Drawing, Painting & Clay
Beginner Polymer Clay Projects
Polymer clay projects are a fun and easy craft and also extremely versatile: You can create colorful polymer clay jewelry, decorative kitchenware, home accents, bowls and vases, beads, dolls or figurines.
Polymer clay projects are a fun and easy craft and also extremely versatile: You can create colorful polymer clay jewelry, decorative kitchenware, home accents, bowls and vases, beads, dolls or figurines.
Essential Sketching Supplies
Keep full-sized versions of these essential sketching supplies at home and tuck smaller-sized ones in your bag so you can sketch anywhere, anytime.
Keep full-sized versions of these essential sketching supplies at home and tuck smaller-sized ones in your bag so you can sketch anywhere, anytime.
Artistic painting techniques can seem mysterious and difficult for beginners, but a little practice makes them seem like second nature.
What to Look for in an Art Easel
An art easel is an essential tool to practice your craft whether you’re an aspiring artist or dabble in acrylics from time to time. Focusing on your budget, the media you use, the size of the canvases you work with and the location where you paint most often will help to ensure you find the best painting easel for your artistic needs.
An art easel is an essential tool to practice your craft whether you’re an aspiring artist or dabble in acrylics from time to time. Focusing on your budget, the media you use, the size of the canvases you work with and the location where you paint most often will help to ensure you find the best painting easel for your artistic needs.
Get an understanding of the basics of how to make clay objects, including preparing, working and hardening natural clay.
If you want to learn how to draw, you should start off by learning some basic drawing tips and techniques.
Sculpture is one of the most open-ended art forms. You can make a sculpture out of virtually anything.
It’s not difficult to learn how to sketch people, landscapes or your favorite items around the house. With the right basic supplies and techniques, you will be sketching like a pro in no time.
Making polymer clay flowers is a fun way to spend an afternoon. Polymer clay flowers, using polymer clay molds, can be made and baked in no time at all.
If polymer clay is not conditioned, making polymer clay animals like dogs or any figurine can be difficult. To avoid disaster, work the clay in your hands until it warms up and becomes pliable.
Art pencils have cores made from powdered graphite (not lead) fired with clay. The type of graphite used in artist pencils is relatively soft and malleable and was mistakenly thought to be a form of lead when first discovered.
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