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If you've ever wondered how other people organize their painting spaces, where they store their canvases, how they keep their brushes, and how tidy they are, this collection of studio photos reveals their secrets.

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What is Gesso?

Friday January 27, 2012

canvas gesso

It's a word we hear all the time, but exactly what is gesso?

Review: W&N White Gesso
Review: W&N White Gesso

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Daily Art Ideas #27

Friday January 27, 2012

Use a flower as the starting point for an abstract. A real flower, so you're seeing it with your own eyes, not through the lens of a camera. Get more inspiration for your muse in the Daily Art Ideas #27.

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January's Painting Project: Latest Submissions

Thursday January 26, 2012
There are a lot of new paintings in this month's project gallery. All sorts of subjects, from woods to cliffs, pots to oranges and rice. Enjoy!

An Artspeak Moment: Art Capture

Thursday January 26, 2012
I was reading an article on things to do before selling a painting and got stuck on the point about ensuring I had taken an art capture before I let the painting out of my hands. Got to love jargon that makes things fancier than they are, like calling it a giclée print not an inkjet print.

An art capture is taking a photo or scan of your painting (or slide, if you've still got a film camera) so you've got a top-quality image you can reproduce. Good advice, but does this mean my camera is an art capture mechanism, and the memory card in it an art capture transferral system?

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