Journal
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Art Project: Collage Landscapes
What is a Collage Landscape? A collage landscape is a piece of paper on which you place or glue objects to get a textured image of a landscape. This might include cotton balls for clouds, blue paper for sea, and leaves for trees.
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Art Project: Making Camouflage Art
People can blend in with different environments. A person in Arctic Norway can wear white clothing to blend in with the snow, while a person in the... -
Blending and Shading with Crayons
It is possible to achieve something quite special if you try one of these two styles and methods to blend crayon colors. Solvents Wax is softened w... -
Fun with Water and Colors = Coffee Filter Art
Using water based inks and paints can be fun, especially with a medium like coffee paper that allows the colors to run. -
Popular Colors for Young Artists
Did you know that blue is the most popular color on four continents and 10 countries? A 2015 global survey showed that people in the United States,... -
Art Tutorial: Drawing Doodles With Your Name
One of the simplest art lessons for students is to draw doodles around their name. This is an opportunity for them to show their personality and be free with their imagination. -
Best Environments for Drawing and Painting
Art is one of the oldest known means of expressing our feelings for the world around us and is far older than the written word. Different times o... -
Have You Seen Our Beginner’s Guides?
Color Swell loves to show our customers the best and different ways of using the our products. Have you seen our Beginners Guides? The guides show you the best techniques to achieve the sort of results very quickly that you might otherwise attribute to more advanced artists. -
3 Markers and 3 Purposes: Fine, Broad Line and Super Tip
If you're looking for bulk markers you will find three different tip sizes -- fine, broad line and super tips. Why are there three types and what a... -
Tips and Tricks for Layering Watercolors
Layering (also known as ‘glazing’) watercolor paints is another way of mixing colors with your Color Swell bulk watercolor paints. Let’s look at fi... -
5 Ways a Brush Can Improve Your Coloring With Markers
You can use a wet brush to augment the coloring and drawing you do with Color Swell markers. This can achieve a range of results that can add fun to your artwork!
