1. Pastels are made from the safe base as all other fine art paints, including oils and acrylics. The difference is the binder. Pastels use very little binder so it is almost like apply direct pigment to canvas. 2. Pastels are not chalk! Chalk is made from limestone. Pastels are […]
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Take pleasure in the painting that you do. Painting with acrylics is a great option for a beginning painter. If you wish to make your painting interesting you must offer enough of variety so the viewer is curious and wants to come back to observe it. Begin with an accurate […]
Contemporary Ghanaian performing arts have been influenced by foreign culture, technology, and education. It is a synergy of the indigenous performing arts with the Western cultural forms of performing arts. There are three main forms of performing arts practiced by the Ghanaians today. These are music, dance, and drama. Music […]
Seeking outside help to paint your house is always a smart idea when you decide to change your home’s color, or just give it a fresh coat. Too often do we see individuals overextend themselves when it comes to home projects. They usually end up causing more harm than good […]
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), the most influential figure of the ‘Contemporary Art,’ was recognized for his strongly expressed contempt for the field of conventional ‘Fine Arts.’ He was in a way related to ‘Surrealist Movement,’ the descendant of ‘Cubism.’ Duchamp’s methodology and themes however, were not well received by ‘Cubists.’ This […]
French ‘Post-Impressionist’ painter Emile Henri Bernard or Emile Bernard (April 28, 1868 -April 16, 1941) was a close friend of the leading names of those times – Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, and Paul Gauguin. Emile was the pioneer of an innovative style of painting, known as ‘Cloisonnism.’ Flattened structures […]