January 23rd, 2008

Masonite Cake Boards - Perfect For All Types Of Cake Decorating

If you are a cake decorator, you know how important sturdy cake boards are. Even if you are new to the art of cake decoration, you need proper cake boards in order to create masterpieces. If you are looking for a high quality cake board, you should consider masonite cake boards. Made from sturdy fiberboard, these cake boards are perfect for cakes of all sizes.

December 5th, 2007

Singing The Praises Of Charcoal

Nothing is quite so liberating for an artist - or aspiring artist - than a good light, several large sheets of medium textured drawing stock, and a handful of soft, ‘moderately black’ charcoal sticks. There is something natural, basic, and elementary about working with charcoal.

Perhaps when one of our caveman ancestors first pulled a lump of charcoal from the communal fire pit and drew the first charcoal drawing on a cave wall, he (or she) triggered a gnome mutation that has vibrated down through the centuries into the present.

November 26th, 2007

Small Is Big In Portrait Painting

Portrait painting is a popular art. Sketching a person or an object in its complete likeness is, indeed, a skill worth having. A good portrait artist would know how small spells big in this form of art. The more you pay attention to the smallest details of your subject, the livelier your portrait becomes. By small details, we mean the tilt of the eyes, the curve of a wrinkle, the protrusion of the jaw line, the length of a dimple, etc. This little detailing makes all the difference between an ordinary portrait and that of an artists’.


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