
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Buy Oil Paintings

 
There are many ways through which one can decorate a home. In fact everybody wants to have a home that looks clean, tidy and stylish. Decorating a home is an art and you have to do it the right way to make an impact. To make your home look stylish …

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7 February 2010
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Artspeak? It’s complicated | Contemporary Modern Art

If an artist’s work is difficult, you might think those writing about it would want to make it more accessible. If only
On 14 March 1888, Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo about his latest canvas: “It is a drawbridge with a little cart going over it, outlined against …

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7 February 2010
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Art Review: My London @ Exposure Gallery

Showing at Little Portland Street’s Exposure Gallery until 2nd March is a joint collection of the works of Rob Ryan and Stephen Walter, each renowned for their unique and intricate representations of locations, in this instance London.
Ryan’s delicate pieces are painstakingly created with sheets of fine paper and a …

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6 February 2010
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Six Steps To Buying Abstract Canvas Art Paintings Online

The Internet has really changed our world in a great, great deal.  Because of the Internet, we no longer have to leave the house just to get our shopping done, and this applies to shopping abstract canvas art to decorate our homes.  Gone are the days when we have to …

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6 February 2010
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A Good Snapshot Does Not Always Make The Best Photo On Canvas Painting

 
“You don’t take a photo. You make it.”

That’s a well-known quote of American photographer, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), famous for his dramatic black and white landscapes photographs. He didn’t have the advantages of digital cameras or know about the photos on canvas process that turns a photograph into a original painting.
The …

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6 February 2010
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MICHELANGELO: Painting Sistine Chapel, the Spirit of Renaissance

Renaissance artists were not only the painters. They were sculptures; they were poets, they were engineers; they were architects, too. Michelangelo was all of these. Born in Italy and lived almost for 90 years (1447 – 1564), he was contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci.

Renaissance period had a special feature in respect of the development …

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