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Book Review and Giveaway: All About Drawing Horses & Pets

December 29th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Book Reviews

Walter Foster has a strong reputation for publishing books that reach the budding artist. This book for drawing horses and other pets is recommended for adults and children over 6 years of age. Start with the basics and begin to fill in the details. Learn more and enter to win the book here.

Contest ends January [...]

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Book Review and Giveaway: The Art of Drawing Animals

September 1st, 2009 at 05:00am Under Book Reviews

Learn how to draw amazingly realistic animals with The Art of Drawing Animals from Walter Foster, a leader in arts and crafts book. Find tools, materials, elements of drawing, basic pencil techniques, shading, textures, and perspective in this book. Create your own artwork or embellish handmade cards, scrapbook pages and more. We are giving away [...]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Dragon Drawing Book

May 5th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Book Reviews+ drawing

Dragons: Learn To Draw Like The Masters
From The Notebooks of Eugene Caine
Publisher: Walter Foster
ISBN: 978-1-60058-574-6

There are so many levels of learning to this book. First, it’s a lovely insight into putting together art journals or notebooks. The inspiration of seeing a beautiful book and slowly turning each page is a joy. Second, we all need [...]

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Color Me Crazy-Kids’ Crayon Crafts

April 16th, 2009 at 01:31pm Under drawing

You’re always yelling at your children not to draw on the walls, keep the marker on the paper, don’t draw on the table. Well now your kids can draw on their clothes. I found this neat craft that allows kids to use their imagination while drawing on their t-shirts and breaking crayons apart. All you [...]

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Etsy Pick: Illuminated Letters

February 2nd, 2009 at 05:53am Under Etsy Picks

I might have mentioned that I attended Trinity College here in Dublin for my Master’s in literature. As the college was founded in 1592, the old Trinity library houses countless old books of exceptional value. You can walk through the main, vaulted hall of the library and gasp at the shelves stacked to the ceiling [...]

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Calling All Art Teachers!

January 30th, 2009 at 09:40am Under Events+ Kids

I believe that art and craft can make our lives better.  Art and craft can especially enhance a child’s life.  Sadly, art programs are the first to go when school budgets get tighter.  Sargent Art is having a great contest for kids (K-12) that I wanted to share with everyone.
Teachers are asked to submit digital [...]

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