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Experimenting with Artistic Styles

Whether or not a person is a gifted artist, their pursuit of perfection in creation will lead them down many different paths when it comes...

Woodcut Creations

Carving wood has long been a craft practiced when sitting and relaxing, and woodcuts are an interesting facet of this art. Properly embellished, they generally...

A Depth of Display

Shadowboxes have long been used to display beautiful objects, and crafters and artists have begun to see their value when creating art. Depth is a...

Ceramic Art Styles

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Creatures of Representative Art

Many cultures have produced great artists who have made mythical or whimsical creatures seem real. The creative talent of these people makes it easy to...

Creating Art in the Mind

Artists are people who see the same world as the rest of humanity, but they are able to transfer this sight into objects. A painter...

Combining Art Styles

Many paintings in the world today are a combination of styles. Realism and representation are often put together to create a scene or person. Each...

Creating Realistic Paintings

When an artist paints a picture, it is a representation of something they have seen, felt or experienced. There are a few artists who do...

There are a number of different styles art takes. Some pieces are drawn, others are sculpted. Some are formed of glass and ceramics. In painting, there are two very separate schools of thinking. Realism is important for some artists. Other artists prefer to use representational painting. With
realism, objects are painted exactly as they appear in life.

Representational art is transformed by the artist into a color and shape to represent the object. The viewer then must decide what they are seeing and interpret the meaning on their own. Each of these is a valid way to create art and many artists experiment with both styles to find the one they prefer.