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Painting in Photoshop can seem like quite a challenge to take on. An idea may be vivid in your mind but hard to translate to canvas. To help out this process, many artists use photo references to understand the elements of their pieces such as lighting, composition, and perspective. http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/theory/learn-digital-painting-concepts/

Learn Digital Painting Concepts From Photo References

Round 2 of Evelyn Ackerman's tapestries. Again, I apologize for the poor image quality on some of the pieces. Stained Glass , 1969, hand-hooked. via Ackerman Modern Stained Glass in red colorway, hand-hooked nylon. via Rose Hill Auctions http://www.midcenturia.com/2011/10/evelyn-ackerman-tapestries-ii.html

MID-CENTURIA : Art, Design and Decor from the Mid-Century and beyond: Evelyn Ackerman Tapestries II

Tutorial: Easy Tiny Envelopes

http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/2011/09/tutorial-easy-tiny-envelopes.html Guest tutorial by Ruth Bleakley I discovered this envelope making method completely by accident when pulling soggy rain-soaked mail out of my leaky mailbox - I had a total *eureka* moment when the envelope I gingerly opened up completely unfolded at the seams revealing an envelope "template" perfectly. I've seen many envelope tutorials online, some offer downloadable templates, some show fancy paper folding techniques and some suggest specific measurements to create your own D.I.Y. envelopes. I'm going to show you how to replicate any interesting envelope that you might already have, no measuring involved! Click below for the how-to:
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