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Contextualising Your Work: Many an artwork and artist has been separated from their peer group merely on the basis upon which they contextualise their work. In some cases two artists… [124 views in Oct]
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Wrong Hand Drawing: There is a tendency early on in the development of an artist to develop a restrictive style based partly upon the desire to copy more accomplished artists. This can… [86 views in Oct]
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Choosing a Subject to Draw: When starting out many people find it difficult even to choose a subject to draw. This is of course not so important if the beginner artist is attending a… [64 views in Oct]
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How to Sell My Paintings and Drawings?: The first and most important thing you need to do is some thorough market research. You must establish there is a solid and large enough… [56 views in Oct]
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What is Drawing?: Drawing has a number of primary functions that differ according to the intended outcome. Primarily, drawing is seen to be any form of marking a surface with a view to… [50 views in Oct]
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Realist Painting and Drawing: A realist work of art is one in which real things, people or events are depicted as if they are real. The aim with realist drawing or painting is to… [40 views in Oct]
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