http://www.art-actually.com Art is everywhere! Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:58:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.art-actually.com/what-does-hair-have-to-do-with-it 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 ... http://www.art-actually.com/guide-to-knowing-your-paper-weights 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 ... http://www.art-actually.com/how-to-choose-the-right-brush New York City wins again, being chosen as the home city of a new Hauser and Wirth contemporary art gallery. Hauser and Wirth already has prestigious showrooms in both London and Zurich, and their newest addition will be located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Slated to open in September, it ... http://www.art-actually.com/european-art-gallery-showroom-nyc Children are natural artists in a way, usually diving right into the finger paints and chalk with abandon, unafraid of what anyone will say about their finished masterpiece. They are future Picassos. They draw without fear, paint everything in sight, and believe that their painting deserves to hang in ... http://www.art-actually.com/culture-and-art-for-children-how-does-it-change-their-perceptions Art employs many different canvases. Some artists use music, others write poetry, still others use paint on a variety of media to convey their image or story. Still others use the human body as their backdrop and draw their pictures with a needle and ink. Yes, these are tattoo artists, ... http://www.art-actually.com/tattoos-are-they-art Native American art portrays life from the perspective of the artist. In particular, Native American art embodies both the joy and the pain experienced by a people group as a whole. From the days of freedom when their lives were governed by seasons, weather, and the passing of time, to ... http://www.art-actually.com/joy-sadness-native-american-art The answer to the question, “What makes something art?” can be as varied as the people who would ask it. To some, nothing can be considered art unless it is esthetically pleasing, such as a painting of a vase of flower one might hang in a dining room. To someone ... http://www.art-actually.com/art-beauty-eye-beholder Modern art has always had a reputation for being unusual. Really, almost anything can be considered “modern art” if one applies that title to it. Piles of tin cans, twisted metal, even used paper towels have at one point or another all been coined “modern art” and garnered odd sideways ... http://www.art-actually.com/modern-art-alternative-forms Ordinarily, painting or drawing on walls, buildings, sidewalks, cars, trees, street signs, or just about anything else that isn’t a canvas or obvious art project would be considered inappropriate. Children are taught from the time they are young that they should color in their coloring books, draw on their paper, ... http://www.art-actually.com/alternative-art-or-just-graffiti