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1. A Take on Digital Art© This week email question asks, “I keep seeing and reading more about the popularity of digital art. What do you think of it?” I think it is fine for those who enjoy looking at it and I think it is probably fun for those who know... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 33 minutes ago.)

2. A Take on “The Scream”© This week email question asks, “I heard that someone recently paid almost 120 million dollars for the Scream at Sotheby’s. How can anyone spend that much for a painting?” The answer is quite simple. It was purchased by... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 6 days 17 hours ago.)

3. How to Find Interesting Art Subjects © This week’s email question asks “I am really finding it hard to find subjects for my paintings. Do you have any suggestions?” The answer is simple. Just look around you. First you must decide what you want to paint. Will it... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 17 days 12 hours ago.)

4. The Art of Art is in Everything We Do © The Art of Art is in Everything We Do © This week’s several email questions asked about subjects that have all ready been covered over the past two years so I want to take a writer’s license and talk about something else.... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 24 days 20 hours ago.)

5. How to Add More Product to Your Art Portfolio © This week’s email question asks, “I know you have written about creating note cards, post cards & Giclee prints from your art. Do you know of anything else I might be able to do to stimulate sales?” Yes, the opportunities are... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 31 days 20 hours ago.)

6. How to Make Arts and Craft Shows Pay© This week’s email question asks, “Is going to arts and crafts shows worth the time and effort and how can I make it pay?” This question deserves two answers simply because it is two questions and I will answer the question as... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 38 days 23 hours ago.)

7. What Did I Think of Thomas Kinkade?© Just as I was getting ready to write this week column answering a totally different question I received another email question which asked, “I just heard that Thomas Kinkade has died and I wondered what you thought of his work.”... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 45 days 10 hours ago.)

8. How to Create a Water Color Pencil Underpainting© This week email question for our “Art Only Spoken Here” column asks, “I recently came across an idea about using watercolor pencils as an underpainting in a landscape painting. Do you know what that means and how to do... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 52 days 11 hours ago.)

9. Writing Assignment Ideas© “This week’s writing assignment” is always interesting and challenging. Just thinking about coming up with three writing assignment ideas for this week’s writing assignment is extremely interesting. I think one... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 57 days 10 hours ago.)

10. How to Build an Art Blog© This week email question for our “Art Only Spoken Here” column asks, “I am trying to expand my art on the internet and I keep hearing about creating an art blog. How would I go about it?” The first thing to do is to... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 59 days 8 hours ago.)

11. 5 Things that Make Me Want to Read an Article© There are 5 things that make me want to read an article whether it is written by someone whose writings I admire or not. The first thing is the title has to catch my eye and the subject has to be about something I am interested in. The main... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 63 days 22 hours ago.)

12. How to Identify Paint Colors© This week email question for our “Art Only Spoken Here” column asks, “I am getting ready to take some art lessons and when I went to buy paint for my palette kit I was surprised to find so many different kinds of paint at so... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 66 days 23 hours ago.)

13. How to Get Your Painting Ready for a Exhibition© This week email question for our “Art Only Spoken Here” column asks, “I am going to enter a contest for the first time and I have to bring my painting to it and have it ready to hang. Are there any special things I should do... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 66 days 23 hours ago.)

14. 10 Things I Like About My Friends© The best thing I like about my friends who are still above ground or those who have passed on is that they knew me well and liked me just the same! However, I guess I have to catagorize this list further simply because over the past 77 years I... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 73 days 17 hours ago.)

15. How to Make the Perfect Meringue in 10 Easy Steps© The other day my brother, George, invited us over to a Sunday dinner and upon accepting I said I’ll bring some fresh baked bread & rolls and a Lemon Meringue pie. After hanging up I thought I have not made a Lemon Meringue pie since 1979!... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 73 days 21 hours ago.)

16. 15 Things I like© The 1 st thing I like to do is to utilize every minute of my waking day so this morning when I knew I had to wait about 3 hours for Carl to finish a stained glass commission piece and pack it up so I could get an UPS label printed up I decided... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 78 days 11 hours ago.)

17. How to Know What to Paint© This week email question for our “Art Only Spoken Here” column asks, “What kind of art sells best?” If I knew the answer to that question I would be painting a lot of them. However, that is a good question and my answer... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 81 days 10 hours ago.)

18. Answers to Your Art Questions© This week we had several email questions for our “Art Only Spoken Here” column. One of this week’s email questions asks, “Can I paint a watercolor painting on any other surface other than paper?” Yes, you can... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 87 days 12 hours ago.)

19. Learn How to be Free© James Madison, in 1791 wrote, "What becomes of the surplus of human life? It is either, 1 st destroyed by infanticide, as among the Chinese and Lacedemonians; or 2 nd it is stifled or starved, as among other nations whose population is... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 88 days 11 hours ago.)

20. My Art Sings My Songs© Just about any song does something for me and my choices are just about anything providing I am in the mood for it. My choices vacillate between classical to new age music. Acid rock, most jazz, rap are not my cup of tea. In my studios I... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 93 days 22 hours ago.)

21. How to Create Different Patinas on Stained Glass© This week’s email question asks, “Recently I saw a display of stained glass in a gallery and several of the pieces had different colored soldering on them. The gallery owner could not explain why. Can you?” Yes and what you... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 95 days 12 hours ago.)

22. How to Polish and Clean Stained Glass© This week’s email questions asks, “I have a small stained glass panel I received as a gift about 10 years ago and I need to clean it. Do you have any suggestions?” Yes, the first and foremost important thing is NOT to clean... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 101 days 22 hours ago.)

23. Necessity is the Mother of Invention© As a chronic bronchial asthmatic I have dealt with this problem for almost all my life and when I live well, take my Mullein capsules every day and stay away from people who are dealing with the sniffles I fair very well to the point that I no... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 106 days 22 hours ago.)

24. The Two Ways to Create Stained Glass© This week’s email question asks, “First I want to thank you for answering my question about what tools I will need. However, is it possible for you to tell me how many ways there are to create a stained glass panel and which one is... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 110 days 18 hours ago.)

25. I Never Met a Tomato I Did Not Like© It is that time of year again when those of us scan through the seed catalogs and make out our lists. Over the years, as I become more knowledgeable and more aware of the good and bad in the world I find that my seed selections have been reduced... (posted by Arlene Wright-Correll 112 days ago.)