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The Tube-Wringer Story

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 editor 42 Views Headline

The Tube-Wringer was invented in the 1970s by Oregon inventor John Gill. As more products came in tubes, he saw that many tubes were thrown out still partially filled with

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Mike Strickland Writes About “Bio-Thinner”

April 26, 2019April 27, 2019 editor 1670 Views Headline

As an artist who is very sensitive to the traditional solvents used in oil painting, I have been searching for an alternative for a number of years. The first replacement

Leonardo da Vinci, and Mark Balma's painting inspired by

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Leonardo and Light

March 28, 2019June 2, 2019 editor 1068 Views Headline

According to Mark Balma, Leonard Da Vinci was an innovator in the realm of painting, as well as his many other inventions. In the previous tradition before Leonardo, painters would

Materials Technique

The Progressive Focus Method For Painting a Portrait In Oils

November 29, 2018April 26, 2019 editor 1698 Views Headline

By William F. Martin For years I struggled, attempting to paint a portrait that displayed a relatively accurate likeness of the subject. I tried gridding, sketching, accurate drawing, using “classic

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Save Every Last Drop of Canada Balsam

November 3, 2018April 26, 2019 editor 1404 Views Headline

The well known and highly regarded artist Bill Martin has a great idea about how to save your Canada Balsam… Don’t waste even a dram of your precious Canada Balsam.

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The Bio-based Revolution and Art Materials

September 23, 2018April 26, 2019 editor 1451 Views Headline

According to the University of Minnesota a bio-based revolution is underway, and it is fundamentally changing how the world produces and consumes food, animal feed, fiber, chemicals, fuel, energy –

History Materials

SPIKE LAVENDER OIL AND THE ANCIENTS

September 23, 2018April 26, 2019 editor 963 Views Headline

Oil of Spike Lavender has been known and used since ancient times, along with several other species of lavender. The doctors of the Ancient Alexandrian school used various lavenders in

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PAINTING WITH SPIKE LAVENDER – MARK PATNODE’S RECIPE

September 23, 2018May 21, 2019 editor 1535 Views Headline

When Mark was young, he would come home from school to find his mother working on a painting in one room while preparing her latest dinner creation in the kitchen.

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KATHRYN NOSKA – DEEPER MEANINGS

September 19, 2018April 26, 2019 editor 1189 Views Headline

My motto, “Take Time to Find the Unseen” is realized through Symbolism, the language of my art. I explore the deeper meanings of things which I bring to light by

History Philosophy

IS ART ABOUT PATTERNS OR PEOPLE?

September 4, 2018April 26, 2019 editor 1346 Views Headline

In the historical development of Western art, early Christianity was a major source of inspiration, development and preservation. However, as defined by the highly influential Augustine of Hippo in the

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