What Are Canvas Paintings?
Canvas paintings are simply artwork painted on a canvas surface that is stretched over a wooden frame support. The surface is then double primed with acrylic Gesso medium and allowed to dry completely before work is carried out.For many years … Read more
Moquu: It sure is… something :: Digital Canvas Initiative
Moquu is a scratchable picture maker. what that means is that you can take a sequence of images, and the program will make an animated GIF out of them, which, using the iPad, you can scrub through with a finger … Read more
Hoosier fans ‘celebrate’ by the thousands
BLOOMINGTON –- The Cream ‘n Crimson faithful gathered in the Assembly Hall concourses. Boy did they gather, thousands strong, bearing basketballs, posters, shirts, hats and even a golf bag for Indiana Hoosiers to sign.There was Calbert Cheaney, wearing a blue … Read more
Top 10 Gift Ideas For a Star Wars Fan
What can we get as gifts for a crazy Star Wars fan? If you are having trouble with that, here is a top 10 list of fantastic gift ideas which can help you.1. A Light SaberThis has to the number … Read more
Create Your Own 1960 Dining Room
The modernism and pop art movements that characterized the 1960s were a vibrant time in the history of design. it drew inspiration from other historical design movements, including Victorian, Edwardian and art nouveau, and completely transformed them into something brand … Read more
Robert L. Foster Auction ANTIQUE ESTATES AUCTION
Note: David Bourgeau has been an avid collector & dealer w/an eye for quality, and has commissioned us to sell the entire contents of his early country home in Edgecomb, me., plus his collection from Florida. he purchased from many … Read more
Lease deal follows plan for downtown projects
The lease-and-development agreement for a convention hotel and parking garage approved Wednesday follows the outlines of the plan presented to the public over the past year, but with a lot more detail.The details can get so specific: There’s a passage … Read more
Personal Technology
NEW YORK — Social media is giving a voice to models who, for the most part, have built their careers as pretty, nonspeaking faces. They’ll tweet what they had for breakfast, post behind-the-scenes photos on Tumblr and use Facebook to … Read more
In Linda Croteau’s pleasing oils, her farm upbringing shines through
by Bruce Strand, Arts editorLinda Croteau’s teachers always recognized her papers in math or science or history without even checking for the name. “I always made little drawings on them. Mainly horses. or other animals. Sometimes people,” she chuckles. “They … Read more
AWG raffle nets a million for scholarships
IF THEY so desired, the women who comprise the American Women’s Group (AWG) could sit in the comfort of their homes or in their air-conditioned offices and enjoy the fruits of their labour with their families. Instead, this organisation, which … Read more