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Make a Crystal Creation

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:58:00 +0000

This is a great project to do with your kids. All you need is water, salt, ammonia, and liquid bluing to grow your own crystal creation. Don't expect immediate results. This video was shot over the course of a week.

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Children's art is just - Art

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:31:00 +0000

Art consultant Katherine Gibson likes to think of children's art as just that — art.
Just because your pint-sized Picasso created those enthusiastic swirls of red, yellow and blue doesn't mean it's not worthy of framing and hanging on the walls alongside the grownup artists.
"Sometimes kids have that special something that even abstract painters have," explains Gibson, whose business, ArtHouse3, helps people find artwork they love and who also helps people hang art in their homes.
"It doesn't have to be labeled 'child art.' It's just art you like. It's nice to mix it in with the rest of your art. No matter what age someone is, they can have talent."
Displaying artwork made by your child — or your niece, nephew or neighbor for that matter — doesn't have to be a visual challenge, experts say.
It should be a fun, creative project, one that can sometimes involve your child in the decisionmaking process — especially if he or she brings home multitudes of beautiful art.
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Face painting for Kids

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:05:00 +0000

Face paint is an artistic application of cosmetic "paint" to a person's face. There are special cosmetic "paints" made just for face painting. For painting on kid's face, the paint should be choosen carefully. "Craft" paints are not meant for use on skin and are not acceptable, nor are watercolor pencils or markers. These can cause staining and allergic reactions.
From ancient times, it has been used for hunting, religious reasons, and military reasons (such as camouflage and membership in a military unit).

Face painting is very popular among children at theme parks, theme parties and festivals throughout the world. Though the majority of face painting is geared towards children, many teenagers and adults enjoy being painted for special events.

There are many kinds of face paint :
Designs that include the emblems of favorite sports teams, cartoon characters, animals and other designs that are "cute" or otherwise appealing to the children .
Simple face painting designs are not complex and can be done by anyone. To make simple face painting designs, all it takes is some creativity along with some confidence. Any type of face painting creation has a underlying simple face painting design to it.

Paint a creature : A funny way

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:09:00 +0000

Materials required to paint a creature
Paper
Water-based paint
Paintbrushes
Water
Containers for water
Marker pen

Now if you are ready with all the above,

1.Casually paint over the paper with many colours
2.Let the colours run into each other which create colour clouds .
3.Let the whole thing dry.
4.Play with your imagination : Find faces and creatures in the colour cloud and outline with marker pen , put eyes, nose etc. as you like.
You are ready for the show !

Take care of your Paintbrushes !

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:45:00 +0000

A natural/artificial hair brush utilized in one medium (oil paint, acrylic, watercolor, etc.) should not be used again in a different medium, unless the nature of each medium and accompanying solvent affects the hairs of the brushes differently. Using brushes across mediums can cause them to distress prematurely. This information does not apply to synthetic hair brushes.
Paint and solvent residue should be cleaned from brushes immediately after use. After removing most of the paint from the bristles manually with an appropriate solvent, detergent and water should be used to clean the brush further. After a thorough cleaning, natural hair brushes benefit from using a brush conditioner on the hairs to restore oils. A conditioner can be worked into the bristles which can then be shaped to a point and left to dry. Before the next painting session, the conditioner should be removed with water. Art materials manufacturers have produced a variety of specialized products designed for specific brush types and medium usage.
Brushes should not be left bristle-end down in solvent for a prolonged period. Doing so will cause distress to the brush shape and may cause the bristles to splay out and lose their original shape. Different methods of suspending brushes in solvent exist (including a metal spring, mesh or clamp) that grip brush handles and do not allow the bristles of the brush to touch the bottom of the solvent container. Also, leaving brushes in solvent for a prolonged period can cause damage to the bristles themselves by stripping oils and swelling, to the ferrule, to the adhesive used to hold bristles in place, and to the wooden handle.
An eco-friendly way of removing oil paint from brushes while paint is wet is to immerse brush in a container containing vegetable oil. The oil will naturally cleanse away the oil paint. Use a large, plastic yogurt container with a lid, a short tin can like that in which tuna fish comes, flipped upside down with holes punched in bottom and fill the yogurt container half-way full with the vegetable oil. Swish brush, gently rubbing bristles on tin can and blot on cloth to remove excess oil and paint. Reuse oil over and over until it becomes too cloudy to use. Make sure to dispose of dirty oil properly in a sealable, non-recyclable container in your regular garbage disposal. Do not pour down sink.

Courtsy: wikipedia , artmaterials

Great painting cann't be created without great Paint brushes !

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:35:00 +0000

What are paintbrushes :

Paintbrushes are used for applying paint. These are usually made by clamping the bristles to a handle with a ferrule.
Paintbrushes can have many shapes. Their names and styles may vary slightly from manufacturer to manufacturer, there are certain consistencies. Traditionally, short handled brushes are for watercolor while the long handled brushes are for oil or acrylic paint. The styles of brush tip seen most commonly are as follows:

Round: The long closely arranged bristles of these brushes make them useful for detail
Flat: These are used for spreading paint quickly and evenly over a surface. They will have longer hairs than their Bright counterpart.
Bright: These are flat brushes with short stiff bristles and can be useful driving paint into the weave of a canvas in thinner paint applications, as well as thicker painting styles like impasto work.
Filbert: Flat brushes with domed ends. They allow good coverage and the ability to perform some detail work.
Fan: These are used for blending broad areas of paint.
Angle: These, like the Filbert, are versatile and can be applied in both general painting application as well as some detail work.
Mop: A larger format brush with a rounded edge for broad soft paint application as well as for getting thinner glazes over existing drying layers of paint without damaging lower layers.
Rigger: Round brushes with longish hairs, traditionally used for painting the rigging in pictures of ships. They are useful for fine lines and are versatile for both oils and watercolors.

courtsy : wikipedia

Children love to Paint !

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:43:00 +0000

Children of all ages love to paint.

The great thing about painting with children is that each painting is truly a work of great art to them... even if you can't understand what it is all about or what the object is . As with most children's crafts, painting is more about the process and the learning than it is about the product.

It's a great opportunity to teach children how to think outside the squire and use things you wouldn't normally think about painting with in their projects. They use different kinds of paint and paint different surfaces.

Instead of brushes, they use templates or stencils, or even use parts of their bodies! Painting with children can also be a great way for them to great fun, experiment, learn cause and affect, learn about colors and how they mix.