Art http://www.coopstlaurent.org Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:43:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How do you stretch and mount a canvas painting? http://www.coopstlaurent.org/canvas/how-do-you-stretch-and-mount-a-canvas-painting http://www.coopstlaurent.org/canvas/how-do-you-stretch-and-mount-a-canvas-painting#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:43:16 +0000 admin http://www.coopstlaurent.org/canvas/how-do-you-stretch-and-mount-a-canvas-painting I have a canvas oil painting and want to stretch and mount it on a simple wooden frame. It seems like it should be easy, right? I have a staple gun too. Any recommendations? Guidelines?

Go to an art supply store and buy a pair of canvas stretching pliers to help you keep hold of the canvas. Starting in the middle of the frame put your first staple in, use a tack hammer to make sure the staples are in well then move to the opposite side of the frame and repeat then move the one of the other sides that you haven’t put a staple in and repeat the stapling. Do this on all four sides working from the middle to the corners the fold the corners over and staple. If it’s still a little loose, take a sponge really wet and go over the back of the painting allowing it to dry over night. It will pull the canvas tighter as the water dries.

]]> http://www.coopstlaurent.org/canvas/how-do-you-stretch-and-mount-a-canvas-painting/feed 3 What is the kind of pen/ink you would use for watercolor? http://www.coopstlaurent.org/watercolor/what-is-the-kind-of-penink-you-would-use-for-watercolor http://www.coopstlaurent.org/watercolor/what-is-the-kind-of-penink-you-would-use-for-watercolor#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:42:30 +0000 admin http://www.coopstlaurent.org/watercolor/what-is-the-kind-of-penink-you-would-use-for-watercolor I know that there are specific types of pens/inks you can use for watercolor. The point of them is that you draw the outline of your picture in the pen/ink and when you paint it in watercolor, the ink stops the watercolor from going outside of the lines that you drew. I really need some of those pens, can anyone tell me where I can find them and what they are called or their brand?

I would assume any non water soluble pen would work. What I would tell you to do if get yourself a sponge and a paper towel, and learn water control. set your paints and water on your right side if you are right handed, left side if you are left handed. have your sponge and or paper towel with your paints and water. dip your brush in the water, dab the sponge, get your paint, and dab your paper towel. using a outlining pen with be both limiting and unnecessary if you learn how to control the water in your brush. email me if you need more help

]]> http://www.coopstlaurent.org/watercolor/what-is-the-kind-of-penink-you-would-use-for-watercolor/feed 2 Canvas Bags by Tim Minchin http://www.coopstlaurent.org/canvas/canvas-bags-by-tim-minchin http://www.coopstlaurent.org/canvas/canvas-bags-by-tim-minchin#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:12 +0000 admin http://www.coopstlaurent.org/canvas/canvas-bags-by-tim-minchin Directed by Stephen Leslie, this be the unedited version of Tim Minchin’s Environmental Anthem film clip recorded for BBC3’s Comedy Shuffle.

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]]> http://www.coopstlaurent.org/canvas/canvas-bags-by-tim-minchin/feed 25 Women In Art http://www.coopstlaurent.org/portraits/women-in-art http://www.coopstlaurent.org/portraits/women-in-art#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:11 +0000 admin http://www.coopstlaurent.org/portraits/women-in-art by Philip Scott Johnson

500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

Music: Bach’s Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 performed by Yo-Yo Ma

Nominated as Most Creative Video
2nd Annual YouTube Awards

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]]> http://www.coopstlaurent.org/portraits/women-in-art/feed 25 Let’s Play Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door #24: Dances with Posters http://www.coopstlaurent.org/posters/lets-play-paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door-24-dances-with-posters http://www.coopstlaurent.org/posters/lets-play-paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door-24-dances-with-posters#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:10 +0000 admin http://www.coopstlaurent.org/posters/lets-play-paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door-24-dances-with-posters So Many Youtube Glitchez!! But anyways, we cover all of the interludes of Chapter two as well as the ending of Chapter two. Now I hand over the playthrough to the one….the only…. ThePastaKing!!!! …………………………………….. Who’s ThePastaKing?

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]]> http://www.coopstlaurent.org/prints/recent-bigfoot-prints-found/feed 22 Xbox Project Natal Painting Demo http://www.coopstlaurent.org/painting/xbox-project-natal-painting-demo http://www.coopstlaurent.org/painting/xbox-project-natal-painting-demo#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:06 +0000 admin http://www.coopstlaurent.org/painting/xbox-project-natal-painting-demo Microsoft Game Studios Creative Director Darren Bennett demonstrates painting with Xbox Project Natal.

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]]> http://www.coopstlaurent.org/painting/xbox-project-natal-painting-demo/feed 25 Magic Eraser Watercolor Trick http://www.coopstlaurent.org/watercolor/magic-eraser-watercolor-trick http://www.coopstlaurent.org/watercolor/magic-eraser-watercolor-trick#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:05 +0000 admin http://www.coopstlaurent.org/watercolor/magic-eraser-watercolor-trick Use Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to make additions to your watercolor painting. Watch this demo to discover how.

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]]> http://www.coopstlaurent.org/watercolor/magic-eraser-watercolor-trick/feed 16 Donato Giancola – The Mechanic – Oil Painting http://www.coopstlaurent.org/oil-painting/donato-giancola-the-mechanic-oil-painting http://www.coopstlaurent.org/oil-painting/donato-giancola-the-mechanic-oil-painting#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:04 +0000 admin http://www.coopstlaurent.org/oil-painting/donato-giancola-the-mechanic-oil-painting http://media.massiveblack.com

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