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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Need to Print and Scan 11x17in Art?

Winona Nelson

I got a new printer/scanner recently and since there's only one model of this kind of device that I know of, and since it's been working well, I am going to give it a recommendation here! I think it will be useful for anyone who needs to print and scan 11x17 sized reference and art images. For more than a decade I have been using an Epson WorkForce 7510 combo printer/scanner because I needed to…

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Using Unconventional Painting Tools

Vanessa Lemen

August 15, 2024 -   The three stages of this painting show the underlying layer of marks made with spatulas, combs, and drips, and then the softening of the atmosphere in the top layers Some folks have shown interest in the tools I use for the mark-making in my paintings, so I thought I'd do a post here about some of them. Besides alternating between bristles and sables for different effects and purposes, there are some lesser known or unconventional painting tools I use for many of the marks that my paintings consist of. In fact, the unconventional tools are what I tend to use more than the more conventional tools, much of the time. I use the word 'unconventional' only because it's a word that we all can relate to as a definition, but I don't necessarily find…

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