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Exhibitions, competitions & your work

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Eleven weeks of call for entries left

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My wife likes it but I don't.

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Artist Introductions

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Drawing

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Camera lucida again

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Watercolour painting

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Scratching out

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Can you glaze thin over thicker with acrylics?

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Oils

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The Alizarin saga continues

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Pastel

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Combining Chalk and Oil pastels

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Mixed media

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Cobalt

by Robert Jones, NAPA

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Other media

Are you using any other media in your work? Here's the place to talk about it with other users

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Does anyone use Casein paint?

by Robert Jones, NAPA

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Art book and DVD reviews

Read any good art books lately? Or watched a really helpful DVD? Let other users know what you thought here.

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New book, Alwyn and June Crawshaw

by Robert Jones, NAPA

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Easel recommends for the larger canvas.

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Buy, Sell & Wanted

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Website address - PerfectArtworks.com

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Art Materials

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Drawing should be fun - and I've found a means to make it so

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Website responds little or not at all

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Art Tuition

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Art Tuition Help Needed!

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Artistic Inspiration

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Inspiration from Artists Wk 112 Bonus Artist Rodger McPhail

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Water color for newbies?

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