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1. Contemporary Art Quilts This lens is a work in progress and is my view of the art quilt movement. It's not meant to encompass everything about contemporary quilting, but the portion of it that interests me. Feel free to contact me, using the link in the sidebar, with comm...
2. Inchies Inchies are the eeny teeny evolution of the popular artist trading card revolution. Everything from traditional art to altered art to art quilts are made in one inch squares. Here you will find examples, tips, how-to's, swaps and more! Image of my fi...
3. The Best ArtRage Videos This lens collects all the best video tutorials for ArtRage (both 2.5 and 3), as well as some lovely music videos of pictures being painted. ArtRage is an extremely realistic painting program, that I have written numerous lenses about - see the first...
4. Mixed Media Art Technically speaking, "mixed media" is any combination of two or more primary artistic mediums combined in a single piece of artwork. Popular materials for mixed media art include, but are certainly not limited to, paper, hardware, wood, shells, fab...
5. Art and the Economy - Resources for Artists Are you concerned about the impact of the economy on artists and selling art? What will a recession mean for artists? Find out about making and marketing art in an economic slowdown. Topics include: - rethinking your approach to art - being business...
6. Saint Sebastian Saint Sebastian has been depicted in numerous paintings and sculptures throughout the centuries and the world.  In the majority of them, he's depicted as nude, tied to a pole and riddled with arrows.  Why such a popular image?  Check h...
7. Mixed Media The heart of the mixed media artist is one that asks, I wonder what would happen if...There is no art material that you don't want to try, and the most fun is seeing how they can be combined into new forms. Coloring outside the lines comes naturally...
8. Craft Ideas For Kids Sometimes it's ideal to set the children down at the table, give them a craft to work on and then enjoy the focused peace and quiet that lasts for about five minutes! Other times, it's more fun to have the entire family get involved in a craft projec...
9. Bead Art To bead or not to bead...is not a question worth even asking! The real question is, WHAT to bead? As an art form, beading has progressed far beyond the stringing of simple necklaces and the stitching of decorative edges on cloth. You will find links...
10. TinEye - The Reverse Image Search Engine TinEye is a different kind of search engine. "It's being used by researchers who need to find where an image came from to provide attribution, even people who are trying to find out who people are in old photos. We had somebody who had a...
11. Sarasota Season of Sculpture | Season Five Exhibition Season five of the Sarasota Season of Sculpture displays 12 sculptures on the Bayfront through May 31st. Titled "Organic Lyricism," the exhibit is curated by the Sculpture Foundation, which owns the sculptures. The curator narrowed the piec...
12. Drawing My life's experience with drawing - written by possibly the world's oldest living 'emerging artist'.   I think I started drawing at the age of five or six and I remember laying on our olive green 'shag' carpeted living room with a pencil an...
13. Free Craft Ideas Firstly a very warm welcome to Crafts To Make. There are so many different crafts ideas to tempt you and your family to take up crafting as a hobby. The amazing thing about crafting is that there is something for every season and every age! Here at...
14. Discobolos | Discus Thrower Forget the argument that Unconditional Surrender does not belong on Sarasota's bayfront because of the copies installed elsewhere: Sarasota 1920s-era trendsetter John Ringling set the precedent for installing copies of famous art from somewhere e...
15. Gay Art Here I am posting art I have created over the years from the gay, GLBT, LGBT, Queer (or whatever the catch phrase of the week is) community. The art shown here encompases some of my gay community themed art created from about 1990 upto curre...
16. Wyland Galleries | Marine Art Wyland Galleries on St Armands Circle in Sarasota, Florida presents glass sculptor David "Big Wave Dave" Wight Monday, November 30- Saturday, December 5, 2009. Wight  captures the dynamic of the ocean wave in molten glass. During his w...
17. The Best Books for Artists There's nothing like a good old fashioned book, that you can hold in your hands, filled with beautiful art, to instruct and inspire artist and art lover alike.  Some of the books recommended here instruct, some are biographies and some are histo...
18. Soul Food Cafe The Soul Food Cafe is a portal for artists and writers alike. It is a safe haven where creativity flourishes. Soul Food Cafe aims to promote creative pursuits as a daily practice. The static, Web 1.0 part of this site is quite literally overflowing w...
19. Art Quilts     What's the real difference between an art quilt and a traditional quilt?  I don't know...does it really matter?
20. Painting Art Tips- for the beginner artist This lens is dedicated to beginner artists who wish to explore their artistic creativity through painting.I will guide you through the painting process, help find art supplies and provide some ideas on what to do with your masterpiece when it is done...