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http://www.StarkSIlverCreek.com What does an exhibition look like made only of thread? By A Thread is an exhibition featuring contemporary art that uses thread as a medium to communicate the ideas, visions, and conceptual explorations.

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Damien Hirst record sale at Sothebys

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ALEX PEREZ
Contemporary Realistic paintings

“ITALY VIEWS” paintings exhibition,
these paintings are for sale in my Website and Blog:

Website: http://www.a-perez.com/
Blog:http://perezart.blogspot.com/

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I thank and give the credits to Enya and her wonderful music that gives us so much happiness and I think it’s the best background music for my paintings.

Alex Perez Copyright © 2009 All Rights Reserved.

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my first set of acrylic abstracts. enjoy! can’t wait to do more
pavlikart on ebay
artbycarey on etsy

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-Carey Pavlik

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http://artstudiosecrets.com Oil painting demonstration, painting alla prima from life. This video shows the process of painting a peony from life, including composition, color mixing, laying out the drawing, and approaching the painting in a methodical way for best results. Please visit our website for more demonstrations, workshops, and more.

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In this video I show the home of Zhang Rui, one of China´s top art collectors. The video was filmed yesterday at the inauguration party of Zang Rui´s Guggenheimesque home. The collection is amazing. It does contain some art that may offend Christians. My apologies in advance for this.

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When painting with oil paints on canvas, why do people use linseed oil?

Oil paint is basically pigment and an oil acting as the vehicle for pigment. Oil contributes a translucent quality to paint. Using oil as the binder/vehicle, pigment appears more vibrant than with any other vehicle. Linseed oil is one of the most common oils used in premixed oil paint. Other oils are walnut, safflower and poppy. Each has different characteristics. You can mix these oils with one another and adjust their individual properties.

When linseed oil is added to the paint at the time of application it is usually to increase flow and/or transparency without compromising the strength of the paint layer. This can be done two ways. One can mix the oil directly into the paint mixture as a medium. One can also use a technique called "painting into a couch" where a thin layer of oil is rubbed onto the area to be painted then the paint is brushed into this oil.

People sometimes believe using a solvent like mineral spirits or turpentine is the only way to thin or increase the flow of the paint. Oil can also be used however there is a distinct difference. A solvent will evaporate leaving a layer of paint with its original ratio of oil to pigment. When paint is thinned with additional oil, the oil ratio remains adjusted and on the fat or high concentration of oil side of the scale. For this reason using additional oil should be limited to the outer layers of paint and never the lower or underlayers. This will help prevent creating a situation where the paint wrinkles or cracks.

Additional oil also increases transparency of the paint and is therefore useful when using glazing techniques.

One other reason to add linseed oil is to level the paint. Leveling is a situation where the paint flattens out after the brushstroke is applied to the surface. The opposite of leveling would be impasto where the stroke retains its form after being applied to the canvas.

Adding linseed oil to a paint mixture does not thicken the mixture. The only oil that thickens a mixture is Stand oil. Stand oil is used as a medium and is never used as the primary vehicle for pigment. Because it is so thick Stand oil is usually thinned with a solvent when being used as a medium.

The objective is:

To case study ONE contemporary art/design example dealing with disease and disability

Please help!

An angel trying desperately to drag itself free from a quicksand pit of crude oil .

It’s an impossible task even with help but a little kindness may just keep the angel from sinking .

Kate Kretz’s painting of Angelina Jolie and her kids titled, "Blessed art thou" is almost realistic and uses the image and likeness of Angelina Jolie. I heard the painting is up for sale for around $50000. Is it allowed to paint a celebrity like this, make oney out of the painting without getting sued? Why isn’t Angelina suing Kate Kretz? Can I also make a painting of a celebrity (of course not an exact copy of a photograph) and not get sued for the painting?

Yes, you can paint a celebrity as long as you don’t copy someone’s photograph (photographs are under copyright) and your rendering is creative and original. You have to avoid anything that might be considered libelous, and an advertising company couldn’t use such a painting to sell products, since that would suggest that the celebrity was endorsing the products. But although Ms. Jolie could try to sue, she probably would not win. She’s a public figure, images of her and her children are everywhere, and photographers are making money off of them all the time.