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Art Fun Cheap

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Art for fun. Drawing, painting, sketching, collage, paper arts, mixed media, and such. Experimenting with unusual techniques and inexpensive art supplies and art tools. Sharing ideas and projects. Making art fun again!

Added on: Oct 1st, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Kathleen Gresham
Listed in: Arts Visual Arts
Tags: painting drawing sketchbooks cheap art supplies art for fun unusual art materials

Recent Posts

Glittery and Metallic Paints

Posted on Thursday October 18th, 2007 at 15:57 in acrylic paint, watercolors, metallic paints, gum arabic, fine glitter, glitter paints, pearlex

Sometimes you want more than the normal flat watercolor or acrylic colors. Daniel Smith, for example, offers lovely interference (changeable, depending on angle of view), metallic, and irridescent/pearly colors. But what if you just want to try suc...
Precision Applicators Save Brushes

Posted on Wednesday October 3rd, 2007 at 21:50 in art supplies, chalks, brushes, glue, art fun, applicators, beauty supply store, cotton swabs

To save your good brushes, use inexpensive applicators to apply glue or other substances that may be hamful or hard to wash out. At Sally Beauty Supply, for example, I have found makeup applicators that are perfect for applying chalks, glue, gels,...
Good Watercolor Brushes Can Be Cheap

Posted on Sunday September 30th, 2007 at 11:57 in sketchbook, brushes, watercolors, art fun, cheap brushes, niji, portable painting supplies, royal langnickel, sable brushes, waterbrushes

The brushes that come with cheap watercolors are usually just junk. Generally they are not worth even trying to use. (Save them to use for glue and other one-time uses.) That’s why, as I mentioned in Cheap, Fun Watercolors, I was surprised to...
Cheap, Fun Watercolors

Posted on Sunday September 23rd, 2007 at 23:25 in watercolor painting, koi, watercolors, art fun, niji, waterbrushes, artist quality, cheap watercolors, coloriffic, loew cornell, semimoist, traditional artist colors

Cheap watercolors are generally full of fillers, which means they look great in the package but are too diluted for real watercolor painting, They are fun to play with, though, and are great for art journaling and other uses (where light colors are...
Glitter Glues vs Dimensional Paints

Posted on Sunday September 16th, 2007 at 22:23 in resist, dollar stores, art fun, glitter glues amp; glazes, dimensional effects, dimensional paints, glitter glues

The interesting thing (to me) about glitter glues and dimensional (3D) paints is that while the package says “water washable,” that’s only while they are wet. Once dry, they are water resistant. You can layer them, and they don’t melt each...
The ABCs of Art Skills

Posted on Wednesday September 12th, 2007 at 17:36 in recommended, learn to draw, art fun, drawing course, art course, art skills

People often think that you need to draw well to enjoy making art. That’s not true. But at the same time, you can have a lot more fun with art if you can draw well enough to please yourself. How do you learn? Formal academic courses are not n...