Humanities
Things To Know Before You Paint Portraits
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Portraits are a special kind of painting for the sole reason that you are painting a human being. The manner in which you lay-out the portrait can have a great impact on the quality of the work as a deformed person is an unhappy one. Learning how to paint portraits would mean a different curriculum [...]
Great Art Is Good For The Soul
Sunday, September 28th, 2008The love of fine art is most often considered to be little more than an amusing pass time. Outside of those who have specifically followed a career in the arts, becoming masters of the brush, palette, and folding easel, we generally only get to follow our passion when we can get away from the nine [...]
Where did Outlet Stores Begin?
Sunday, September 28th, 2008Outlet stores could have sprung up from country potteries that sold their less than perfect products as “seconds” for reduced prices. Stoneware jugs, crocks and churns are examples of a utilitarian antique pottery that spanned the early 19th century through the Civil War and beyond. They progressed from being one-man made to being mass produced [...]