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One subject that presents photographers with wonderful opportunities but also a lot of challenges is the spider’s web. There’s something about their delicate nature (while also being incredibly strong for their size), flexibility and beauty that draws me to them every time.
But how do you photograph spider’s webs? Here are 11 tips to [...]
FOR most of us, a spring clean will yield nothing more valuable than the handful of loose change that slipped down the back of the sofa.
But in the royal household, things are a little different.
When the Queen decided to dust off an old painting for an exhibition it was to lead to a discovery that [...]
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This looks easy but I can assure you that it is extremely difficult to do well as I tried it with a Year 11 Art class.
l to r: Works by Ray Besserdin and Gail Armstrong
Paper cutting is a traditional art that has evolved throughout the course of Chinese cultural development. Its origin is closely [...]
A simple idea and yet nobody has ever done anything like this before - that’s what we love about art.
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No, I couldn’t do it …. they would all be eaten by now!
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A wonderfully inspiring step-by-step oil painting of a snow leopard created by Jason Morgan, contributing editor at wetcanvas.View the complete article with text here: http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/5678/751/index.php
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“Snow Leopard - Painting a LARGE canvas”
Author: Jason_Morgan, Contributing Editor
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A REAL community . . . West End is one of Brisbane’s quirkiest suburbs.
By Kathleen Noonan
Today I went down to West End. Because there’s nowhere else in Brisbane you can quietly wander a few streets and pick up some organic ginger powder from a greengrocer, buy my happy herb supply, get a perfectly tailored [...]
from correspondents in London
20 March, 2007
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Lemon Marilyn… one of Andy Warhol’s now-famous portraits of
Marilyn Monroe is expected to fetch up to $18 million when it is
auctioned, even though the current owner bought it for just $250 in 1962
A PORTRAIT of Marilyn Monroe bought for $250 is expected to fetch over $US15 million ($18.8 [...]
Vladimir Kush is a Russian born painter, who is identified with the metaphorical realism movement.
Born in 1965 in Moscow, he learned to draw at home and started attending an art school at the age of 7. He entered the Moscow art institute at 17, and when he went for his mandatory two years of military [...]
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This Cane Toad has been keeping me awake for the last week or so with his repetitive croak and he has decided to make our fish pond his home. I spotted him this morning when I was feeding our goldfish and I took a photograph of him resting on the side of our pond. This [...]
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