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How to Approach Drawing as a Beginner

How to Approach Drawing as a Beginner

While drawing can be a fun and relaxing hobby, it sometimes can be frustrating for beginners, especially if they're coming into it with the expectations that their drawings have to look exactly like the image in their head or what they're using as a reference. Here...

The Benefits of Art Workshops

The Benefits of Art Workshops

Whether you're an aspiring artist dedicated to developing your craft or if you've always wanted to try to tap into your creative side but never had the time, art workshops can be a great way to explore your artistic side. Art workshops also can be extremely rewarding...

How to Use Photoshop

How to Use Photoshop

Photoshop is a great program, and it has a ton of tools to help you do anything from crop and edit photos to create stunning visual effects and digital illustrations. Going over every single tool and function of Photoshop would take days, as there are entire courses...

Tips On How To Promote Your Art

Tips On How To Promote Your Art

Many artists create purely for the sake of self-expression. Others choose to gather their best pieces and sell them to an audience. The two choices involve different skills. Interaction with followers is important for success in professional art. Artists hoping to...

How Art Has Been Impacted by the Internet

How Art Has Been Impacted by the Internet

Art exists in many forms: operas, Broadway plays, movies, orchestral performances, ballets, paintings, and museum exhibitions, to name but a few. Across centuries and civilizations, there have been artists creating and recording artists for the edification of...

A Look into the Work of Pablo Picasso

A Look into the Work of Pablo Picasso

Picasso's artist father, Don José Ruiz y Blasco, introduced Picasso to drawing and painting when he was but a child of seven. The youngster quickly impressed his father with his talent. Despite having very little professional training, Picasso became one of the most...

Tips for Taking Landscape Photography

Tips for Taking Landscape Photography

Photography can be a fun and interesting hobby for many people. Being able to capture their surroundings on film is often a rewarding experience. But when taking landscape photos it can be tricky to get them just right. Following a few basic tips will make this...

Most Valuable Art Collections in the World

Most Valuable Art Collections in the World

The majority of people probably think that the world’s most valuable collections of art are housed in public locations, like museums; however, the fact is, the most priceless collections are actually private and owned by billionaires. So, who are these owners of the...

How to Improve Your Drawing Skills

How to Improve Your Drawing Skills

Drawing can be fun, exciting, and therapeutic, but it can also be difficult, tedious, and frustrating, especially to those who may be just learning or who have not yet perfected their desired technique or skill level. The great news is, that no matter where you are in...

What to Buy as a First-Time Painter

What to Buy as a First-Time Painter

With the prolonged effects of COVID still upending lives throughout the world, people are seeking ways to occupy their time. Some may be reviving old hobbies or becoming more invested in their current ones, while others are pursuing new creative outlets. Painting is...