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Christmas Cards

Gregory Manchess

Wishing family and friends, even strangers, goodwill and happiness and health, the Christmas Season brings with it natural, creative expressions. Art plays its role in the sharing of these sentiments and none more special than in a simple Christmas card. I’ve often wondered who these artists are that we share every year without recognizing their singular contributions. They appear nameless, unsung, and ignored. Yet they carry such heartfelt messages. In recent years, I’ve begun buying…

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Art Hacks: Scanning, Printing and mounting a Drawing on panel.

Scott Fischer

July 29, 2025 - Howdy folks! Bit of a nuts and bolts post here. I get asked all the time how I go about mounting a drawing I've done, to panel. Maybe you've done a drawing and you dig it so much you don't want to paint over it?  Maybe you want to have the original drawing available for a collector? Heck, maybe you want to simply paint bigger than your original drawing? I gotcha covered. Plus, I also go a little deeper and take you into the scanning and printing part of the process too. Of course there is loads of info out there on these subjects, including a fabulous mounting Q&A by our own Donato Giancola here: https://donatoarts.com/mounting-paper-to-panel So take what you will from this video demo (Keep an eye out for a Cthulhu appearance!) and modulate…

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