http://painting.about.com/ Painting http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/07/test-your-color-sense.htm How good are you at judging subtle changes in hue or the tone of a color? This hue test requires some patience to do, but once you get going the... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/07/test-your-color-sense.htm 2008-09-07T00:05:03Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/06/5-ways-to-ruin-a-painting.htm Not every painting is destined to be a masterpiece, but some paintings are doomed to failure right from the start because of one relatively simple mistake. Here's a list of... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/06/5-ways-to-ruin-a-painting.htm 2008-09-06T00:10:41Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/05/stained-is-not-the-same-as-unwashed.htm "I've started painting using acrylics, I've been practicing painting skies and the tip of the brush is faint blue, does this matter?" -- Ash Short 'n sweet: no. Well, actually, not... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/05/stained-is-not-the-same-as-unwashed.htm 2008-09-05T00:05:51Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/04/talking-about-copying-art.htm "I got kind of disheartened by doing my own original work ... none of it ever sold and eventually I felt like I was just spinning my wheels and spending... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/04/talking-about-copying-art.htm 2008-09-04T00:05:39Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/03/playing-with-perspective-matisse-style.htm When we're looking at a painting it's impossible for our knowledge of how the world works and is laid out not to automatically be applied, so we don't need everything... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/03/playing-with-perspective-matisse-style.htm 2008-09-03T00:05:53Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/02/picture-painted-in-1000-pages.htm The cliché has it that a picture is worth a 1,000 words, so could a painter then be worth 1,000 pages? Certainly biography Hilary Spurling thought so with her two-volume... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/02/picture-painted-in-1000-pages.htm 2008-09-02T00:10:20Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/01/why-paint.htm When Matisse was asked in a 1942 radio interview why he painted, he said:"Why, to translate my emotions, my feelings, and the reactions of my sensibility into color and design,... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/09/01/why-paint.htm 2008-09-01T00:01:18Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/08/31/knit-a-moleskine-cover.htm You get "socks" for cellphones and music players, so why not a treasured Moleskine? About.com's Guide to Knitting, Sarah White, has full instructions for how to knit a Moleskine cozy.... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/08/31/knit-a-moleskine-cover.htm 2008-08-31T00:05:25Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/08/30/make-a-paints-organizer.htm How do your organize the paints you use? Forum member Siamese99 has posted a photo of a nifty tube and brush organizer she put together."I took scrap pieces of wood,... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/08/30/make-a-paints-organizer.htm 2008-08-30T03:19:23Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/08/29/painting-tip-of-the-week-cleaning-up-oil-paint.htm This week's painting tip is from Painting Forum Host Starrpoint and is about cleaning up your hands and brushes after oil painting. Read this week's painting tip... Got a great... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/08/29/painting-tip-of-the-week-cleaning-up-oil-paint.htm 2008-08-29T00:05:42Z