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Restore a stretcher in 3 steps
The stretcher of your favorite canvas is damaged: with play between the wooden parts, traces of sawdust and insects? It is truly time to restore it! Don't stop there: paper and canvas may also need attention... Zoom: an activity at the limits of DIY.
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Restore: The Basic Concepts
Even if restoration sometimes affects the value, an old work needs periodic care to conserve its integrity. Always a gentle "medicine," which depends on the correct diagnosis!
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Landscapes: Creating an Atmosphere
The serenity of early morning, the surrealism of a foggy backdrop, the theatricality of a stormy scene… A memorable landscape is characterized first and foremost by an identifiable atmosphere.
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Landscapes: Working with Natural Elements
The role played by a natural setting (sky, sea, field, prairie, etc.) depends on the place that it occupies in the composition, but also on the treatment that it receives.
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Still life: selecting colors successfully
A still life is a composition of live objects! While the direction of the lines or paint brush strokes makes handling volumes easier, your perfect mastery of color is what gives them realistic contours.
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Composing Landscapes
Framing, organization, exhibition…Composing a landscape requires knowing how to observe, but also how to make the best decisions at the right moment.
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Composing a still life
A basket of fruit or vegetables, an armful of freshly gathered flowers or a pair of eyeglasses left near an open book: a still life is a freeze frame. Here are a few pointers to breathe some life into it!
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Hanging paintings on the wall
Hanging, lighting, positioning, arranging in groups or alone… Everything you need to know about the main techniques for highlighting one or more works of art.
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Drawing: Secrets of perspective
The word "perspective" comes from the Latin perspicere which means "seeing across." What does it mean in drawing and painting? This is a process for representing, on a two dimensional flat surface, what is seen three-dimensionally. There are no end of possibilities…
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Paint and Draw Outdoors
Reproducing the serenity of a landscape, drawing from life the activity of a market scene, or simply wanting to make the best of natural light … The reasons for working outdoors are numerous. The only thing left to do is to get very organized!
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