It is all very well for a professional designer to tell you to minimise the clutter in your home. However, this generally means having nothing on display, removing all photo frames and putting your clothes away as soon as you take them off and we all know that is never going to happen for any [...]
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Refresh Your Walls
You are probably well aware that your walls are more than just way for your home to hold up its roof. The walls of your home are also able to divide rooms as well as bring spaces together. And your walls are often also an important anchor for your furniture, not to mention a much [...]
Dark Vintage Backdrop
Vintage is a fun decorating style to indulge in, but don’t worry because it doesn’t have to be all sheer curtains and doilies. Using a dark base colour for your vintage decorating you can enjoy a lively and modern style which your whole family will warm to. Your dark base can come in the form [...]
Aventurine/Sunstone
Combination of feldspar and quartz, it is usually in soft green and varies from semi translucent to opaque with flecks of mica. It is also available in colors of yellow, reddish-brown, greenish-brown, bluish-green, orange and silver. The Aventurine is the chosen gemstone for the 8th anniversary of marriage. It makes a beautiful necklace or eardrops [...]
Off the Wall Art Stuck to the Ceiling
I was asked if the Mural Canvas Print titled: “Dragonfly in the Pergola” Could be pasted to a ceiling. The answer is yes! The next question of course was how. So I decided to make this post for anyone who would like to paste a canvas mural print to a ceiling. How to Paste a [...]
Charging White Horse on Beach Painting
Looking through my archives I found this beautiful horse painting by Susanne Renne Leasure. It is a white horse galloping and splashing through the water on the beach of Morro Bay, Ca. A horse running on the beach is a beautiful enough scene. Susanne, however, has combined a beautiful horse painting in a unique seascape [...]
Art and the Mind
The human mind “wants” to make sense of what it sees. Therefore, it takes the information presented to it and makes certain assumptions based on an inclination. An example of this is the vague shadows and reflections coming from inside a closet in a child’s room at night. If the child believes in monsters, the [...]
Blowhole – A great cure for a headache !
Because of the positions of my arm and shoulders while painting, coupled with stress, and forgetting to eat, I woke up with severe pains in my neck and shoulders. I was exasperated since I knew that it would mean at least two days of crippling pain. The headaches I get often cause depression because of [...]
How to Express Depth in a Painting of Water
Rivers, oceans, ponds and even puddles often enhance paintings of water with beautiful plays of light. I love the way sun-baked river rocks reveal vibrant earth tone colors where the river water has washed over them. Experiencing an amazing water scene, you may find it difficult to create a painting of water that has that [...]
Ocean Reef Wall Art Paintings
by Paul on 18. Nov, 2007 in Art Inspirations, Artist Comments, How to paint, Seascapes
I have spent countless hours observing and digitally photographing the ocean reef. Fascinated by the movement of the sea foam, I pondered about the possibilities of capturing the fundamental nature of what makes the ocean reef so beautiful. My wonder soon transformed into resolve. For four years, it was been my aim to paint wall [...]