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The Difficulty of Getting An Art MajorIf you are a current or aspiring art student, this article may save your life.  Or...your last tuition payment.  Please :heart: this news article so the word gets out, and more art students can get their ass in gear.
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A heated argument broke out in my house this afternoon.
I live in a rental situation, renting a large room (with my own bathroom and workspace, real nice setup) in a Filipino household.  Love my landlord, get along great with the other housemates, but to emphasize the 'Filipino' aspect of the living situation, there's a lot of family taking residence here.  And with family, with teenage offspring, with high standards and expectations from the older immigrant generation speaking upon the younger American-born kin, tension is inevitable.
The daughter of one of the housemates is loo
Photography Troubleshooting: Snap to ProThis week we bring you another issue of Troubleshooting for Photographers, to hopefully give you some tips and explanations behind how to make your Photography look that little bit more professional. ^SanguineVamp noted that while there are a lot of folks in the photomanipulation community who enjoy taking photographs, there is also a great desire for people to learn a bit more about how to make them look more professional.
Firstly combining the elements of many of the articles that have already been written in this series (see the bottom of this article for links) will assist anybody in gearing their photographs up to look more professional. However ^IsacGoulart summed it up quite neatly with this rather epic quote...
“Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph."
Getting your work up to some sort of standard is always tricky. Especially if you are setting the standar
7 Reasons Why You Should Go to Art SchoolOne of the most frequently asked questions on this site is the infamous: "Is there a point in going to Art School?" It makes my blood pressure rise every time, not so much the question itself as the fact it is asked to, and answered by, people who have no business giving advice on the matter. This article seeks to answer it once and for all, and be warned that it may come across as cutting in certain places. There's a link to my CV in my journal for those who might wonder about my own qualifications.
The short answer is: Yes, there is a point. In fact, if you want to make a carreer out of art, or design, you must go to art school. You can dispense from it if one of the following applies to you:
:pointr: You're a genius in your chosen field. You have an innate grasp of art/design principles and the ability to impose your ideas in the field so that you don't even need to learn the nitty-gritty. Unlikely, or you'd be famous by now.
:pointr: You need a formation but you have
TUTORIAL: Taking And Ordering CommissionsOrdering And Taking Commissions

    Hello! c: As the title indicates, this is a tutorial on taking and and ordering commissions, which is really very simple if you know what you're doing! First a note: this is a tutorial based on MY experience and MY opinion. Does that mean everything in this tutorial is right and you must only follow this tutorial? Certainly not! I encourage you to study commissions by artists and ask experienced commission takers/receivers questions! The more the merrier! Please excuse any typos and grammar errors. Now, onward!
   Taking commissions
 You may be wanting to take commissions for tons of reasons, reasons
Photoshop CS5 color pickerJust found a neat little trick in Photoshop CS 5 by accident and wanted to share.
Anybody who has always wanted to have a shortcut for the color picker: Alt+Shift+right-click brings it up! Not sure if this works in CS4, too. It's different than the standard picker also, the color selection is swift and intuitive. Hover over color, release buttons!
So whoever didn't know, this comes in handy I think. :)
Well, if not, that's also ok. The world still goes round.
PS: Also, brushtool selected, clicking alt+right-click and dragging resizes brush.
I wonder how many comments I'll read about how I was the last person to know these things lol.
Common Misconceptions: Traditional ArtFirst of all, hello!:wave: It's been almost a year since I contributed a blog post to this lovely group so I want to say hi I'm back folks! I have a lot of artsy things to share with you all that I've learned (and am still learning) so hang on tight! While I was thinking what to write as my first topic, I decided to kind of go back to the beginning as far as our thinking as artists goes in the creation process. I've come up with a short series called "Common Misconceptions" just to debunk some myths and misguided trends that are so often part of what we experience as we grow. This first "Common Misconceptions" topic will focus on traditional art.
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Traditional is better than digital because it takes more talent and skill
WRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONGWRONG. Did I say that was wrong, I'll say it again for emphasis WRONG! Like all mediums, digital art is simply different than traditional art in the same way photography is different than fi
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Oil Painting: Educational Shorts

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 7:33 PM by *theartdepartment:icontheartdepartment:

These free videos are supplementary to The Art Department's Guide to Oil Painting premium content series.


Vanessa Lemen: Traditional Brushes


Vanessa Lemen: Alternate Materials for Oil Painting


Vanessa Lemen: Substrates for Oil


Vanessa Lemen: Mark-Making in Oil

Vanessa Lemen: Solvents & Mediums


John English: The Diversity of Oil


Brent Watkinson: Plein Air Painting


John English: Working Large


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Free tutorial videos on oil painting materials and techniques from John English, Brent Watkinson, Vanessa Lemen, and The Art Department.
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~Genny-Raskin Dec 7, 2012  Student General Artist
This is very enlightening, a good start for the new artist. :)
Thank you.
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~Claireobrienart Nov 17, 2012
Thanks
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~APersonalCharm Nov 17, 2012  Student General Artist
Wonderful videos, thank you!
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