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Oil Painting Basics
Filled with encouraging, easy-to-follow instruction, Oil Painting for the Absolute Beginner is a no-fear, no-experience-required guide to enjoyable painting and happy results.
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Jumpstart Your Creativity!
How do you keep your work fresh? Artist Mary Todd Beam looks to the more experimental grounds, glazes and additives—gesso, gel medium, tar gel, absorbent ground, acrylic glazing liquid, acrylic flow release and iridescent paints—to fuel her creative process. Take a closer look at these seven popular mediums and discover what they can do for your work in our latest $1.99 download.





Paint Dramatic Acrylic Flowers with
Mark Mehaffey DVD 


In this workshop Mark demonstrates the versatility of acrylics by painting thin and thick, matte and shiny, smooth and textural. Using reference photos and a full value range to create high contrasts, he guides you step by step to create a dramatic iris painting.


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The full book contains over 25 techniques and demos, plus insightful instruction to help you heighten your awareness of color, texture and design. 

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Free Fine Art Desktop Wallpapers
Download free desktop wallpapers of fine art  featured in The Artist's Magazine, The Pastel Journal, Watercolor Artist, North Light Books and Impact Books.

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Keeping Your Art Fresh: Ideas & Inspiration
Join artist Nancy Reyner as she shares insights on ideas, motivations, and ways to keep your art inventive and personal. Reyner shares tips and advice from 64 contemporary artists interviewed for her new book Acrylic Innovation, along with here own struggles, inventions and processes to keep that passion alive.
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Creating Luminous Watercolor
Landscapes : A Four-Step Process with Sterling Edwards.

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