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1. 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...
2. 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...
3. 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...
4. 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...
5. How to Make Jewelry using Troll Beads I'm sure you've seen the typical craft beads that most homemade jewelry makers commonly use; now here are some beads that, after you learn how to make jewelry with them, they will make the standard jewelry bead as exciting as the first moving picture...
6. ASCII & ANSI - Text Art The first thing poping into your mind is probably the question what "ASCII" = text characters on your computer and "Art" have to do with each other and how there can be "Styles" and not to mentiion "a Scene".&n...
7. 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...
8. 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...
9. Art Quilts     What's the real difference between an art quilt and a traditional quilt?  I don't know...does it really matter?
10. Beeswax Collage Yes, you read it right---beeswax collage. The art of creating collage using beeswax as the adhesive is hardly new, but mixed-media artists are giving the technique new life.
11. Artist Trading Cards Artist Trading Cards-  Little pocket size pieces of art.  Small enough to carry around, big enough to fill your heart.  Each ATC (Artist Trading Card) measures 2.5X 3.5 inch or 64 X 89 mm card stock. The original intent is to trade them...
12. Collage Collage...it's so accessible, even a young child can do it. And yet, you may never finish mining the depths of what you can create. Collage is such an integral part of so many other art forms as well ~ assemblage, altered books and other altered arts...
13. Artistamps & Faux Postage Artistamps go by many different names: faux postage, postoids, cinderellas. All of these terms basically describe an artist-created stamp that is not used as real postage. These stamps are created simply as an art form unto themselves, and are often...
14. Altered Books Cut, glue, and paint!  Why would anyone want to treat a book that way?  Didn't we get punished for doing that when we were children?  Come and see what can be done with books that were destined for the landfill...  
15. A Painting a Day Visit - www.vescuderoart.blogspot.com
16. Art Lenses Lenses which focus on various art forms!  All lenses, all the time  :-)
17. Ceramics Are ceramics your passion?  Is clay your creative outlet?  Do you dream about which glaze to use, or how to fire your work?  Or, are you a collector looking for information about the ceramic making process.  You'll find it here!&n...