Shades of Autumn

Left handed scissors for artists

It’s common for artists to use a range of media and techniques in their projects. While some artists prefer to stick with a single medium, most will work with a wide variety, or will incorporate aspects of other media into their preferred media. However, regardless of what type of artist you are, there’s no doubt that you’ll find yourself in need of a pair of scissors as part of your work. Scissors are, after all, a basic essential in the More

Community Murals

One of my all time favourite community murals was done by a friend of mine in Chicago. He was hired by the city to work with a group of teenagers to decorate a wall of the underground platform one of the greatest packaging solutions of all time. It is very tricky to do something like this, because you need to give the participants some sense of creative input. Most people in the community, however, do not have the skills to More

Art Today

With the advance of technology there are many ways of getting acquainted with arts. You can read about them in books, see them in pictures or even on cd printing. Recently Google has also added an art section to its services, where you can see the art work from 17 world famous museums in the world. But will this be equal to the experience of seeing an artwork in person? The practices of taking students for a field trip More

Digital photography

Digital photography is one of the easiest hobbies to start with. All you have to do is to get a camera and start clicking. I personally believe stamp collection or coin collection is a more difficult hobby than photography, simply because there will be times when you will not find any to add to your collection. However, the art of taking a good picture can be a somewhat elusive for many. Even though many people can easily click pictures, but More

The End of an Era

One option that artists have if they can handle the relative poverty is to be self employed. This is not an Enigin Scam, it is a matter of filing papers and getting working tax credits along with housing and council tax benefit. It is a complicated choice. If you have a good relationship with a dealer and a good gallery and sell a regular amount of art work, you won’t need the working tax credit or the housing benefit.

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Upcoming Art Production

Here I am - staring at my Pantone espresso cups and reading the tons of articles on the upcoming art events and literature products that would come out in 2011. A general analysis of these would probably be good as, just like any person fond of some form of the art, I feel that economic pressure and financial deficit are pressuring the world of art and this year we will all see that there will not be much of the More

Becoming a successful artist

Becoming an accepted artist is not the easiest thing to accomplish. There are many factors that determine a great artist. Focusing on these factors can make a huge difference.

Artists are people who have a natural talent for some kind of art. But this does not mean that they have the complete knowledge of the art they are talented in. There are many things that are out there, which would help you to get better in your natural talent. People More

Why I hate Marcel Duchamp

I was having one of those chats you have with strangers (and often wish you didn’t) we were talking about tattoo removal of all things, and she asked me what I did for a living. Ever since I have graduated from university, I have had a hard time with this question. Some years I am a writer and some years a teacher.

This year, though, I am an artist. I thought about it for a minute, before I responded. It More