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2009 Art Trivia Quiz
Tuesday December 22, 2009
As 2009 rushes towards its end, it's another year's worth of articles written, questions answered, projects painting... To test how much you remember, I've put together a new painting trivia quiz.All the answers can be found by using the search box at the top right of a page, though I imagine you're more like to guess if you don't know. Take the 2009 Art Trivia Quiz... the post a comment below to let us know how well you did.
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Van Gogh: Please Send 10 Meters of Canvas
Monday December 21, 2009
What's on your Christmas wishlist? Tell us here and fingers crossed that Santa sees it."How I'm longing for Christmas, but let's be patient, that time will come soon enough."
"I must ask you for the following painting items: 10 meters canvas, 6 large tubes of zinc white, 2 large tubes of emerald green, 2 large tubes of cobalt, 2 small tubes of carmine, 1 small tube of vermilion, a large tube of crimson lake, 6 fitch brushes and 25 black hair."
Extracts from letters by Van Gogh to his brother Theo, 25 September 1875 and 6 September 1889.
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How to Make a Christmas Tree Linocut
Sunday December 20, 2009
If, like me, you've still got some Christmas cards to sort out, here's a Christmas tree linocut that won't take very long to cut and print. You could use it for table decorations too, or repeat it multiple times on plain paper to create some giftwrap.If you're unfamiliar with linocuts, this introduction to lino printing will soon solve that. It's an art technique that's easy to learn and great fun. Picasso loved linocuts.
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