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Do you know anything about this topic? Share your expertise with our thousands of visitors each day by submitting your quality, informative 'Shows Paint' article, and if you become a member we will pay you for your unique and original work (note that all submissions are reviewed by our editors). Your Shows Paint Guide is Michael Russell. Recent articles submitted to your independent guide to Shows Paint 1. Buying Paintings Realism - By: Michael Russell In literature as well as art realism is the depiction of subjects as they appear in practical, everyday life. Realism does not deal with interpretation or embellishment. The point of realism is to capture people or situations in a gritty and real way. Similar to realist photography, the realist pain... Featured ArticleAh, Come On Baby, Stop Teasing, Show Me, Show Me, Show Me (show, Don't Tell) It's been a hard day. You settle into your most comfortable chair with the book you just bought. All you want to do is get lost in a good story for awhile. You open the book and begin to read. Which of the following would let you know that you're really holding a book that you can get lost in?"Jack was nervous as he entered the boardroom."Or"Jack entered the boardroom. He felt the knot in his stomach tighten as thirty five sets of eyes stared at him. A downp ...
Read full story 2. Painting Woodwork In And Around Your Home - By: Roger King There is no rule which says you must paint woodwork white, or strip it, or color it to merge with the walls. In a room whose walls, window frames and doors are in the same neutral color, you could paint the skirting board a clear contrasting color. This will define the line between... 3. Religious Paintings For My Gallery - By: Michael Russell I have a gallery that a local businessman financed. He wanted a place on the town square that featured religious paintings. Ive been busy buying religious painting for several years. I have found some very nice pieces and I have a lot of people purchase paintings that Ive found. One of... 4. How To Paint A Design On Leather Goods - By: Jake Berlin Sometimes your leather goods need a little help and you've got the urge to dye or paint it. With dye it's pretty straight forward, but if you want to paint it there's a little more involved to make it look good. Whenever you are attempting a project like this, always test it out on a scr... 5. Musical Themed Paintings - By: Michael Russell Musical themed paintings can be fun to find and fun to buy. I have a musician friend that recently purchased a new home. She bought new furnishings and asked me to find a new painting for her. I found her a fabulous creation by Osnat. It was an enormous, gallery size painting. My frie... 6. Modern Oil Paintings - By: Michael Russell I have been buying modern oil paintings for a show in my gallery. I have found many nice pieces. I found a painting called Village in winter in a private collection in Illinois. The artist was Fern Isabel Coppedge and she was an American. I liked the piece because of the snowy scene. It reminde... 7. Collecting Chinese Snuff Bottles - Sensations In Glass! - By: John N. Cohen About the amazing range of Chinese glass snuff bottles, detailing the different types. Surprisingly many glass bottles were carved from solid blocks of glass, just like bottles that were carved from stone! Valuable information for any potential snuff bottle collectors. The first bottles w... 8. Chinese Snuff Bottles Sensations In Glass! - By: John Cohen The first bottles we decided to buy that were not carved out of stone were made of glass. A huge range of glass bottles is to be found in all shapes and colours as well as a variety of manufacturing techniques. Much more research is needed in order to date these bottles, but... 9. Unleash Your Creativity And Think Your Way Out Of The Box - By: David Amerland The brain is a strange organ. It works in ways we dont yet understand and manages to create everything we see. Working at odds with the rest of the body it performs best when were not consciously trying and it is exactly this right-hemisphere activity that contributes to some of o... 10. Halloween Costumes You Can Make From A Cardboard Box - By: Nicole Dean Do you have a cardboard box that is large enough to fit around your child? If so, you can easily make a costume for your child for Halloween and save a lot of money in the process. Start by cutting a hole in the box for your childs head. Or, if the box is sma... 11. Buying Yellow Paintings - By: Michael Russell Ive been watching yellow paintings at an online auction site. I wonder where these yellow paintings will end up hanging. There were twenty bids on a painting of yellow daffodils. It was really pretty. I really liked the painting titled Red Flowers Yellow Ochre Morning. It came in thre... 12. Trade Show Victory! - By: Wendy Mcclelland Trade Show Victory! by Wendy McClelland 2004 wmcclelland@shaw.ca So you're going to have a booth at a trade show. How exciting - or how terrifying - depending on your state of mind! First of all - remain calm - you're not the first person to do this. There's some eas... 13. Friends - By: Michael Russell From the very first episodes of Friends, most of America was enthralled. Who were these coffee guzzling, bed hopping, trendy New Yorkers on our screens? And more importantly, what is going to happen next week? Friends touched a part of American culture in a way that very few television shows have... 14. Themed Chess Sets - By: Michael Russell Many people today choose to play with nontraditional chess sets that do not feature common chess pieces like bishops and kings, but rather, have more modern characters for the chess pieces. There are commemorative chess sets representing historical events such as the American Civil War.... 15. How To Give Your Surfboard A Custom Paint Job! - By: Fred Riehl At Www.bravesurf.com Here are five easy steps to turn your surfboard into a piece of surf art. Or an easy way to turn that old classic sun brunt brown board into a new cool looking stick. This is the same way the pros at lost surfboards or spyder surfboards set up for their amazing art boards. Step1: Material... 16. Landscape Painting - By: Michael Russell When I was young I had a habit of rising at the crack of dawn. I had no interest in sleeping past six in the morning, even though my parents tried everything they could to get me to stay in bed just a little longer. Finally, when they realized that my internal clock had its own agenda, they agreed t... 17. Frans Hals' Life - By: Michael Russell Frans Hals was an extraordinary Dutch portrait painter of the 17th century. During his career, his art went through several changes as things in his life changed. He is most known for the freedom and looseness in which he painted. Frans Hals was the son of a clothworker and a local girl, both from... 18. Buying Paintings Minimalism - By: Michael Russell Though I could enjoy speaking on the topic of art for sometime, I found myself without a way to truly understand the differing values in the ways of thought that permeate this grouping of human experience, and found myself looking to sources over the Internet to further my knowledge to utilize the i... 19. Taking Care Of Your Adirondack Chair - By: James Crowley Taking Care of Your Adirondack ChairAdirondack chairs are beautiful pieces of furniture that werefirst developed in the early 1900s in New York. Adirondackchairs can be used indoors or outdoors; however, they are mostcommonly used as outdoor furniture. For this reason anAdirondack ch... 20. Chrome Rims: Add Some Attitude To Your Vehicle - By: Robert Thatcher Did you ever wonder why some vehicles have the natural ability to stand out from the rest of the pack? Did you ever wonder how these cars differ from the rest? Did you ever wonder why vehicles on car shows are very attractive even if you have stared on it for several hours? And with all ... 21. The Condo From Hell - By: Charles And Susan Defiore The Condo From Hell by Chuck & Sue DeFiore Least we give the impression that the Lease Purchase business is all roses, let us tell you about what we came to call the Condo From Hell. This deal started out like so many others. It was a very simple co-opera... 22. Generate Traffic, Boost Sales With The Right Trade Show Graphics - By: Mat Kelly After choosing the style for your trade show display, the next most important part of creating your signature space is creating trade show graphics that will make prospects stop in their tracks. The graphic elements of your trade show display are as essential to getting result... 23. Art Shows - By: Michael Russell Art shows Every spring, art shows seem to pop up everywhere around my house. Many small towns close off some streets or set up parks for the day to hold the art shows. People come from miles away to wander around and admire the artwork. Large amounts of money exchange hands when art is pu... 24. Realism In Modern Art - By: Michael Russell It is impossible to pinpoint exactly when modern art began because the history of art is very much like a chain in which new links are continuously added and every link is attached to the previous and following link. In this mind set, if one was to track down the origins of modern art, he would end ... 25. Trade Show Promotional Products - Boosting Booth Traffic - By: Cindy Carrera I was about seven or eight years old when I learned the value of promotional items at trade shows. I just didn't know it yet. I was at a home show with my parents. As we walked through the hall it was held in, I noticed people walking around with yardsticks. I really had no need for a yardstick,... 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