Art Fun Cheap

Recently I wrote about how to keep your art car rolling for as long as possible. Here are a few more thoughts on creating art cars, especially about safety, using the right materials, and making sure your vehicle will be street legal when you are done.
Decorating  just any old car you happen to have access [...]

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I live just a few blocks from the Art Car Museum in Houston, TX. There are art car parades and events several times a year, so you often see art cars on the streets.
Art cars range from simple and cheaply decorated to elaborately modified and expensive. One of my favorites is a little jeep, decorated [...]

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Someone commented recently that she had found the pencils that write a rainbow but could not find a supply of leads for them. I know how frustrating that is!
Those tricolor leads (red-blue-green in a pie wedge arrangement) are made in Taiwan, but you cannot buy them directly from the factory. They are sold to manufacturers.
Texas [...]

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By Kathleen Gresham
A year or so ago I wrote about Koh-i-Noor Magic FX pencils. The lead is a checkerboard pattern of three colors. The pencils come in several color combinations. They are great for making textured backgrounds on paper.
Since then I have found several other multicolor pencils that you may also want to look for. 
Magic FX [...]

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People often think that you need to draw well to enjoy making art. That’s not true. But at the same time, you can have a lot more fun with art if you can draw well enough to please yourself.
How do you learn? Formal academic courses are not necessary. Many people don’t have access to them. [...]

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