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What Does Hair Have To Do With It?
Experienced painters will have several brush styles and sizes to choose from throughout their work on a painting. Depending on the medium and surface, different brushes work better than others. The types of hair or fibers that make up the tip of the brush are very important in the ease of painting and [...]
Guide To Knowing Your Paper Weights
To determine paper weight, manufacturers either weigh one ream, 500 sheets, of paper or one sheet of paper.
Weights may be expressed in grams per square meter, gsm, or pounds per ream, lb. Thicker paper weighs more, so when looking for a thick paper for watercolor or other art project choose one with a higher weight.
There [...]
How to Choose The Right Brush
Think of your paintbrush as a tool. You need the right tool to get the job done. You wouldn’t use a rake to dig a hole in the garden, so take the time to start with the right paintbrush. The end effect of the painting will be better when you know which [...]
Learn More About Claude Monet
Claude Monet is one of the painters who doesn’t seem to get talked about as much as some others, but the works that he created are very beautiful in many cases, and they are important to the art world.
Monet was born in Paris but didn’t grow up there. When he was still a little [...]
Who Was Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali was considered to be the greatest artist where the surrealist movement is concerned. He was a very eccentric individual, however, and had a lot to express with his art in paintings like The Great Masturbator and The Metamorphosis of Narcissus.
Not everyone understood what Dali was trying to say with his creations but [...]
The Life of Vincent Van Gogh
Artist Vincent Van Gogh has many paintings that people would recognize on first sight, and others that people aren’t as familiar with but that are equally as beautiful. Two of his most popular creations are Starry Night and Sunflowers.
Most people have seen these paintings more than once, or at least seen representations of them. They [...]
Learn About Picasso
Pablo Picasso was one of the most famous artists that the world has ever known.
Paintings like Guernica and Sleeping Gypsy come to mind when his name is mentioned, but there are others as well, such as La Toilette and Family of Saltimbanques.
Picasso was born in Spain and he was the son of a man who [...]