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If You’re In A Rut, Start Drawing
Market Man – Sketchbook Drawing, Craig Shillam, pencil, 2013 Drawing can be the cure when the chaos of life comes knocking at your door. You know what I’m talking about. Those times when life...
View ArticleCheck Out This Video on Pricing Your Art
I watched this video about selling art entitled “Pricing Your Artwork to Sell” by Jason Horejs and Barney Davey and thought I would share it here. Mr. Horejs is the owner of Xanadu Gallery in...
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Patriotic Art & The Protester…Happy 4th of July
Remembrance of 9-11, Leoma Lovegrove, On Display at the Southwest Florida International Airport Do patriotic art and the protester have anything in common? Yes indeed. That doesn’t mean they are...
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Still Life Painting with Pansies
“Still Life with Pansies”, Craig Shillam, 12″ x 16″, oil/canvas If you would have asked me three years ago if I would ever paint a still life painting with pansies as the subject matter, I would...
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What’s the Deal with All the Gold Picture Frames?
What’s the Deal with all the Gold Picture Frames? Am I the only one that is sick and bored to tears with beautiful paintings framed with gold picture frames? What the hell? Yeah framing can be...
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The New Most Expensive Painting by an American is…
A new record dollar amount for an American painting was realized on December 4, 2013. The gavel came down at $46 million dollars during Sotheby’s American Art auction in New York for Norman...
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Great Subject Matter for an Oil Painting – An Apple Orchard
The subject matter for an oil painting is everywhere, even in an apple orchard. When there are grand mountains, beautiful lakes and wide rivers all around me, why take time to paint an oil painting of...
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A New Oil Painting of an Old Football
“The Rock” Craig Shillam oil/canvas, 12″ x 16″ What would be a good way to portray an old, weathered, beat-up football in an oil painting? I don’t know about you, but I thought a straight forward,...
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9 Small Adjustments for Better Oil Painting Results
9 Small Adjustments for Better Oil Painting Results – CashArtBlog Sometimes it just takes a small adjustment or two to improve your oil painting and not a complete overhaul. I am certainly not the...
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A Floral Still Life Painting with an Old Vase
Still life painting is fun. There, I said it. Gathering the elements of the painting, setting it up, getting the light just right and then finally getting the paint out. It’s all fun. For this...
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