Japanese students interested in Taiwan’s food culture

December 17, 2010

Taiwan’s fruit and its food have become major attractions for Japanese students in Taiwan, according to a student delegation from Japan that visited the Ministry of Education (MOE) Wednesday. The 24-member student group from Japan’s Fukuoka Girls’ High School arrived in Taiwan Dec. 6 and attended a presentation introducing Taiwan’s education system that was held [...]

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6th Russian culture fest to open in Japan in 2011

December 16, 2010

The Sixth Festival of Russian culture in Japan is due to get under way in the city of Hakodate, on Hokkaido Island, in summer 2011. The festival will be dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the new Russia and the 150 years since the founder of the Japanese Orthodox Church, Archbishop Nikolai, started his mission [...]

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Drawing Fantasy Creatures

December 16, 2010

Drawing fantasy creatures takes some skills that go beyond the normal realm of drawing because you can’t find a subject to pose for you – unless you live in an enchanted forest! So you are faced with not only the task of learning how to draw you are also faced with the challenge of tapping [...]

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Best Marvel Comics

December 15, 2010

This article offer information to one looking to buy or sell the best Superman comic or the best Spider-man comics. One needs to know how to select a book before buying it. For people who would want to invest, there are numerous options which present themselves. Apart from immovable property and even movable assets, people [...]

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Abstract Arts & Abstract Paintings, Part 3

December 14, 2010

VIRTUOSITY IN MODERN ART Pure creation of fine art, such as abstract paintings, is an emotional activity that surmounts any rational thoughts or reasons, as it fulfills itself through an spiritual journey into time, motion and space, with light, color and form. It is an state of awareness, that summons the most innate essence of [...]

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Abstract Arts & Abstract Paintings, Part 2

December 14, 2010

IMAGINATION VS. COMMUNICATION Imagination is the faculty or action of forming ideas in the mind and the ability to be creative and resourceful. The ability to originate communication, is in direct proportion with good imagination. The reverse is never true that imagination has to be imperiled first to result in failure of imagination to express [...]

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Abstract Arts & Abstract Paintings, Part 1

December 13, 2010

I remember a while back, when I was faced with a very pressing situation requiring my instant attention. I was being interviewed live, on a major television station at prime time, along with showing a series of my slides in connection to the opening of an art exhibit. As soon as they wired me up, [...]

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Japan’s Culture Scene

December 13, 2010

Art galleries in Tokyo’s Ginza and Kyobashi districts are getting in the spirit this holiday season to showcase fine art under the downtown area’s glittering trees and brightly lit streets. “Xmas Art Festa,” held Dec. 10-18, offers an opportunity to see works by emerging young artists as well as famous ones as you wander a [...]

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Drawing With Models

December 13, 2010

Drawing by copying is useful for beginners. It lets one practice style and methods of drawing without being concerned about the exact subject matter. Accuracy in eye measurement comes with copying. Copying also gives training to the eye by allowing one to correct mistakes in the estimates of lengths. A second type of drawing, perspective [...]

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How To Draw

December 13, 2010

Every day, thousands of people search for information on how to draw roses, people, horses, dragons, airplanes, and other objects. Over the next weeks I will be writing a series of articles that will help you learn how to draw anything and everything. My goal is to get you to a point where you no [...]

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