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  Artist Beryl Brenner,Celebrations: Art Glass Exhibit This winter, Artist Beryl Brenner is teaming up with the National Capital Art Glass Guild to exhibit her stained glass artwork Celebration At The Beach House. The show will be exhibited at  Annmarie Gardens, a Smithsonian Affilliate  The show will be lasting from November 28 - February 15, 2009   This exhibit will complement the new ...

  The „Skinny Bitch“ Style   Step1   Make a Drawing…   Step2   Digitalize the Drawing, and place this in Illustrator.   Set the Opacy on 20%     Step3   Go over the Drawing-lines with a calligraphic brush.   Now you have the Figurine ready in Outlines.   Step4   Fill out the Area, you want to fill. ...

Teachers across disciplines and grade levels have discovered that writing essays and research papers can serve many purposes in the classroom. Writing-across-the-curriculum theorists suggest a variety of write-to-learn activities, from free writing in journals to summarizing class lectures to working with papers through multiple drafts. In the composition literature, support for these activities has come largely from intuitive arguments about the ...

When choosing a photograph for the tilt-shift effect, bear in mind that you want to give the impression of a miniature model. Miniature models are usually viewed from above so try and choose a photo with an elevated viewpoint. Buildings, roads, traffic

Animation is a production method of making a moving picture using a number of slight variations of still images in a sequence. When the film is viewed, the eye does not separate out these images but instead sees continuous movement. Animation is most commonly seen in cartoons, but movies such as the original Godzilla also used animation principles by varying the ...

It's not always easy to get very dark values even with 6B graphite. What I found, and I'm sure many of you as well

Nowadays knowledge in every field has grown into magnanimous proportions. Most of the students face time constraints and work overload problems, and therefore getting outside help at times is crucial. Custom essays are a nice way to manage your assignments and reduce your workload. In modern world the human knowledge in all areas has grown beyond imaginable limits. Therefore, students often ...

This is a step by step procedure to create a PDF/X file from Adobe InDesign with a specially created Output Intent that when viewed in Acrobat with output preview activated (or turned on) - the paper white will be green, which is a simulation my  "intent", which is a PDF file that is intend to print on green colored paper. --> ...

Tips on Preserving Mixed Paint     This article is just a simple look at some of my tools... How you use your tools that are available, can make quite a difference in your finished product. I have been painting (in oils) for many years now and have learned a lot the hard way. Hopefully some of the tips that I plan ...

Today’s culture loves to poke fun at media and politics in all kinds of forms. Many do it out of disrespect, but during the early 20th century, a movement known as Dada was a cultural revolution centered around anti-war and anti-art works. Ironic, because Dada is still considered an entire artistic movement that often forced viewers to see everyday objects and ...

MILAN, Italy (AP) — Can't get to Milan to see Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper?" As of Saturday, all you need is an Internet connection. Officials put online an image of the "Last Supper" at 16 billion p

Make Art Matter for the planet   As an environmental artist I want to show people and encourage them to see how much they waste by reusing commodities in artwork for public displays. In doing this I feel like we can open humanity up to broaden and stimulate our awareness and really start to pay more attention to our environment around ...

Perfectionism & Procrastination   As a recovering perfectionist, I had to learn how to make decisions, take risks, make mistakes, fall on my face and pick myself up again.   The wonderful thing of recovering from being a perfectionist is that I don’t have to be perfect now I don’t have to know all the answers. I can just go ...

Zig Ziglar said, “Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn how to do it well.”  Of course, he didn’t mean to be purposely sloppy or lazy about it.   The Key is Action.   Repeated action becomes wisdom.   When I started my 1st sales job I didn’t really know what to say, I fumbled my words, ...

10 Marketing Tips to turn your marketing into a burning machine.   Activity Management is a balancing act between taking action and non-action. Here are 10 tips to turn your Marketing strategy into a burning machine.   When you deprive your marketing of action and ideas your marketing reacts protectively against an ancient threat: Famine of $ or whatever your ...

“Creative blocks are both a locked door and a key depending how you see it.”   To get your creativity back you need to ask yourself questions, strong enough to lift the veil of your judgments. Your judgment is what has put you into a block.  When you can’t find an answer to your questions, then it is a sign ...

New View Feature Tutorial by Xhris.

An Introduction to Xara Xtreme V4.

This tutorial shows you how to create a 3D pie chart using Xara Xtreme and Xara3D.

This tutorial is an introduction to creating 3D photos and text effects in Xara Xtreme.