Design Packet Lessons...
These designs are available for your immediate purchase and download. Select - purchase- download - paint! You can read the details of these designs on the Design Showcase page in the menu bar or visit the E-packets section of our AAO Store.
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Testimony about the new e-packets from AAO - "I think that these packets are the best on the market, bar none. Well thought out, well organized, tons of incredibly close up photos and value scales galore. The next best thing to having the teacher in the room with you. The format is absolutely AWESOME! It is so incredible to have the step photos integrated with those little boxes with arrows pointing right to the area under discussion. A wonderful innovation!
Susan Johnson, The Apple Tree, Springfield, Virginia
Painting Designs with DecoArt Traditions Acrylics |
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| These designs showcase the multimedia applications of Traditions They feature acrylic, extended blending (oil emulation) and watercolor possibilities! |
Please visit the Design Showcase Link in the Menu bar for many more designs.
Products of interest in our Online Store...
- New Traditions brushes!!! You don't want to miss these - brushes designed by artists for all methods and techniques! Excellent quality!
- Mini Palettes - these are excellent for storing individual palettes for paintings. great to travel with!
- Laminated Theory Cards and Classroom Posters - These are teaching tools for the student and the instructor.
- Gift Certificates - Gift certificates from the Art Apprentice Online can be purchased in amounts ranging from $10.00 to $200.00. What better gift to share with your artistic friends and family. Give or receive a gift that feeds creativity.
Tips and Tidbits for the artist...
- Can't see those graphite lines? run your hand across any dusty surface in your home, then rub the graphite lines on your surface! Viola! Now you see the line! (this is probably the only time dust will be useful!)
- Remove paint - Hand sanitizer removes Traditions paint from clothing and carpets.
- Remove paint - Another product that you can use for removing paint, even dried paint is called ‘Spot Shot’ and is an instant carpet stain remover made by WD40 Company. You can purchase this product your local hardware store.
- Mini brush case - Drinking straws make perfect protective holders for your specialty 'quill' or liner brushes. Tape one end to prevent the brush from falling out. Store upright in a jar.
Suggestions...
- Promote the SDP - When you take a class, teach a class, or go anywhere painting or art related, please share information about the Society of Decorative Painters with others. To read more about this art society community visit the page on this website dedicated to them. You will find it under Art Resources.
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Funny Side and Strange Things - "Laughter is the shortest distance between two people" ~ Victor Borge
- On making your own carmine pigments..."How to make super-excellent carmine. Take an egg; make a hole in it so that the white will run out, then take mercury and fill the egg with it, stop up the hole and lute it according to the best of your ability; then bury it two feet deep in horse-dung which is very much exposed to the sun, and do this in the dog-days. Leave it in this situation for 40 days, then take it out, with great care, lest it should break; then break it, and you will find in it a living animal; let the animal die, and preserve it, it will fall to powder; use this powder, which will be a most splendid carmine, for painting and miniatures, but you must beware of the smell at the beginning." - Now aren't you glad you don't have to find and make your own pigments for painting? This came from the Paduan Manuscripts - other source unknown.
Take a closer look at a masterpiece!!
Jacob van Hulsdonck, Still Life with lemon, oranges and a pomegranate,
about 1620-1640, Dutch, Oil on panel.
We thought you might enjoy a few moments with a charming painting by the famous Dutch Master, Jacob van Hulsdonck. While on a visit to the Getty museum in California, we had the pleasure to study this interesting and colorful masterpiece. What an experience to see the detail in the texture. There are many observations to be made... see if you can pick them out. Hint... transparency...
Puzzles
These puzzles were created for your fun and enjoyment - feel free to share with friends and family. There are puzzles featured through out the website, we hope you will take a moment or two with a coffee break to enjoy them and pass them on.
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