Christmas Art

Once you find the right Christmas art, quilt patterns to showcase it generally fall right into place. If this is your first attempt to use art to appliqué a Christmas art quilt pattern, getting started may seem a little overwhelming. It's really easy when you keep these tips in mind.

First, select simple art. Maybe your first Christmas art quilt pattern design shouldn't be an intricate scene. Try starting first with a Christmas tree.

A Christmas art quilt pattern that centers on a Christmas tree can be very simple or more intricate, depending on your skill level. It could be as easy as stitching a large green print triangle for the evergreen and a small rectangle for the trunk.

Use your computer's clip art collection - or your favorite online clip art - for design inspiration. Once you find the Christmas art you want to use for your quilt pattern, print it out and you'll have your Christmas art.

Halloween Art

During Halloween, most people decorate their homes with scary decorations within and outdoors. Every household opts for a haunted house theme, which requires many creepy looking and scary crafts to create that spooky atmosphere. These may include fake cobwebs, witches, bats and ghosts all put together to create the haunted house look. Halloween art and crafts are quite easy to make and the materials required are available in the house or they can be procured very cheaply from the neighborhood store. Halloween art and craft décor projects help the family to bond together, enjoy each other's company and create wonderful crafts together.

Art Designs

There are so many body art designs available for anyone to choose from for those who are thinking of getting a tattoo. To many, tattoos have become a medium of self expression, a way to make a statement, and to some it has become an art on its own. In finding the perfect body art designs here are a few points you need to consider:

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Symbolism of the tattoo or body art design

Research a bit about the symbol or the meaning of the design you choose. There are specific symbols or images that have a different meaning to some. If you really fancy a particular design then make sure that you know what it stands for and how you can relate it to your personality or your own personal life and experiences.

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Evaluate your personality and the look you want to achieve

Evaluating your personality can help you decide on what body art design to have. Make sure that your tattoo is also a reflection or a mirror of your personality, something that you can live on for many years. There are also those body art designs that give out certain aura like sexiness and toughness. So if you are having a tattoo to get a certain look, the design plays a vital role.

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Location

The location of your tattoo can add certain elements to the body art design. It affects its meaning as well as the aesthetic quality of the tattoo. Some people have tattoos on certain parts that are not meant to be easily seen by anyone but only to those they are intimate with and there are also certain designs that would look a lot better in certain parts of the body.

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Colors

The colors of the body art design you choose carry a certain representation or symbol aside from the aesthetic part of it. You can use virtually any color but be warned that some colors don't look nice after sometime. Many choose to have a plain black tattoo but again depending on the design you can be adventurous when it comes to the color of your body art design.

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Popularity of the design

Some people choose a popular design that is easily recognizable while there are those who go for a more unique and bold design. The only thing you have to consider is that some popular designs today may not be so cool after a few years. Tattoos are made to last for a long time so you need to have something inked in your skin that you can be truly be proud of or something in which you can still display after a few years without the unnecessary comments or ridicule from your friends or any person who sees it.

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Paint Brush

Over the years one may find themselves using a Paint Brush to paint something in the house or something around it. Areas of painting concern could include where the weekly vacuum cleaner leaving black skid marks on the baseboards, or those typical 4' high hand prints on walls are all too well known from young parents. Other examples using a Paint Brush may include painting a closet door on a Saturday afternoon, but getting called away from duty by some more important family event or need, not really wanting to paint the item in the first place. What ever reason, the Paint Brush deserves it's attention and care, keeping pristine, just as a favored antique tool from Grandpa's Shop, deserves it's cleaning and care. What ever quality of Paint Brush one chooses to buy, (Best is recommended by number of bristles per square inch) techniques listed here coincide with all paint brushes.

These techniques will help the lesser quality Paint Brush, as well as the best, making your experience with the tool that's been around for centuries, a pleasant one. Before you open a gallon of paint, the Paint Brush should be at your side, next to the can. Taking the Paint Brush by the handle, thoroughly soaking it in clean tap water before you dip it in the latex paint (soaking in mineral spirits if using Alkyd or Oil paint) will enhance your brush cleaning later on. Getting the excess water or mineral spirits out of the brush is going to be the next question, as it would be mine, if I did not know it. When using Latex paints, hold the Paint Brush firmly by the end of the handle, tapping the head of the Paint Brush on the end of your shoe or boot, giving a few good forceful whacks. Paint Brush is dry enough to dip in paint, but wet enough for an even flow of paint, and easier cleanup later on. This can be repeated if Paint Brush shows signs of drying out before the painting job is completed. If using Alkyd paints, try just blot drying with clean rag, as whacking on the end of your boot will cause a bit of splatter.

Drawings Art

Pencil Drawing Art Lessons

There are three elements that are standing between you, and what you want to draw.

The first element is time. Many aspiring artists put off developing their drawing ability give all kinds of excuses. "I don't have enough time", "I'm busy with career and family", "I'll get started when I can find the time", and so on and so forth.

The truth is, these people are never going to get started. The next day comes and go, and we still hear the same excuses. Tomorrow just never comes! Without consciously setting aside the time to draw, nothing is ever going to happen. If the artist feels that he or she doesn't have the skills (which I'll come to later), there's a need to set aside time to develop those skills. No excuses.

The second element is skills. Some people have the talent, but sometimes they just don't know it. I don't care what anybody says, but talent without development is such a complete waste. Talent is nothing without development. The more talented artists just learn quicker than others, but still, without guidance and direction, it's all for nothing.

So how do we know if someone has the talent? Nature has its way of revealing that to the artist some way or the other. I want you to think hard from some past events in your life. Have you ever drawn or sculpted something naturally and it just came out looking good? Maybe not great yet, since the talent has not yet been developed but good enough. Any incident at all? If you have such memories, chances are, you have the talent without even you knowing it.