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 		10 Unusual Still Life Ideas
Sometimes artists face a creative block. Often, this is caused by a lack of interesting painting subjects for still lifes. Luckily, still life ideas are everywhere.
Art Instruction on How to Paint Clematis Montana
The clematis flower provides opportunities for the artist learning how to paint flowers to use splashes of colour and expressive brush strokes.
Tips on How to Draw Dolls
Sometimes the simplest of items can create interesting still life paintings. Drawing a doll, for example, can bring a human element to an artwork.
Essential Tips on Painting Flowers
Flowers provide abundant inspiration for the artist, but they can also cause pitfalls. A few painting tips may help the artist progress in floral painting.
Photographing Flowers for Creating Floral Art
A painting of flowers can only be as good as the photograph available. A few tips will increase the artist's likelihood of producing vibrant floral paintings.
How to Paint Dramatic Still Lifes
Sometimes a still life painting needs a little extra drama. An artist can create drama in still lifes using color, contrast and storytelling.
Floral Oil Painting of Sunflowers Demonstration
Sunflower oil paintings never fail to catch the eye for the rare opportunity they provide the artist in using pure colors. The following oil painting tips show how.
Oil Painting on Canvas of Petunia Flowers
Learning how to paint flowers such as the petunia plant, particularly in their natural setting is likely to yield satisfying results for the artist.
Painting a Still Life Setting with Strawberries
Strawberries offer the ideal opportunity to explore bright colours against a subdued background. This step-by-step demonstration in oils shows how.
Painting Flowers with Wet into Wet in Oil Paints
Wet into wet relies upon happy accidents by pigments bleeding into one another. The riot of colour that flowers offer is an ideal subject matter for this technique.
Demonstration on Using Sgraffito With Oil Paints
This demonstration on oil painting a still life with a garden shed with tools compliments a technique known as sgraffito, which involves scoring the paint.
How to Set Up a Still Life Setting for Painting
Part of the battle of executing a successful painting of still life is the arrangement of the objects.
Van Gogh and Composition
How symmetry and asymmetry affect the composition and aesthetics of an artist's drawing or painting, as shown by Van Gogh's works.