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Water Color Painting Price Issues and Simple Tips While Painting with water colors

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Water color paintings price issues always come up. Why is a water color painting in less price as compared to oil paintings in the same size. With oils on canvas paintings always commanding a higher price water color works sometimes lag behind. There are enough reasons for this. A complex medium to work in needs very good hand control and knowledge about colors. How to paint with water colors , the flowy thin water medium which looks so simple while viewing is one difficult task. The main ingredient added will give results accordingly,  amount of water to be added is the main ingredient as less will make the paint not flow well and more will give a very light painting. Hand made paper is a good option and there are some simple rules people follow who love to paint in this medium. While I did get obsessed with this medium in year 2002 trying out different techniques and mediums during the self discovery process thee are some fine beautiful pieces of musical lines collection and lo...

Exotic Birds and Trekking in this New 2014 New Painting in Progress Trekking Tips and guidelines

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Wishing everyone a Great new 2014! sky view from forest New year brings new excitement and  enjoying every bit of this journey of The Red Pilgrim as I continue to paint healing art... Embracing the Chaos oil painting in progress on canvas the painting of patience, Embracing the Chaos begun on 31st December 2013 and hope  to continue till end on this year 31st December 2014 is going on in very very patience, thoughtful simple strokes. till date, there is a calculated selection of colors at the beginning, gold, red, green turquoise and orange! all strong colors that symbolize growth and happiness. This is a healing symbolic painting to control the barging bombardment of  ideas, colors and paintings that come up in my mind, which never still.  So many ideas, so much to paint so much to write so little time! Embracing the Chaos oil painting in progress on canvas Trekking to Karnala Bird Sanctuary was a welcoming refreshing trip in the beginning of this 20...

Step By step preparing a Canvas at home with photographs/ Beginning 31 December 2013 Painting One Stroke Patience Healing Painting Embrace the Chaos Till 31 December 2014

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Beginning 31 December  2013 Painting  One Stroke Patience Healing Painting "Embrace the Chaos" Till 31 December 2014 This moment the end of the year 31st December 2013 I begin with a fresh canvas one stroke in red! Each day or in every few days I  will make one stroke, a symbol, a shape or just about anything that comes to my mind. I promise to be patient and this is a healing painting in patience. Bombarded with so many ideas the mind that never stands still, as I continue to paint with passion, ... Step by Step preparing for the canvas, frame. The working frame on the wall , a lesson in patience, healing and pure love for colors, painting. My Favorite Orange Scissors for Cutting Canvas From Canvas Roll Cutting the Canvas from the Canvas Roll Staple Gun for Fixing Canvas on Working Frame Stapled Canvas on Working Frame Folded Edges of Canvas over Working Frame Each stroke will be made with lots of love patience and dedication, lets see what...

How to Make Fancy Artistic Paper Weights at Home Step by Step Making of eco friendly paper weights

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Colorful Hand made  paper Weights Paper weights are one thing which we all require, in office at our table to hold the papers in place as well as in our home office or near the telephone desk, paper weights are available in the usual glass round globes and the creative urge (of the red pilgrim), in the year 2000 with painting creatively furniture, trees and then came making of fancy paper weights. Here  I share a few cherished ones that remain , antique pieces, I have packed and stored carefully,  beautiful,  colorful fancy eco friendly paper weights. The traditional shapes in paper  weights, crystal colored glass  heavy round balls, look the same everywhere and there is often risk of the glass falling and breaking or chipping and also some one may accidentally get hurt , a child or a pet thinking of using this as a ball!  making creative colored and different shaped paper weights also makes them look attractive and unique but also serves  ...

New Year Wishes from razarts

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While we are just coming to the end of this beautiful year 2013, so many great news, some  losses,some new experiencing and some not so good, we  all have lived this, and I wish from my heart good luck to everyone who have been a part of this spiritual journey and walked along, maybe directly or indirectly influenced my life and my art. I also take this opportunity to THANK YOU ABSOLUTE ARTS, for being such a wonderful soul friend not just to me but to so many artists around the globe. With so many years with absolute arts, this is HOME. I also thank all the people in my life, especially my critics, who have brought out the fire in me and made me continue painting with passion.  My family for being so supportive and understanding.  Thanking all other galleries, especially Saatchi Online,  who have encouraged me,in my early  years of art and helped me to put forthe my art to the world. In this journey of understanding myself and my art you have always bee...

Color Therapy Abstract oil painting Understanding of Color Symbolism

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Color therapy as the name suggests is using colors as healing symbols. Colors have their own meanings and symbolism since olden times and artists have very effectively used colors in paintings to express emotions, environments and beliefs. Different colors represent emotions and objects with universal meanings and this is also influenced by the experiences of the individual and their cultural beliefs. Color Therapy Oil painting on Oil Sketch paper While  artists may look upon white as the most purest color representing peace and harmony, in many religions and cultures, in India,  it is considered the color of mourning where in widows wear white clothes. So also in other culture, Christianity, the bridal wear is a flowy satin lace gown of white color. Thus color has its own interpretation and as for someone red may indicate danger another individual may call it a color of passion and love. Green with envy was such predominant in early ages and this color was almost...

First ebook on Newbie Gardeners Many more to Come

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My first ever written published ebook, this is on gardening for newbie  gardeners. Hope to share many more... My first ebook on Amazon, Thank You Allah. Terrace Gardening Tips for Newbie Gardeners http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GQPNPUK Magical Gardens http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GUJP6CC THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! So while on this spiritual journey of The Red Pilgrim, as I continue to paint healing art...I wish to make  simple colorful understandable art, art that heals. The Red Pilgrim  Oil Painting on Oil Sketch Paper