A fun weekend event to plan for is the Anna Maria Island Art Springfest festival. Always a good gathering of art and craft, lots of food and music, and just a great atmosphere of friends and tourists. Since it's the busy season of spring break and warm weather seekers, parking and traffic is an issue, but there's plenty of ro

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800 pencils and 6,000 hours later it was ready. The sketch of the century that was featured in the Guinness Book of Records. Filemon Trevino who is the artist behind the sketch says he is very proud of himself. He managed to finish it in less than a year but his health took a toll from the long hours of work. He was hospitalize

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Are you experiencing problems with your Polaroid T730 Compact 7MP Digital Camera? Well you are not alone. Polaroid use to be the world leader in instant pictures but they have dropped the ball when it comes to advancing into the digital camera market.

This review will help steer you in the right direction if you are lookin

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The practice of getting one's body tattooed has been prevalent in almost all human societies. In fact it's been in existence for about the last five thousand years. And we call it a modern art of expression. That's not so.
Interestingly, there are many tribes in India which still practice the art of tattooing and it’s mostl

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Photography schools have been around for decades but when the art of making a photograph seems to be getting easier thanks to modern technology, are photography schools losing their importance? In this article the author discusses 10 important reasons why photography schools are more important than ever, especially for those wh

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Are you an artist from New York City or Jersey City? NJCU will host a program titled “I’ve GOT TALENT, NOW WHAT?” Professional Development Workshop for Artists. The FREE program has proved to be highly successful and has had a large number of artists, from Hudson County and beyond, attend previous workshops.

If you plan to

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There is a whole school of art that uses Adobe's Photoshop to create incredible works of art using images.  With tools such as Photoshop and digital cameras artists are really only limited by their imaginations and skills with computers and the tools themselves.  Vertus Fluid Mask has compiled this collection of 40 a

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My early thoughts about this art world icon were sorely incomplete and inwardly deceptive, this figure had a very silent but exposive personality that caused everyone who met him to misinterpret him. Behind the blonde hair and nu vogue wardrobe lied a rather intriguing and accomplished visual artist - an artist that would chang

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The sofa is the main furniture in the living room. Careful choosing needs to be done before buying the kind of sofa that will fit not only to your budget but also to the interior design of your living room. Many people shun away from getting a white sofa because it is quite hard to maintain the look

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Western Style Interior Design is often associated with the country, farmhouse and rustic look. Western Style homes usually make use of earthy colors with a dash of reds and yellows here and there, pottery home decors, leather sofas and ottomans, lots of wood and stones of different surfaces and textures. Another special feature

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Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, never met, but their styles became legendary all the same.  Jimi's music was carried kept alive by Vaughan, and was one of his main inspirations.  There were many others that Stevie followed religiously and kept their music alive.  This is a great piece of art that has morphe

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Our bedroom should make us feel relaxed, comfortable, and rejuvinated, the way we feel when we are on a vacation or holiday break.  You can have that same ambiance in your own home for your bedroom and feel to be perpetually on a holiday.  Get design ideas for a resort style bedroom and incorporate it in your own bedr

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Here’s a new twist on an old favorite. This ring was fabricated (as apposed to casting) using Sterling Silver sheet and wire, oxidized to enhance detail.

My prior Anemone designs (seen here) were all hand sculpted using Precious Metal Clay (PMC). The benefits of fabrication vs. casting / PMC are: 1.) Longer Wear due to greater density (oft

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Man’s fascination with time, to others an obsession of time continues up to now since its concept was first introduced. A wide variety of things were invented to measure time. From the Egyptian’s bent T-square-like device, to the use of candles and incense, to our cellular phones, time is always there to remind us of our appointments, chores

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I so love teapots, especially those that gives a feeling of warmth in spite of its uniqueness. Here are a couple of unique teapots that I have found around the net but also exudes warmth and delight.
I so love teapots, especially those that gives a feeling of warmth in spite of its uniqueness. Here are a couple of unique teapots that I have

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