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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Protecting Your Art With The Portfolio

If you are involved in art, you will need a really good portfolio. One very good portfolio to present art is the portfolio. Very simply put, a portfolio is like a briefcase that allows you to store your art in a way that makes it presentable as well as allowing you to keep it safe. With a portfolio, you will really struggle to keep you art tidy and safe, whether you are a professional artist, or whether you simply enjoy arts. If you are trying to find a good portfolio, there are many options available to you. If you are looking for a store from which to buy a portfolio, an arts supply store should be your first option and these can be found in most major cities across the country. However, you should only use the art supply stores to look at the portfolios that are available, as you are likely to be able to purchase them online at a greatly reduced price.

If you are looking for art supplies, there are many stores available online. This means that you should not have any difficulties finding portfolios at very affordable prices. It is important that you only by from a reputable store, of course. It is quite easy to recognize a good online retailer, as these will have excellent customer services and will be very open and transparent in their policies and procedures. The best stores will also allow their customers to review their purchases, which can help you in making sure that you are actually getting a product that is of high quality and good value for money.

So what do you actually do with portfolio cases? Of course, they are designed to store and keep art, but how do you place it in there to make it look good? There are a number of unwritten rules about how to present art within a portfolio. Many feel that placing their art in date order will demonstrate how they have improved over time. This is relevant if you are in school and want to show your art teacher how you got better, but this is not the way to present it once you get out into the real world. Generally speaking, you need to make sure that everything points into the central fold of your portfolio. This is best explained by using a profile picture, whereby the face should point to the inside of the portfolio. Or, if you have made a landscape drawing, the bottom of your picture should point to the inside of your portfolio. This way, you will have a fully presentable portfolio.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Less Appreciated Kinds of Artwork

Art is a really subjective subject. What is art to some men and women is not art to others. Consequently, keeping that statement in mind, several varied art forms exist. In addition to the broadly accepted forms of art, like drawing, painting, sculpting and much more, there are some forms that exist as art much less frequently and to a smaller group of people. These could be photography or decorative art glass.

When it comes to photography, one widespread thought is that anybody is capable of taking a picture. Some do not think any creativity or talent are requirements to capturing and photography. I do not believe this to be correct. To take an excellent picture with present technology, you will need to have a professional camera. This kind of camera will possess a higher level of megapixels which give the picture a higher quality. It also will take skill to make use of such an advanced camera. Then, most importantly, to be a very good photographer, you need to have a good eye. This means knowing how to frame a photo and make it unique. This also means taking a picture that has proper composition. If photographing individuals, one should be able to capture emotion and special moments. All these amongst other traits are what make a very good photographer an artist when compared to someone taking photos leisurely.

One more art that may be under appreciated is glasswork. To some, this art form is merely printed glass dinnerware. On the other hand, if someone really understands how art glass is formed, then they acknowledge it as an art form. Whether the glass piece is molded, pressed or produced making use of glassblowing, this art form will take skill of the trade paired with creativity. Consequently, art glass is also a form of art.

Even though there are broadly accepted styles of art, what is regarded as art and what is not differs from person to person. This subject is very subjective and what one individual might find breathtaking, another may look at as junk.