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02/10/2019

Fall and pumpkins just go hand in hand. For me, there’s no better way to decorate your home than with pumpkins.

Help yourself to these eye-catching and creative ways to decorate your home with pumpkins. Let your creative side out and try painting, embellishing, and even stringing ’em pumpkins! DIY Ways To Decorate Your Home With Pumpkins Fall and pumpkins just go hand in hand. For me, there’s no better wa...

02/10/2019

Puppies have 28 teeth and adult dogs have 42.

02/10/2019

I believe we can all agree that we want a cozy and homey bedroom. I have beautiful home decorating ideas to share with you today, so it’s time to get to work!

Stay warm, get comfy, and snuggle up! This winter, turn your bedroom into your own cozy and tranquil haven with these home decorating ideas! DIY These Home Decorating Ideas for a Cozy Bedroom If there’s one place at home that I can’t stop redecorating or upgrading, it’s the bedroom. It’s a r...

01/10/2019

Gray and white maine c**n cat beside brown wicker basket.

05/09/2019

Let me hypnotize you😁🧐

06/07/2019

I had a lovely walk in our garden, hehe. 🐾🐾

05/07/2019

Human-centered innovation begins with developing an understanding of customers’ or users’ unmet or unarticulated needs.

Successful companies are always looking for new ways to compete in the marketplace. One approach, which has taken the corporate world by storm, is design thinking. Design-led companies such as Apple, Coca Cola, IBM, Nike, Procter & Gamble and Whirlpool have outperformed the S&P 500 over the past 10....

04/07/2019

NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet will have a 4K TV instead of a forward window.
NASA’s X-59 QueSST experimental quiet supersonic aircraft will have a cockpit like no other featuring a big 4K screen where you’d normally have a front window. Why? Because this is one weird-looking plane.

04/07/2019

Mercedes-Benz CLA 250 2019.
New-generation four-door coupé combines sporting performance and refinement in an attractive compact saloon.

04/07/2019

Using matte medium, I’m going to mix it with my paint and apply thin layers to a surface, gradually building up a complex color. It’s called glazing and is used across other media, too.

If you’ve ever used acrylic paint, you know that it’s capable of creating wonderful things. I’m a big fan of acrylic painting — unlike oils, it’s not smelly and doesn’t require ventilation. Plus, there are a lot of fun mediums to add to it. Today, we’ll go over a universal painting tec...

04/07/2019

A good place to start in exploring color theory is the color wheel. Why is it a wheel? Well, think of it this way. You start with a triangle of the primary colors: red, blue and yellow.

While the sheer spectrum of colors available to painters might seem infinite and complex, there’s actually a definite and, at its core, fairly simple order to the world of color. In exploring color theory, you’ll start to understand the inner workings of the rainbow, which can increase your unde...

03/07/2019

The first and most important thing to do before you start drawing your petals is to draw the outline of the flower of composition that you will be working on.

There is a unique beauty found in flowers that has captured the attention and hearts of artists and great masters for centuries. They hold a power to inspire us with their captivating colors and beautiful array of textures. In fact, they are such a fantastic subject that I highly recommend starting....

03/07/2019

By mixing acrylic with watercolor, you can create paint with very unique qualities of color and opacity, that can be adjusted based on the ratio of the paint types and water.

Acrylic and watercolor might seem as if they orbit in different artistic solar systems. Each is suited to very different styles of painting.Acrylic is a medium that dries with a flat, opaque, almost plastic-like consistency, whereas watercolor is fluid and creates natural tonal variations based on t...

29/06/2019

Once you’ve painted the dark, defining lines, go back and add highlights and color variation

Wood texture is found everywhere. It’s a warm, comforting texture with a lot of interesting characteristics. And, it can be fun to paint if you know how. SUPPLIES As far as tools go, I’m keeping it simple. I have a few natural/woodsy colors (burnt umber, raw sienna, and yellow) and three paint b...

29/06/2019

Here’s where your painting really starts to resemble realistic lips. Look closely at your reference to determine where the light, medium and dark areas are.

No two set of lips are alike. But, that doesn’t mean they have to be hard to draw and paint! Despite how different lips may be, we can realistically paint them all in a similar way. Before you begin, round up some of your favorite painting tools. I have a small sheet of paper that I prepped with a...

28/06/2019

Cats are one of, if not the most, popular pet in the world.

28/06/2019

There are over 500 million domestic cats in the world.!!

27/06/2019

Featuring swirling leaves, thieving birds, rose-filled trellises, and fruit tree branches, the designs of William Morris have a unique timeless quality.

Elegant swirls of vines, flowers, and leaves in perfect symmetry, William Morris’ iconic patterns are instantly recognizable. Designed during the 1800's, Morris’ woodblock-printed wallpaper designs were revolutionary for their time, and can still be found all over the world, printed for furnitur...