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The Art Colony pleased to offer you a chance to win a free copy of Drawing Realistic Pets from Photographs, a 128-page book by Lee Hammond!

This book features 29 step-by-step lessons and dozens of examples that will make you want to pick up your pencil and try your hand at drawing your own pets.

Click here to enter the giveaway before it closes on May 31, 2013 at midnight PST.

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The theme for May is "things that make you smile"! Create a work of art based on this theme and upload it to the theme thread: http://community.art-is-fun.com/forum/topics/monthly-theme-may-2013 See what others created, too!

 

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Dotee Doll - Harajuku Girls Swap - Sign up by May 26 by adding your name and address to this thread: http://community.art-is-fun.com/group/atcs/forum/topics/new-dotee-doll-exchange-harajuku-girls

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Enter for a Chance to Win a Free Book: Drawing Realistic Pets from Photographs

Started by Thaneeya McArdle in Giveaways!. Last reply by Robin 29 minutes ago. 75 Replies

The Art Colony pleased to offer you a chance towin a free copy of Drawing Realistic Pets from Photographs,a 128-page book by Lee Hammond! This book…READ MORE

Tags: realistic, pets, photographs, drawing, draw

Monthly Theme - May 2013

Started by Donna Duquette in Monthly Theme Forum. Last reply by Holly Koiro 1 hour ago. 14 Replies

Welcome to the monthly theme for May. Artwork and comments welcome from everyone!!!!This month's theme is - THINGS THAT MAKE YOU SMILEThe theme is open to all artists whatever your medium.Please post your finished artwork in this discussion…READ MORE

Tags: may, theme, monthly

Bell Frog - under construction

Started by Dallas Nyberg in Works in Progress 4 hours ago. 0 Replies

In for a penny.. here I go again...This is a more recent painting, it was a commissioned work and the second painting I had done of a frog on canvas.Again, it's on a black gesso'ed canvas, oversprayed with matt black.…READ MORE

Winning book on pets of my choice

Started by Christina Annette dixon in Site Help. Last reply by Anton Abela 4 hours ago. 1 Reply

I would love to win this book as I love to draw and paintREAD MORE

Horse - under construction

Started by Dallas Nyberg in Works in Progress. Last reply by Anton Abela 5 hours ago. 3 Replies

This painting was done several years ago.  I had not long recommenced doing my art after a lengthy break from it.. I was a bit rusty, but it came back as I progressed.The photo vary a bit in quality, but you should be able to get the idea....Note: A…READ MORE

Work in Progress

Started by Dallas Nyberg in General Art Room. Last reply by Anton Abela 5 hours ago. 14 Replies

Thaneeya messaged me this morning and made comment about a picture I posted on the forum which shows me working on my art. We all love to post our art for the world to see, but, we, ourselves, are a bit of a mystery.I suggested that maybe we could…READ MORE

Learning from your mistakes

Started by Dallas Nyberg in General Art Room. Last reply by Dallas Nyberg 5 hours ago. 5 Replies

If you are like me, each new art work you do teaches you something new. I was going through my photographs of art I did a few years ago and one picture kept haunting me... something was definately wrong with it,I stared at it for quite awhile, then…READ MORE

Links to other WIPs and demos posted elsewhere on The Art Colony

Started by Thaneeya McArdle in Works in Progress 7 hours ago. 0 Replies

Here are some links to WIPs and demos that were posted on TAC before we had a "Works in Progress" forum. I thought I'd post this list here, to make them easier to find, as they were tucked away in various forums, groups and blog posts. Enjoy! :)P.S.…READ MORE

Tags: demos, tutorials, progress, in, works

Airbrushes and art

Started by Dallas Nyberg in General Art Room 13 hours ago. 0 Replies

I do a lot of airbrushing and every so often someone will question if airbrushes have a ligitimate place in the art world.They are, for all intents and purposes, a mechanical device, so they do not seem to fit in, as a brush, pencil, crayon, pastel…READ MORE

Oil Paint

Started by Joshua Blair in Oil Painting Questions & Tips yesterday. 0 Replies

I just got back from my very first trip to the beach, which I've fallen in love with.  All weekend, though, I've had a burning desire to paint the beach using oil paints.  The only problem is, I've never used oils before, and was wondering if there…READ MORE

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