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ARTtalk is a monthly six-page fine art supplies newsletter available online. Also FREE-OF-CHARGE from  Art Material Supply Retailers Stores  in the U.S., Canada and Bermuda. Each month you’ll find informative articles that deal with a variety of subjects such as art supplies, airbrushing, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, matting and framing, arts and crafts, and more. These explain various techniques—how to work and paint with artist's watercolor on paper, oils or acrylics on artist canvas; how to use pastels, pencils or  pen and ink; how to work with different surfaces grounds; how to paint with the airbrush and compatible materials; the use of projectors and light boxes in your work and more. You’ll also find artists information on magazines, art books, artists and art history, current events and art world news, schools, competitions and workshops, and a bi-monthly Kids’ Korner. Subjects vary each month.  (Established 1990)

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ARTtalk Cybercopy - posted December 15, 2008
(ARTtalk’s latest cybercopy is posted on the 15th of every month.)

Watercolor
Watercolor 102 – Tips and Techniques
After an artist begins to work in watercolor and feels confident about how the materials will react in different applications, it is time to delve deeper into the medium. Several... [Click here for more.]

The Artist's Marketplace
Ampersand – New Artist Panel • Strathmore – New Classroom Value Packs • Chartpak – Higgins Ink Acquired
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Kids’ Korner
Fun with Holiday Cookies
The holidays bring on lots of neat foods, some of which we see at only that time of year. Cookies, although present all year long, take on a very special look if they... [Click here for more.]

Holiday Events
Scenes of the Season: Paintings and Illustrations from the Collection • The Private Life of a Christmas Masterpiece: The Annunciation • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum • The Baltimore Museum of Art’s annual Kwanzaa Family Day • Indianapolis Museum of Art Winter Solstice • Yuletide at Bayou Bend: Celebrations • Choirs of Angels: Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300-1500 • Holiday Anime Faire
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A Little Art History
Military Art
During WWII several trends were set that changed the way those at home thought about the war. As early as 1942 the Marine Corps set up a special detachment of artists... [Click here for more.]

Airbrush
Airbrush Occupation #2: Kustom Painting
Kustom painting is a term used to describe the decoration of automobiles, motorcycles, trucks and vans with images painted primarily with an airbrush. Although kustom...
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ArtPourri
A collection of Art related Tours, News, Auctions, Exhibitions and more... [Click here for more.]

 

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Alto's Mat Cutting Systems are known worldwide for their versatility and ease of use. The only fine art paint that stays wet and workable until heated. Artists have total flexibility and control over when their paintings will dry.
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The Eclipse series of professional airbrushes distributed by Medea Airbrush Products. A complete line of lightboxes and light tables in stainless steel, solid oak, and baked enamel. Gagne also offers a quality line of opaque art projectors in 4 different sizes.
General's charcoal, layout, flat-sketching, Kimberly drawing Multi-chrome and Colortex colored pencils. Multi-pastel pencils, Willow charcoal, Masters Brush Cleaner and Artist Hand Soap; Kiss Off Stain Remover, Factis Erasers. Printmaking, etching, blockprinting litho supplies. Silkscreen Trade Names: Perfection, Easy Wipe, Graphic, Sureset, Universal, Graphinx.
The professional Iwata Airbrush line is imported and manufactured exclusively by Medea Airbrush Products, along with commercial spray guns, Medea Textile Colours and Com-Art Airbrush Colours.
Silent compressors for use with airbrushes, spray guns, and air tools from Werther International.
  Strathmore manufacturers a complete line of artist papers for all skill levels and types of media. Fine Art papers include Sketch, Drawing, Charcoal, and Watercolor.
 

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