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Watercolor Painting is Not for Control Freaks.

by Christy Almond

Painting with watercolor can be wildly fun but it is not for control freaks! Collaborating with water can be frustrating but it can also be very f...

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The little black dress your wall needs now: Black & White Art

by Christy Almond

What always looks chic, works with everything, yet creates impact in a room? Black and White art! Drawings, paintings, and even photography creat...

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Summer Art Must See at Museum of Fine Art Boston!

by Christy Almond

Don't miss the stellar line up of Klimt & Schiele: Drawn, M. C. Escher: Infinite Dimensions, and Mark Rothko: Reflection.

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Figure Drawing in Contrasting Techniques.

by Christy Almond

Working your eye with different ways of looking and translating the figure.

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